Offerings

November 5, 2015 @ 12:06 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Crowdfunder easily surpassed its 2014 Crowdcube raise this week, securing over £551K with the confidence of over 347 investors. Crowdcube, the UK’s leading investment crowdfunding platform, and Crowdfunder the UK’s #1 rewards and community shares crowdfunding platform have also recently formed a strategic partnership to… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Part real estate development and part iconic landmark, the New York Wheel was created to deliver emblematic structure to the skyline of New York City.  Announced by Michael Bloomberg while he was Mayor, the New York Wheel closed on $476 million in financing this past… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Independent Aussie coffee and food group Beany Green have launched a £800,000 Bondi Bond on Crowdcube to help fund their expansion to two additional prime central London locations. Beany was founded in 2012 by Aussie Prue Freeman and Tom Onions to improve the 9-5 by… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Property crowdfunding platform, Property Partner, has set a new record for the fastest ever equity project by raising £843,100 in 10 minutes 43 seconds – £1,311 per second. This is believed to be the world’s fastest ever equity crowdfunding project to date. The previous record… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding leader Kickstarter announced that it hit a huge milestone last month. The platform shared: “On October 11th, the Kickstarter community pledged its two billionth dollar towards bringing creativity to life. Six and a half years into Kickstarter’s history, this new way of making… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 1:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after PicoBrew’s newest product offering, the Pico, surpassed $700,000 during its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the company announced that in addition to brewing top-quality fresh craft beer, the appliance  also will support “modernist cuisine” sous vide cooking. Bill Mitchell, CEO of PicoBrew, explained:… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UrbanSherpa, an on-demand delivery service, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect to raise $300,000 to continue its expansion in New Zealand. This campaign was launched nine months after the company captured $750,000 during its first funding initiative. The company revealed: “Our goal… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month ENDVEST, a global real estate crowdfunding platform, launched its highly anticipated and improved platform ENDVEST 2.0. According to CTO of ENDVEST, David Boyajian, the new website was “built with the investor experience in mind every step of the way.” He claimed that the… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tile, the tiny Bluetooth tracker and companion app that keep people connected to the things that matter to them most, today announced in-store availability at major retailers Best Buy, Target, and Kenneth Cole. Tile will also be available at Lowe’s starting in mid-November. Tile kicked… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Bragi, creators of the in-ear, smart Bluetooth earphones, has received a sizeable $22 million investment from a group of American, European and Asian investors.  Bragi did not identify the investors by name. The Kickstarter success story ran a crowdfunding campaign back in early 2014.  The… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has launched a new fund to allow investors to quickly and easily diversify their holdings across multiple crowdfunded securities. The Crowdcube EIS Fund is seeking a raise of £500,000 and will be managed by a professional fund manager. The minimum investment for individuals is… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Life is Good, the optimistic lifestyle brand, launches its first ever fundraising challenge with CrowdRise on Monday. The Life is Good Challenge features close to 100 children’s charities in a friendly fundraising competition. The company will donate $125,000 in prize money.  The Challenge asks participating… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lost in all of the excitement of last weeks’ announcement from the SEC on Title III crowdfunding rules was a case of crowdfunding fraud.  According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency halted a “fraudulent oil and gas crowdfunding scheme”.  The SEC has frozen… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after launching its new Crowdcube campaign, fast growing bespoke burrito and taco chain, Chilango, has successfully raised £992,000 out of its £1 million goal. As previously reported, Chilango launched its aptly named Burrito Bond in 2014.  The mini-bond security offered investors an 8% annual return… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, all-girl group TLC took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a mission to raise $150,000 for their fifth and final album. The group was started in the early 90’s and became a huge sensation throughout the years thanks to their popular hip-hop tunes. The all-girl… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MichiganFunders, the state’s homegrown equity crowdfunding platform that welcomes both accredited and non-accredited investors, announced Detroit City Football Club as the first offering hosted on its platform since launching a redesigned portal in August. The platform was design to address the ever-changing landscape of intrastate… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 1:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the review of more than 500 entries from game designers nationwide, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) announced the top five finalists in its search for the next big face-to-face party game. The challenge, which launched late-August with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, was narrowed down to five… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, UK bicycle apparel brand Vulpine announced the closing of its Crowdcube campaign, which was originally supposed to end late November. The company quickly surpassed its initial £500,000 and during the final hours achieved over £1 million. Founder of Vulpine Nick Hussey previously announced… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, PicoBrew, Inc, creator of the PicoBrew Zymatic automatic beer brewing appliance, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for its latest product, the PicoBrew Pico. The Pico is described as a craft beer appliance for the home craft beer enthusiast. It is… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Nirvana Brewery has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowd for Angels with a mission to raise £135,000 for its new non-alcoholic beer line. While sharing details about its products, the company noted that non-alcoholic craft beers do not have to be as boring as the… Read More