Offerings

December 2, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

During the buildup to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s announcement regarding the final rules on Title III retail crowdfunding, the Commission filed a fraud case in the US District Court of Nevada.  The SEC accused Ascenergy, a company ostensibly in the oil and gas industry,… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

David&Martin, an award-winning jewelry brand from Sweden, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe to raise €270,000 for more expansion. Its pre-money valuation is €1.8 million. The company, which was founded in 2003, is recognized for its collaborations with famous designers, including Karl Lagerfeld, Whyred, Acne,… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new report released on #GivingTuesday shows that crowdfunding is rapidly becoming a major way that American’s give back to their community. The report, issued by GoFundMe, shows that donations on the crowdfunding platform alone totaled $1.09 billion, which puts crowdfunded giving on par with donations… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 11:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the first hours of going live on Companisto, the Hamburg-based start-up TripRebel raised over 75,410€ toward its 400,000€ funding goal. In 2015, the European Commission selected TripRebel as the “Best European Startup.” In January 2013, while TripRebel founder Carlos Borges was living in Bahia, Brazil, he sought  to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gearing up for this year’s #GivingTuesday (December 1st), Generosity by Indiegogo announced that 296 campaigns and 17.9k donors have raised close to $2 million for towards the annual nonprofit event.  The platform revealed: “In 2014, 365 campaigns on Indiegogo raised over $10M for #GivingTuesday. We hope to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Passo, an application which enables shoppers to share and manage their personal shopping preferences and payment/shipping information with retailers, has completed a $1.125 million Seed Round via equity crowdfunding platform Seedinvest.  SeedInvest investors invested alongside Deep Fork Capital and various well-known angels. Steven Gray, co-founder and CEO… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to offer up key advice on using the crowdfunding method, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK announced it is launching a 7-week feature known as How To Crowdfund. As part of the first installment, Crowdfunder UK shared six steps to crowdfunding success: “Crowdfunding is a way to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this summer, Swedish startup PUGZ took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise funds for its new wireless earbuds. Described as “world’s first” wireless earphones that  allow users to charge them through smartphones, the key differentiator in PUGZ earphones UX is the company’s patented self-guiding… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate, a real estate crowd investing platform, recently partnered with full-service real estate investment company, Katz Properties, to provide an investment opportunity in Pompano Marketplace, a 238,800 SF fully occupied retail center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. The crowd investing project closed quickly,… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With PicoBrew’s successful Pico Kickstarter campaign in its final hours, the company continued to announce new brewery partners. To date more than 76 craft breweries and brewmasters have licensed recipes to be made available as PicoPaks for the Pico, and available in the online PicoBrew… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 8:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of Brookstone, Tom Via, sat down with CNBC to discuss the new partnership between the retailer and crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo. Earlier this month, Indiegogo revealed that campaign organizers will be able to submit their ideas directly to Brookstone’s partner page through its… Read More

November 29, 2015 @ 7:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trendlines, an Israeli based tech company that targets the medical and agricultural industry, recently completed its IPO on the Catalist of the SingaporeExhcange trading under the on ticker symbol SGX:42T.  The company reports that S$38.7 million was raised with IPO proceeds of S$25 million adding to pre-IPO investment…. Read More

November 28, 2015 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

As revealed in a tweet by Abundance, the renewable energy platform has raised £1 million in just 24 hours for on offer. A first for the crowdfunding site.   And it’s done! First project to reach £1m in its first 24 hours. As always, thanks to… Read More

November 28, 2015 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its Kickstarter initiative comes to an end, cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 has successfully captured over $3 million from 27,000 backers. Creator Joel Hodgson teamed up with Shout! Factory to launch the campaign to bring back the hit series, which ended in… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Clubhouse, one of London’s business clubs, lounge and meeting spaces, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding initiative on Seedrs to raise £750,000 for location expansions.  With two locations in Mayfair, The Clubhouse is planning to open a network of Clubhouses across London and at the same… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bragi Dash is finally in mass production.  In a backer update, Dash creators stated that broad shipping will occur next weeks with batches going to specific regions around the world via UPS. Production is expected to quickly ramp to approximately 1500 Dashes per day.  One… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Openplay, a service that brings sports to users’ doorstep, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £150,000. Within the first 24 hours, the project successfully secured over 50% of its initial goal The company is described as a website with an average 80,000 monthly visitors… Read More

November 26, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s that wonderful time of the year again! I don’t know about anyone else but I decided to get rid of my holiday decorating embargo about four days sooner that I expected and yes, I’m fully ready to tackle the nearly dozen of Christmas lists… Read More

November 26, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, as part of UK’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, Seedrs sat down with three crowdfunded businesses to discuss their previous funding successes. The equity crowdfunding platform stated: “At Seedrs HQ we talk to entrepreneurs on a daily basis, providing tips on how to promote and… Read More

November 25, 2015 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gearing up for the 2015 holiday season, Indiegogo has unveiled some gift ideas to help backers find the perfect items for their friends and families. The global crowdfunding platform shared: “We’ve got your end-of-year shopping covered: See products on Indiegogo currently shipping now.” Items on Indiegogo’s… Read More