Offerings

June 9, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding success Tile has received a capital infusion from Khosla Ventures in the amount of $3 million. The “Series A extension” comes at a time when the young company reports it has shipped over 2 million devices as it closes in on its 2nd anniversary…. Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Daum Kakao, the mobile lifestyle platform company behind Kakao Talk, announced the acquisition of Tangram Design Lab, taking a 51% stake in the UX design agency. Tangram Factory, the partner company and maker of Smart Rope, will continue to operate as an independent brand, with… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyMogul, an online marketplace for real estate investing, announced today that it had successfully financed the Woodland Park Estates, a multi-family apartment community located in Portland, Oregon. Realty Mogul’s accredited investors used its online peer-to-peer platform to help the project’s sponsor, Trion Properties, purchase the property. Jilliene… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, Inc., an online peer-to-peer (P2P) commercial real estate lending platform, announced that it has funded and closed a $3.1 million commercial real estate loan in Palm Desert, California. Money360 was able to expedite the closing of the loan in just 10 business days to… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Raising capital for a private educational institution is not necessarily an easy task. But this recently closed offer on Crowdcube Spain achieved over half of its funding goal from both teachers and students as consumers and employees became shareholders.  This is the first educational company to… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 9:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

eFileCabinet, Inc., the paperless document management company, has secured a $14M Series B funding round led by Palo Alto-based Allegis Capital and Salt Lake’s Signal Peak Ventures. eFileCabinet’s 153,000 users include SMBs and enterprises in the accounting, financial services, insurance, medical, HR, small government verticals… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to get his latest music venture, Playground Sessions, off the ground, industry vet Quincy Jones and Chris Vance are seeking $1.5 million in capital on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder. Playground Sessions is described as a music learning software company that uses video tutorials… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lumo, a West Sussex-based apparel company for cyclist, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, to raise £200,000 for expansion. The startup previously made an appearance on reward platform Kickstarter and secured £74,118 from 458 backers. According to the company, Lumo designs jackets and bags for cyclists that… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Colin Broderick, an author and filmmaker from Northern Ireland, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for his upcoming film, Emerald City.  Emerald City is described as a dramatic movie about a hard-living crew of Irish construction workers in New York City who have reached the… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, Wong Fu Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company, took to global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $200,000 for its first feature film, Everything Before Us. During its 30-day funding round, the flick not only secured its initial goal, it also reached nearly $360,000 thanks to… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Farmdrop, an award-winning online marketplace in the UK, recently announced that it has received an investment from Alex Chesterman, the man behind Zoopla and LoveFilm. As previously reported, Farmdrop hit equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube last year and secured its initial £400,000 fairly quick. By the… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

In an eloquent video posted to YouTube, Uwe Boll told backers to “F**K yourself” as his 3rd campaign failed. Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter. You can view a list of his films here.  Having  failed to raise sufficient funding on Indiegogo, Boll… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wanda Group and 99 Bill jointly introduced China’s first commercial property crowdfunding project called “Stable Earner No.1” on June 8th, officially announcing the launch of Wanda’s Internet finance business. By innovating the traditional financing model of commercial property and leveraging innovative Internet finance tools, this project directly injects… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 2:35 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Depending on the ultimate goal, just maintaining a company’s current position can be success enough — a bit like treading water to keep from drowning. But the trouble comes when the company loses momentum. The latest update for tech blog ReadWrite has taken a “darker turn,” writes TechCrunch, en route to the… Read More

June 6, 2015 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to end hate crimes and violence against the LGBTQ community, the “God Loves Gays National Billboard Campaign” project has been launched on YouCaring to raise $20,000 to post billboards in 20 states. Last year, the creator of the God Twitter and Facebook page… Read More

June 6, 2015 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

After the launch of their beta site and a successful Kickstarter campaign, Scopio, formerly known as Protestify, entered the realm of breaking events this week in an attempt to connect social media-savvy users with global events and large campaigns. Although the young company has changed its… Read More

June 6, 2015 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The third annual Do More 24 crowdfunding campaign powered by United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) raised more than $1.4 million in online donations and sponsor support on June 4 for hundreds of nonprofits serving the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia,… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 5:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter alum and smartwatch maker, Pebble, called out Apple for not releasing its already approved updated app to iTunes. During a recent update, the young company shared details about the situation and the progress it has made: “The Pebble Time iPhone app, as we’ve all noticed,… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after launching its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, technology startup Pavegen has successfully raised over £1 million from nearly 1,000 investors. As previously reported, the King’s Cross, London-based company’s technology converts footsteps into electricity, making it possible to power services in high-footfall locations, as well as provide real-time data… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to bring public access TV to the Internet, former employees of VICE media recently launched a Kickstarter for a new independent video-only platform, NYC.TV. Alexandra Serio, Kareem Rahma, and Max Nelson met while working at VICE Media and decided to create the platform,… Read More