Offerings

July 24, 2015 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving kids a reason to love rainy days, Northfolk-based startup Holly and Beau has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £50,000 for its color changing rainwear. The company was founded in 2012 by brother and sister duo Jack and Fleur Passant. They were inspired to create… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zimplistic, the kitchen robotics company devoted to making healthy eating easy has completed a Series B investment round of $11.5 million from NSI Ventures and RBVC. The funds will go towards mainly the company’s fully automatic flatbread maker, Rotimatic. In Zimplistic’s initial launch last year, the… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Voxel8, creator of multi-material 3D electronics printers, announced on Friday that it has secured a $12 million Series A round of financing. Braemar Energy Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners led the round and were joined by Autodesk through its Spark Investment Fund and In-Q-Tel. Voxel8 will use the capital to expand… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CarPrice, an online used car broker and auctioneer based out of Russia, announced that it closed $40 million in Series B funding led by Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V, with additional participation from Almaz Capital and other investors. The funding will be used to… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ginkgo Bioworks, an organism design company, today announced that it has raised $45 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Viking Global, a firm managing more than $30 billion in capital, led the round along with previous investors including OS Fund, Y Combinator and Felicis… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

500px, a global photo community for discovering, sharing, buying, and selling the highest quality photography, announced today that it has closed a $13 million Series B round led by strategic investor Visual China Group, a provider of digital visual content and solutions listed in China… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help writers and publishers campaign organizers with their projects, Kickstarter offers up some tips on how to successfully create a great campaign pitch video. The crowdfunding platform declared: “A video is one of the first things your backers will see — but that… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after announcing its partnership with Kickstarter, The Smithsonian Institution received some supporters from a non-crowdfunding backer, D.C. congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton introduced her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian’s governance and fundraising capacity, marking the first significant change to the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Mine Shaft Brewing’s Crowdfunder campaign shares some enviable highlights with potential investors, including a team who kickstarted iconic Sam Adams, key customers and  partners, exciting Major League Baseball investor perks, MSB althletic ambassadors, strong leadership experience in beverage, finance, sales, and consulting.  Seeking to raise $9,400,000 by 31… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In order to grow their startup best-selling stevia sweetened iced tea Naturbursche, entrepreneurs Britta Henkelmann and Dagmar Hemschenherm partnered with Companisto for their newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign.  Prevalued at 1,500,000 €, Naturbursche seeks to raise a minimum of 50,000€ on its campaign; in just two days,… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orios Venture Partners, an India-based early-stage VC firm floated by serial investor Rehan Yar Khan, announced a new US$150 million fund according to e27. The new fund (Fund II) will primarily focus on startups working in the fintech, B2B commerce, used merchandise and affordable products spaces, as well… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SutroVax, a recently established biopharmaceutical vaccine company, announced on Thursday the completion of a $22 million Series A financing round. This round was led by Abingworth, the international investment group, with participation from Longitude Capital, Roche Venture Fund and CTI Life Sciences Fund. SutroVax is developing vaccines… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 12:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Developed by music tech company Sunhouse, Sensory Percussion combines a hardware sensor that clamps to the side of drum with software to yield a new instrument that lets you control electronic sounds with your own drumsticks and drums. The device is now overfunding on Kickstarter after reaching its $80,000 goal, and… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 5:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready for their big comeback, the bandmates of Sum 41 recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic for their new album. The band is making a comeback after last year incident, in which frontman Deryck Whibley was forced into a coma when his liver and kidneys collapsed. Immediately… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year,  Luna, a mattress cover that heats beds AND tracks sleep, launched on Indiegogo with a promise that it’ll help users sleep better for the price of $219. Originally seeking only $100,000, the comfy invention quickly surpassed the initial goal and by the campaign’s… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Golden Pacific Capital is offering $10M equity participation in a professionally-managed, leveraged investment fund through real estate crowdfunding platform, Crowdflipr. This project is focused on the acquisition and rental of Kansas City (“KC”) single family residence (“SFR”) real estate. The KC Distressed SFR Fund is based on its… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Booktrack, a technology company that enriches the eBook experience by adding movie-style soundtracks and ambient audio to eBooks, today announced it has closed a Series B investment round of $5 million with COENT Venture Partners and Sparkbox Ventures as two of the lead investors. Booktrack… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bright.md, developer of a virtual care solution to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the delivery of care for non-acute conditions, today announced that it has closed a $3.5 million Series A funding round. These funds will support continued market development for its healthcare software-as-a-service… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 12:43 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  The lights just shut off, flickered back on, and abruptly turned off again–no hope of just a quick power interruption. After bemoaning a world in which blackouts only seem to happen at night, you check the battery on your smartphone, hoping that you charged it before your digital… Read More

July 21, 2015 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Sheffield, South Yorkshire-based Savvy Foods took to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube with a mission to raise 50,000 for its preserved spreads brand. The brand, which was launched in 2013 by Jonathan Drury and Katie Owens, is described as a delicious and nutritious food source, designed… Read More