Offerings

August 24, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese 3D printer manufacturer, Zhuhai CTC Electronic Co., Ltd. (CTC), has announced the cancelation of its Formaker all-in-one project on reward-based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter despite the initial success of the project, creating a big buzz across the industry. The Formaker, which debuted on Kickstarter at a… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube is now presenting investors with output from Moody’s Analytics’ private company risk model to help them assess the bond investment opportunities listed on the site. Square Pie and Vanarama are the first to display the new Probability of Default (POD) figure that represents a probability that the business issuing the… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Stockflare, an online investment advisor, quickly surpassed its £300,000 equity crowdfunding goal on Crowdcube and closed overfunded at over £442,000.  According to the listing page, 288 investors participated in the round that took just two weeks to fund. Crowdcube reports the equity crowdfunding was “underpinned”… Read More

August 23, 2015 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

North Drinkware set out to raise a mere $15,000 on Kickstarter for its Mt. Hood glassware.  The idea was pretty simple.  Create a 3D replica of Mt. Hood and form it in the bottom of pint glasses.  I will bet a good number of people… Read More

August 22, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Maidstone-based airbnb for cars Ascendia Drive launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise funds to disrupt the $60bn car hire industry. The company is described as a peer-to-peer car rental platform that allows users to “own their driving experience,” without owning the car. It helps drivers to find, review… Read More

August 22, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Roadwater-based tech company Snugs launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £120,000 for its self-titled earphones. Snugs, which was founded by entrepreneur Paul Jobin, stated on its campaign description that it has created these earphones using 3D image scanning technology. They are custom… Read More

August 22, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, beehive management company, Plan Bee, announced that it has appointed consumer goods veteran Mark McDavid as chairman. It also revealed that it is planning to return to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £200,000 for expansion. According to Herald Scotland, a Wishaw-based company that focuses… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one day after Outer Wilds campaign was launched, new crowdfunding platform Fig has closed the investments portion of the project after the game secured $50,000 from investors (and $500,000 in investment interest). Outer Wilds, which was created by Mobius Digital’s creative director, Alex Beachum, is… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vanarama, a UK-based independent commercial vehicle broker, has launched a mini bond campaign on Crowdcube to raise £1.5 million. This is part of the company’s four-year plan to raise £3.4 million for its new commercial vehicle stock. Sharing details about the campaign, the Vanarama team shared: “The… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bruce Campbell fans, listen up! the Evil Dead star has launched a crowdfunding campaign on  Kickstarter to raise $250,000 for the second season of his show Last Fan Standing.  Notably, Last Fan Standing filmed 10 episodes at 2 conventions with 4 episodes shot in New Orleans and 6… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tossed, a chain of “vibrant” healthy eating restaurants, went to Seedrs to raise £750,000 for a 5.5% equity stake in the growing company that gave a pre-money valuation of £12.8 million.  The still open equity crowdfunding campaign is now over £1.2 million as over 630… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton took to Indiegogo Life with his new project, Let’s Help Fatima End Bonded Labor, the initiative has successfully captured over $2.3 million thanks to 75,000 backers. Sharing details about the campaign, Stanton wrote: “Described as a modern-day… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

divvi announced this week that it is planning to launch a $400,000 equity crowdfunding campaign through platform designbook.com. The company created a iOS mobile app that couples word of mouth recommendations with easily actionable sales links delivered in a text or email. Available on the Apple store, the app makes… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fairway America (“Fairway”), an authority on small balance real estate (“SBRE”) pooled investment funds, announced today the launch of the Westland Apartment Fund LLC (the “Fund”) out of Portland, Oregon to managed by its client Westland Management Group, LLC (“WMG”). Westland Apartment Investors (“Westland”) was… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 1:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Waking up to a screeching alarm clock–on the third try–from a fitful nap disguised as sleep, I’ve questioned the need for schedules. As one of the newest features for a campaign now crowdfunding on Kickstarter, BedJet v2 offers to make your alarm clock obsolete by working with… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

House of Modern Living, or MoLi, is crowdfunding a loan on Crowd2Fund to power growth, acquire more apartments and invest in new platform tech. MoLi, soon to be rebranded as thesqua.re, targets corporate accommodations for travellers staying more than a few days.  MoLi currently manages… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Colborne Communications announced that it has acquired Pubslush. This acquisition will go into effect on Monday, August 24th, and crowdfunding platform will continue to take submissions for book funding and pre-order campaigns. Since 1977, Colborne Communications has provided a variety of editing, design… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly two months after its failed attempt to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo, German encrypted email startup, Lavaboom, announced that it is shutting down and has filed for bankruptcy. According to TechCrunch, CEO and co-founder Felix Müller-Irion admitted that Lavaboom intends to continue running its services until next… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 12:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of Grind’s bond campaign on Crowdcube, founder of the espresso and cocktail chain, David Abrahamovitch, sat down with Tech City News to share details about the project. During his interview, Abrahamovitch revealed why he and his team decided to use the crowdfunding… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 11:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

EarlyShares announced Downtown Las Vegas Redevelopment status updates: •On Wednesday, August 12, the sponsor Metroplex Group closed escrow and acquired the property •The building is now being marketed for lease through online and offline efforts, and the space is being shown to prospective tenants. LOIs have already been… Read More