Offerings

January 8, 2016 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, new independent music and arts festival, Samphire, launched a campaign on Crowdfunder UK. Within a matter of days, the project surpassed its initial goal and has been dubbed the fastest ever successfully funded festival on the crowdfunding platform. The event organizers, Flora Blathwayt… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing somewhat bad news to its Kickstarter backers, Nextbit announced to both early adopters and GSM models will be shipped next month. The Nextbit team stated in an update: “We’ve got some news Rebels. Unfortunately, it’s bad news but not as bad as you might think…. Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Jelly Belly inventor and original “Candy Man” David Klein took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise a mere $10,000 so he can make his “comeback” with a new type of candy. Klein stated: “Many years ago I developed, created, manufactured, sold and distributed… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdfunder UK offered up two types of advice for the How to Crowdfund series. Recently, the reward-based crowdfunding platform revealed how important communication really is for campaigns. The Crowdfunder UK team declared in a blog post: “When you have done a good job on something,… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Crowdcube alum Camden Town Brewery announced it has been acquired by mega brewer AB InBev. This made the small business the equity crowdfunding platform’s second exit. Now, Crowdcube is ready to share details about the future of the food and beverage industry: “As you may have… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC (LSE:VSL) states it continues to execute on its investment objectives and delivered NAV returns of 0.69% on the ordinary shares and 1.49% on the C shares for the month of November. Additionally, on 12 November 2015, the Company declared an… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo success Bluesmart, announced that it will be debuting its the larger version of its luggage at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company shared that the Bluesmart Check-in uses smart technology that provides people with the ultimate in hassle-free traveling, including real-time… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its crowdfunding campaign on Fig ends, Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 has successfully secured its initial $3.3 million target. According to the video game developer, The original game follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin in his quest to join… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Virtuix rocketed out of the gate on SeedInvest during its Test the Waters (TTW) campaign in preparation for a Regulation A+, mini-IPO type offer.  Virtuix, creator of the Omni motion – a device that puts the movement into the hot sector of virtual reality (for… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares announced on Thursday that an offering involving an office building in Phoenix has been successfully exited. This is considered one of the largest crowdfunded real estate investments in the city’s metropolitan area and has reportedly performed better than expected. Investors in the transaction are being… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, serviced apartments provider, thesqua.re, announced it has closed an investment round of $2 million from Crowd2Fund and OakNorth Bank. thesqua.re, which was previously known as House of Modern Living or MoLi, was founded in 2009 and has grown profitably at 80% CAGR to cross $10… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 5:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo is targeting a new audience and it is not early stage firms. Indiegogo is going big by leveraging its experience and tool-kit with product launches and marketing of large corporations.  Indiegogo has already seen several successful corporate crowdfunding campaigns but as of today, they… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating Oculus’ recent announcement about backers finally receiving their Rift headsets, Kickstarter revealed on Wednesday the most innovative crowdfunding campaigns that hit its popular platform over the years. The crowdfunding giant shared in a recent blog post: “If you check out the projects on Kickstarter… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, 3D startup Fuel3D announced that it will be showing several key developments from its R&D activities at CES 2016. At the event, Fuel3D is set to show some of its new developments and showcase its scanning platform for a variety of potential applications. The products are… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nearly two week ago, Humans of New York (HONY) founder, Brandon Stanton, launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo’s platform, Generosity, to raise $100,000 for eleven Syrian families looking to create a fresh start. Within hours of launch, the project secured well over its… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Australian filmmaker Amy Browne debuted her recent project called Bee Collective. The film featured Indiegogo-success, Flow Hive. Flow Hive is the beekeeping and honey making system that has captured the backing of thousands. It received $12,487,629 last summer through the global crowdfunding platform. The documentary’s description reads:… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off the new year on a not-so-great start (for some), the team behind the Kickstarter success, Shenmue III, revealed bad news for its PayPal “slacker backers.” On Monday, the video game’s creators shared details about the poll results for the exclusive rewards on PayPal: “The results… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three years after successfully securing $2.4 million on Kickstarter, Oculus announced in a new update that it is shipping a consumer version of its Rift VR headset to backers for free. The Oculus crew shared in a recent update: “On August 1, 2012, we… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Infinium Strike, a Kickstarter-funded strategy-action hybrid video game from former members of Ubisoft now forming Codex Worlds, is set to launch on Xbox One in addition to the previously announced PC, Mac and Linux releases. Infinium Strike takes place in the middle of an intergalactic war… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) less than 24 hours away, Indiegogo has unveiled more details about the event and what fans can expect at the crowdfunding platform’s “Zone.” The Indiegogo team shared: “We’re bringing some truly inspiring and incredible crowdfunded startups and enterprise products… Read More