Offerings

October 8, 2015 @ 10:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The crowd has made and is making the difference.  Over 18,655 Kickstarter backers have responded to the UN’s call for funding to aid refugee Syrians in crisis. As reported by Crowdfund Insider‘s JD Alois, the White House has reached out to Kickstarter to help raise funding to… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The shaving / razor industry is pretty huge in the United States.  The shaving segment, according to Statista,  tops $3.6 billion annually including razors, cream etc.  Companies such as Bic, Schick and Gillette, have based a business off the demand for a product that is used… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 1:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 60 days remaining on their Companisto campaign, MyCouchbox founders Sarah Haide and Clemens Walter are closing in on their 100,000€ minimum goal.  To date, the campaign has raised over 72,150€ from 132 investors. Valued at 1,200,000€, MyCouchbox is the leading German surprise snack box and sends sweet and salty… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 8:20 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

In one of India’s biggest crowdfunding success stories, smart gadget Exploride just wrapped up its abundantly funded crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, raising $521,546–512 percent of its original fundraising goal. Exploride is a clear glass heads-up display with gesture and hands-free voice controls, designed to work with any… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 8:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter is working with the White House once again. This time the project is a bit different though. Two weeks ago, the White House reached out to Kickstarter and asked if their platform could be utilized to aid in the refugee crisis that is besetting… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 7:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

DSTLD, a direct to consumer premium denim company, has quickly climbed the ladder of investor interest as it “Tests the Water” (TTW) as part of a possible Regulation A+ equity crowdfunding round.  Crowdfund Insider wrote about DSTLD last week, and since that time the company… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Curb “power your life smarter” raised $117,321 this past August on Indiegogo.  Curb has since shifted to InDemand and remains available on the Indiegogo platform. Curb has now parlayed this funding to close on a seed round provided by “angels, strategic partners and Capital Factory”… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Red Wagon Creamery has raised capital using Oregon’s intrastate investment crowdfunding exemption. The listing on HatchOregon  raised its max goal of $120,000 in equity in the first “Comunity Public Offering”.  Available only to residents of Oregon, local businesses may raise up to $250,000 in total… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

  Acquire Real Estate, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform, has closed on a DoubleTree Hotel at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.  According to information provided by Acquire, they facilitated $262,500 in funding from 15 individuals with investments ranging from $5000 to $75,000. Estimated annual returns are… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Not yet a toddler, the three month old loan service Basix has hit some enviable milestones. California-based online lending startup, ZestFinance, has secured a $150 million debt financing deal with global investment giant Fortress Investment Group for Basix. Founded in 2009 by former Google CIO Douglas Merrill, ZestFinance… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

If, like Frank Sinatra, Chicago is your kind of town, PeerRealty has an investment opportunity for you.  PeerRealty investors may now invest in a fund that has already acquired over a half-dozen office properties in Chicago’s River North, West Loop and North Shore submarkets. Real estate crowdfunding platform PeerRealty… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 10:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bragi Dash crowdfunding campaign raised a solid $3.39 million on a $260,000 goal. The in-ear wireless, smart headphones generated the support of almost 16,000 individuals. The Bragi Dash stands as the 21st most funded campaign of all time on Kickstarter.  If you measure against… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 10:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kickstarter phenoms and Pentagram Associate partners Jesse Reed and Hamish Smith have experienced quite a crowdfunding year.  A little less than a year after raking in $802,812 on Kickstarter and setting a Kickstarter design record for their New York City Transit Authority Standards Manual project, graphic designers Reed and Smyth… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  RealMassive, commercial real estate’s open data marketplace, today announced its participation in this year’s Urban Land Institute Fall Conference, October 5-8, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. During this year’s event, RealMassive will unveil Project Atlas, the next generation mapping platform for CRE… Read More

October 4, 2015 @ 9:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Synapse Development Group, along with  Kuwait  Real Estate Company is raising capital for the Yotel Hotel in San Francisco, and they are raising funds using RealCrowd. Real estate crowdfunding has probably been the hottest sector in the investment crowdfunding sector.  Tieing stable returns to a… Read More

October 3, 2015 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

UCC Shooting Survivor Chris Mintz, who reportedly rushed the shooter trying to protect others getting shot seven times in the process, now has a GoFundMe campaign created for his benefit.  The active campaign has apparently been established by Mintz’s cousin, Derek Bourgeois, and has raised… Read More

October 2, 2015 @ 12:43 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cheers to BrewDog, one of the UK’s first craft beer brewers, for raising £10M and setting a UK record for the largest equity crowdfunded project. Listed on Crowdcube as a “first” combined debt and equity capital raise, BrewDog and Equity for Punks marketed the offer as the “World’s Biggest [funding] Round…. Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sugru launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube earlier this year and it took about 4 days to raise about £1 million.  The crowdfunding round closed at over £3.3 million having benefited from a a single investor that kicked in a modest £1 million. The new… Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyMogul, the online marketplace for real estate investing, announced it is currently raising capital for Mobile Home Park (MHP) Fund which will seek to acquire, add value and reposition MHPs that are generating income but which it deems to be under-valued, under-managed, under-performing or improperly capitalized…. Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a crowdfunded book publisher, and Nerdist, the wildly popular digital network founded by comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick, announced today the winners of the Inkshares Nerdist Collection Contest. In a surprise decision, Nerdist shared that two, not one, of the five finalists will… Read More