Offerings

November 12, 2015 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just 4 hours after launching its new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, PowerUp Toys announces the successful funding its project and raising over $140,000 to start production of its paper airplane drone with a live-streaming camera, the PowerUp FPV. Partnered with Parrot to manufacture the device, the… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

3D 2.0 Ltd, the company behind Kickstarter success Retouch3D, the unique hand-held, heated tool designed specifically for finishing 3D prints, announced on Thursday the appointment of Brian Gale as executive director and chief executive officer. Gale will head-up commercial development as well as oversee roll-out of… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple of months after announcing Big Blue Parrot as its first investment exit, Israel-based co-investment crowdfunding platform iAngels, revealed on Thursday that portfolio company Flayvr, operating as My Roll, was acquired by security software giant AVG Technologies NV (NYSE:AVG). Details of the transaction were not released. iAngels is an… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform NexusCrowd, has hooked-up with Downing Street Realty Partners on a $12 million industrial real estate redevelopment project including three properties in the greater Toronto area. The project includes properties in Mississauga, and two in Toronto, totaling 110,000 square feet. The properties have… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more excitement towards Crowdfunder UK’s Crowdcube initiative, managing director of the reward-based crowdfunding, Phil Geraghty, announced Creative England has offered up £200,000 towards the campaign. Geraghty shared on Wednesday: “A huge thank you to Creative England who were one of the first to pledge on our… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

  Mind the Byte, a bioinformatics company operating in the Barcelona Science Park and the Copenhagen Bio Science Park, has concluded its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube Spain. The offer closed with 115 private investors raising €234,310 which is the largest crowdfunding round ever in Spain… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, global gaming TV channel, GINX, has kicked off a campaign to raise £540,000 through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Sharing details about the website’s progress, the team at GINX wrote on the campaign’s page: “Ginx TV Ltd was founded in 2009 and we create and… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Star Trek legend George Takei took to the Broadway stage to present his Indiegogo project, Allegiance. The famous actor hit the global crowdfunding platform earlier this year with a mission to raise funds for the musical. The musical is described as an “epic’ multi-generational story about Japanese… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdRise Calls All U.S. Nonprofits to Participate in Holiday Challenge offering $250,000 In Prize Money to Organizations that Fundraise the Most During Holiday Season CrowdRise, the crowdfunding platform for good, announced on Wednesday its second annual Giving Tower campaign for #GivingTuesday, on December 1, 2015. The Giving Tower,… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Cryptozoic Entertainment announced its Kickstarter success, Ghostbusters: The Board Game, a cooperative tabletop game that lets fans relive classic moments from the beloved film series, is now available at retail stores and online. The new game is the first officially licensed Ghostbusters tabletop game in nearly… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The XTI Aircraft Company has filed with the SEC to complete a Regulation A+ offering following a successful Test the Waters (TTW) campaign that generated over $13 million in investor interest.  The company would like to raise $10 million using Tier II of the updated exemption. XTI… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 12:39 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

HAX, formerly known as HAXLR8R, shared 13 new global hardware startups and their products from HAX’s seventh Accelerator Demo Day and 10 new graduates of its first Boost program Demo Day. Since its founding in 2012 the global hardware investor  has accelerated 90 hardware startups. To… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

SyndicateRoom, the investment crowdfunding platform that received “Best Investment Platform”  at the recent 2015 Growth Investor Award, changed its direct shareholding model in favor of a nominee structure on 7 November. Seedrs  has been a forerunner in this approach noting that “aggregating” shareholders generates better outcomes versus one to… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding success Lima announced on Wednesday the commercial release of its Dropbox-killer product. Lima is a device that enables users to create their personal Cloud in seconds. The product was beta-tested for 10 months and is finally ready for the masses. Version 1.0 will be available… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, beauty empire, Revlon, announced the winner of its LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge, the company’s new crowdfunding philanthropic platform. Beginning in September, organizations dedicated to women’s cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, competed to raise the most funds to win a million dollar… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kabbee, the minicab price comparison and booking app, has today launched a crowdfunding campaign targeting at least £1 million through Crowdcube, in a bid to become the UK’s leading fixed fare cab app and reach over £90m in bookings on a national scale in 2018. … Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 8:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Rabobank, MasterCard, Thomson Reuters and Santander join as founding institutions of Startupbootcamp FinTech in the program’s expansion to US market, following its success in London and Singapore. “Initiatives that cultivate innovation and collaboration will only increase in importance as more players enter the FinTech space,… Read More

November 10, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, executive chef at Marylebone’s Chiltern Firehouse, Nuno Mendes, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £1.75 million so that he can reopen his restaurant, Viajante. According to the Evening Standard, Mendes closed his original Bethnal Green site in February 2014. It ran for over four years, gaining… Read More

November 10, 2015 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, CrowdRise launched the latest installment of its 24-Hour Impact Project by sending 22-year-old, Malu Veltze, to Cambodia to raise $20,000 in 24-hours to help students get eye care at a school serving 12 villages in Koh Bei Riel near Siem Reap, Cambodia.  Once the money is raised, Malu… Read More

November 10, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Faction, one of the fastest-growing ski companies in the world on the back of product innovation and viral videos, launched its Crowdcube campaign Saturday and by Tuesday had raised nearly £375,000. The offering allows fans to invest alongside angel and VC backers for as little… Read More