Offerings

August 14, 2015 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, London’s MonetaFlex launched a Crowdcube campaign with a mission to raise £100,000 for its own crowdfunding platform. MonetaFlex describes the website as a place where companies can raise finance by selling their unpaid invoices and boasts an online, collaborative early payment solution. The company shared: “We are MonetaFlex… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BELI, a London-based startup, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise  £150,000 for its new restaurant app. The company, which was founded by Lanre Olaniba, is looking to provide an app that is dedicated to people with “busy lifestyles who believe their time is precious and… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last summer, Belgium-based GRIN Gamestudio took to Kickstarter to raise funds for its video game, Woolfe- The Red Hood Diaries. Woolfe- The Red Hood Diaries is described as a twisted fable in a rich, fantasy setting of smoke-spewing factories and evil forests. It is considered an action-platforming fairy… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Calling all J. R. R Tolkien fans: a group of UK architects recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on  Indiegogo to raise £1.85 billion to build Lord of the Rings city, Minas Tirith. The group shared: “We are a team of Tolkien fans who are passionate about creating a… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, writer and director Matthew Cooke launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $100,000 so that he and his film crew may finish the documentary Survivor’s Guide to Prison. While sharing details about the project, Cooke revealed: “We have the largest prison… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Macclesfield-based interior design company, Rachel Bates Interiors, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £695,000 for its online store. Rachel Bates Interiors was found in May 2012 by chief executive Rachel Bates, non-executive chairman Harry Hill and non-executive director Justin Bates. The company… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two days after launching its Kickstarter campaign, Nebia has successfully surpassed over $1.3 million thanks to 3,800 backers. The Nebia Shower is a showerhead that you can install yourself.  The system claims to create a shower like you have “never experienced before.” The company explained its engineering hardware:… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a few hours before the closing of its Kickstarter initiative, Bill Nye’s new film has reached over $800,000 thanks to 16,000 backers. Due to its popularity, the project has been dubbed the crowdfunding giant’s most funded documentary. New York City producers David Alvarado and Jason… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today its third annual commitment to funding environmental science projects in partnership with DonorsChoose, a non-profit crowdfunding platform where teachers can request classroom resources. By partnering with the DonorsChoose.org “Double Your Impact” initiative, qualified projects in… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Shock Top Brewing and Indiegogo have created a formidable partnership to battle the California drought head-on.  Indiegogo will be launching crowdfunding campaigns that tackle the drought – and Shock Top will be supporting with cash.  Shock Top, part of Anheuser-Busch, will be dedicating hundreds of… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, GE’s FirstBuild launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $150,000 for its new product, the Opal Nugget Ice Maker. The project quickly surpassed its initial goal and crossed the $1.3 million threshold within days of its crowdfunding debut. Now, with just two weeks left, the device has… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Growing Underground, a London-based food company that is backed by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr., Neil Sanderson the MD of Florette, Glen Fernandes a Director of HSBC and Ed Gillespie the sustainability pioneer, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to secure  £200,000 for its brand new Subterranean Farm concept…. Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lightricks, a developer of premium image processing software for mobile, announced today the closing of its first external financing, in the amount of $10 million led by Israeli venture capital firm, Carmel Ventures In less than two and a half years since its founding, Lightricks… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Christchurch-based online marketplace for cottage industries, Felt.co.nz, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign through New Zealand platform PledgeMe on Wednesday. Felt founder Lucy Arnold stated: “Felt is super excited to be taking the site to the next level with the help of our crowd. Rather than follow… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 10:30 pm By Kevin Berg Grell  |  

After losing a close friend in a drowning accident, California-based entrepreneur, Tom Agapiades, created Kingii. Founded in early 2014, Kingii is dedicated to water safety, and is on a mission to affect the sad statistic of more than 372,000 people who die from drowning accidents… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, San Francisco startup Nebia hit Kickstarter with a mission to raise $100,000 for its high tech showerhead.  That first $100K took just 8 hours but the velocity is accelerating on this crowdfunded product. The Nebia Shower is a shower head that you can install yourself…. Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 12:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the confidence of over 121 investors, Innovation Makers has secured over £292,220 on its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.  With eight days remaining on the campaign to reach its £400K target for 20% equity offered, the Innovation Makers team announced that former Maclaren COO Russ Cohen… Read More

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

RealtyMogul, an online marketplace for real estate investing,announced it has successfully helped finance acquisitions of two hotel properties – one in Joplin, Missouri and the other in Memphis, Tennessee. Conor Acquisitions, a Florida-based owner and operator of hospitality properties, is the sponsor of both transactions. Jilliene… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Human assisted computing platform Tagasauris, has closed a $900,000 equity crowdfunding round on SeedInvest. Tagasauris previously raised a Seed round in 2013 according to AngelList. No further details on the funding round were made available. Tagasauris has developed a patent pending tagging platform designed to… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, the Lambeth Council and Funding Circle announced the launch of the Local Business Lending Partnership, a pioneering new scheme to stimulate local economic growth and employment through improved access to business finance. As part of the scheme, the council will lend money directly… Read More