Offerings

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

August 10, 2015 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearing the end of its popular Indiegogo campaign, Extreme Fliers’ Micro Drone 3.0 has successfully captured over $2 million thanks to over 17,400 backers. The Micro Drone 3.0 was built to be nothing like any other drone by combining expandable modular technology, sensor-assisted flying and a micro-gimbal… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help aspiring campaign organizers, three Crowdcube alums, Shoot, Renovagen, and Compare and Share, have decided to reveal their top tips to launching a successful funding round. The equity crowdfunding platform shared: “More and more startups are looking to crowdfunding as a way of raising finance,… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 2:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 48 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo comes to an end, Blue Frog Robotics‘ family companion robot, Buddy, has successfully secured close to $388,000 thanks to over 625 backers. Buddy is a social robot that connects, protects, and interacts with each member… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 12:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

3 Ravens, a brewery located in Thornsbury, Australia, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Pozible to raise funds for its new brewery & bar co-working space concept called CoBrew. The company shared: “Above one of Melbourne’s favourite craft breweries, 3 Ravens, lies a jewel… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team have debuted a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for their new  website, Femsplain. The team shared: “Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October 2014 to inspire change through storytelling. We are a… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, it looks as though UK’s Wildcat isn’t going to reach its £1.5 million dollars goal. As previously reported, Wildcat took to the equity crowdfunding platform last month to raise the funds for… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Senta, a cloud based application that aids accounting firms, quickly topped its  £75,000 funding target in just 5 days on Seedrs. The offer now stands at over £109,000 and about 16% equity.  Senta has a pre-money valuation of £574,950. The Senta product is a new service that… Read More

August 9, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the fast changing world of equity crowdfunding Equitise, with offices in both New Zealand and Australia, is charting new territory with a “ground breaking” offer to partially crowdfund an initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).  This is another sign of the… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until the Kickstarter comes to an end, Bill Nye Documentary is so close to raise its initial $650,000 goal! The project surfaced last month and has slowly (but surely) continued to gain funding momentum and popularity. New York City producers David… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 8:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly a year and a half after the launch of his Kickstarter campaign for the album All-American Boy, musician Steve Grand sat down with Billboard to share details about his crowdfunding experience and the new record. All-American Boy was released earlier this year and within just thirty… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation A+, promulgated by Title IV of the JOBS Act, appears to be off to a good start. The several offers that are “testing the waters” have generated pretty solid interest.  SeedInvest, one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms to offer a potential Reg A+… Read More