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July 29, 2015 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

MakerBot, a 3D printing company, was a vital part of the production process in creating the Coolest Cooler.  Founded by Ryan Grepper, Coolest Cooler was the most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time until it was topped by Pebble Watch earlier this year. Coolest raised… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UpCounsel, an online marketplace for legal services, announced it has secured $10 million in Series A funding to accelerate further adoption of its on-demand legal marketplace. New investor Menlo Ventures led the funding round with participation from previous investors including Homebrew and Metamorphic Ventures. The company has raised $13.9… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 1:38 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

You might not have the time to thoroughly read a fact-check of a politician’s statements, but a 90-second animated video with what appears to be an adorable and clumsy chicken might be harder to resist. That’s what the young professionals behind Pagella Politica, an Italian independent fact-checking project… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tripping.com, a search engine for vacation homes and short-term rentals, announced it has raised $16 million in Series B financing from investors across New York, Silicon Valley, Asia, and Europe. This news coincides with the unveiling of significant growth statistics, including a 2,918% increase in… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon today announced Amazon Launchpad, a new program that makes it easy for startups to launch, market, and distribute their products to hundreds of millions of Amazon customers across the globe. The program offers a streamlined onboarding experience, custom product pages, a comprehensive marketing package,… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Onevest announced on Tuesday it is about to reach $2M in financing for its Series A round after self–crowdfunding on its own platform. The company’s round of funding has five days left on the platform before it closes. The platform launched the 506c offering to celebrate the implementation of Title IV… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Established in 2012 and based in the UK and Hungary, Powered Now focuses on developing software for business owners. Co-founders are the serial entrepreneurs and e-commerce trailblazers Chris Barling (who set up Actinic in 1996) and Benjamin Dyer, a software developer and former director at… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elio Motors is one of the first companies to take advantage of the new rules under Regulation A+ which went into effect on June 19th.  The new rules allow companies considering to raise capital under Reg A+ to “test the waters” to see if investors… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BioLite, a Brooklyn based social enterprise best known for turning cooking fires into electricity, announced today that it has raised $5 million in growth capital to accelerate the expansion of its off grid energy products. The funding consisted of a Series B equity round led by Acumen… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 2:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  When filming a documentary about crowdfunding, crowdfunding seems only natural as the way to fund it. Enter “Capital C,” among the first crowdfunded feature-length documentaries about crowdfunding–or as the tagline states, “Crowdfunding. Crowdsourcing. Bottle Koozies.” “Capital C” successfully raised $84,298 with 586 backers on Kickstarter. For the documentary, filmmaking… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 4:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, Gramovox’s vertical turnable Floating Record has successfully secured over $1.5 million thanks to 4,000 backers. The Floating Record is described as a high-performance turntable that plays records vertically through built-in, dynamic, full-range… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Remedy Partners, a developer and manager of bundled payment programs for government and private health insurers, announced it has raised $50 million from Bain Capital Ventures during a Series B financing round. The capital will be used to support Remedy’s dramatic growth in new customers and partnerships…. Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, studio League of Geeks launched a Kickstarter campaign for its project, Armello. The description of the game reads,”The King, once Armello’s wise and benevolent ruler, has fallen ill to a dark and mysterious force known only as the Rot. Slowly eating his body and soul, the Rot… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In order to start expanding, Poole-based cargo bike manufacturer, Boxer Cycle, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with a mission to raise £48,000 with a 7.41% per equity. The company stated: “Boxer Cycles are based in Poole, Dorset and use local manufacturers and… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Berlin-based technology company Panono has announced its plan to release the first edition of its highly anticipated Panono Camera, which is considered the first consumer camera to exceed 100 megapixels and instantly deliver high-resolution, 360° X 360° full-spherical panoramic images. The Panono Explorer Edition will be delivered to… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Castle Biosciences, Inc., a provider of molecular diagnostics to improve cancer treatment decisions, today announced it has closed the first tranche of a $20 million Series F financing, raising $11.7 million. The funding will be used to accelerate the growth in clinical adoption of Castle… Read More

July 26, 2015 @ 11:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

A trip to the dentist is right up there with visiting your bank or calling your ISP. While probably not as bad as calling your ISP, dentistry today will be consider barbaric in the not so distant future and Reminova views itself as a significant… Read More

July 25, 2015 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Look out Northface and Columbia, you might have a new competitor thanks to crowdfunding! Chicago startup Baubax has successfully captured $2.2 million on Kickstarter for its new all-in-one “travel jacket.” As previously reported, the jackets have 15 features that makes it perfect for those traveling. Such features… Read More

July 25, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, famous learning and research institution, The Smithsonian, announced that it has joined forces with crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise funds for various projects. Kickstarter declared on its blog: “Kickstarter is a place that honors creativity, past and present. We celebrate creators who… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one more week until Red Ash’s Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, it seems as though Keiji Inafune’s latest creation isn’t getting as much attention as the well-known video game developer had hoped. The game’s story (so far) reads: “Danger looms over hundreds of thousands… Read More