Offerings

June 19, 2015 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the positive points of Regulation A+ is the ability of potential issuers to publicly measure investor interest before committing to a full bore funding round. This “Test the Waters” process allows a company to advertise before going through the SEC registration process –… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tamr, Inc., the company co-founded by database pioneer and 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award winner Michael Stonebraker, Ph.D., today announced that it has raised $25.2 Million in Series B financing from Hewlett Packard Ventures; Thomson Reuters; MassMutual Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wanda Group, China’s commercial developer by sales, is trying its hand at internet finance in the form of their crowdfunding app “Stable Earner No. 1,” which launched earlier this month and succeeded in raising RMB5 billion in just three days, reportedly smashing a global crowdfunding record in the process. On Thursday, the… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser announced the official release of Regulation A+ crowdfunding kickoff pricing for new companies seeking capital. As of today (June 19th), equity crowdfunding for both accredited and non-accredited investors is now legal. The deals that will begin registration with the SEC today will take a few months… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OneVest, a New York based investment crowdfunding platform, has announced a Series A self-crowdfunding round – coordinated with the implementation of Title IV of the JOBS Act. The offer, a 506(c), is now live on the OneVest site.  OneVest stated they will be self-crowdfunding between… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 11:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog co-founder James Watt visited the studios of Max Keiser this week to share his equity crowdfunding odyssey which has been labeled EquityforPunks.  James starts off back in 2009 when the young brewery was looking for capital for their business yet there was none to… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo success and wearable company Rufus Labs announced today the release of the Rufus Cuff EXO, a protective exoskeleton for the Rufus Cuff wrist communicator. Attaching the EXO to the Rufus Cuff body allows the wearable device to be water submersible, impact resistant and ruggedized for… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In order to keep the business running after legal woes, Los Angeles-based restaurant Alma has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $40,000. Alma, which has been operated by chef Ari Taymor and owner Ashleigh Parsons, was opened in 2012 for less than $50,000. The duo… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the final hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Helen Greiner’s CyPhy Works successfully secured over $900,000 from 1,514 backers for its product, the LVL 1 drone. As previously reported, the drone is designed to be 100% user-friendly and accessible to just about anyone, including new drone… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in April, Star Trek legend George Takei debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for his project, Allegiance. As previously reported, The musical is described as an “epic’ multi-generational story about Japanese Kimura family (mainly the tale about the brother and sister Sammy and Kei). Their journey will take them… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sikka Software, a retail healthcare cloud platform, raised its Series C funding of $10.5 million led by OrbiMed with participation from its Series B investor, Sierra Ventures and Series A investor, ATA Ventures. This new capital will further accelerate Sikka to scale sales and marketing… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three days after its widely popular Kickstarter campaign launch, critics of Shenmue III have announced that the video game is already making history by breaking records. According to Guinness World Records, Shenmue III only took  1 hour 42 minutes to reach $1 million goal on the crowdfunding giant’s… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Canada-based startup Myle Electronics took to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for its new wearable “thought catcher” device, TAP. TAP is lightweight, about the size of coat button, and easily attaches to a user’s clothing or other accessory for convenient access. It… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cure Forward, a privately held patent activation company, announced today that it has secured $15 million in a Series A financing. Apple Tree Partners, which is the sole investor in Cure Forward, officially launches the Company with this commitment. The funds will be used to create a… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fresh from its successful late 2014 Indiegogo campaign for its Lantern reciever which raised more than $637K from 6,642 backers,  New York-based Outernet Hardware has returned to the crowd, this time on its private fundraise on Fundable.  Outernet, ‘Humanity’s Public Library,’ enables anyone to receive data anywhere in… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments Plc, has announced a proposed “tap issue” for up to 1,999,999 ordinary shares at a price of 1075 pence.  The Board of Directors hopes to raise up to  £21,499,989.25 The Issue Shares represent just under 10% of the Company’s existing issued ordinary share capital…. Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jamie Sangouthai, who was known for his appearance on the reality television series Khloé and Lamar,  passed away on Sunday reportedly from a drug overdose. Now, his friends are looking to help his family pay for a proper funeral through a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe. According to… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Albion Tea has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £180,000 to bring its pub for tea “Brew” concept to the market. Albion Tea is currently on a mission to restore prestige to the UK’s national drink by converting consumers to loose-leaf tea. It… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As Shenmue III continues to be a huge success on Kickstarter, it seems as though a “copy cat” is looking to cash in on the excitement as well. Someone by the name of “Ryan Nets” created a campaign on Kickstarter’s rival, Indiegogo that was loking to raise… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

PledgeMe, one of several investment crowdfunding platforms operating in New Zealand, has shared that things are picking up on the site.  Just in the past two weeks, two offers on the platform have hit their minimum funding targets and “are blazing forward looking for more… Read More