Offerings

May 29, 2015 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only seven days until its crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, Next Thing Co.’s nine dollar computer CHIP has successfully raised over $1.8 million on Kickstarter thanks to nearly 35,000 backers. As previously reported, C.H.I.P is a tiny and easy to use computer that can… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Get excited, Pebble Time backers: Your high tech smartwatch is on the way! California startup Pebble announced on this week that the Kickstarter-success watches are now ready to be shipped. As previously reported, Pebble Time hit the crowdfunding giant’s platform earlier this year and surpassed its… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, USB hardware innovator Plugable Technologies launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its new MacBook USB-C docking station. The dock allows MacBook 2015 users to connect up to three additional monitors and four extra USB devices to the computer’s single USB-C port, while… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently we have had discussions with several people about a problematic issue with rewards based crowdfunding.  Some campaign creators may be finding products on Alibaba, repackaging them and launching crowdfunding campaigns posing as new creations.  Is this illegal?  Probably not. Is it wrong. Yes – definitely…. Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paygevity, Inc., a payment processing and vendor services company, announcex the launch of a Convertible Note crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder. Paygevity will use the funds to scale their proprietary PromptPay platform, market their technology and build out their sales team. Its campaign has only been live… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 12:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Valuation Placed at $100 Million. You might not expect a taxi to win on the racetrack, but Australian taxi app Ingogo is setting records for making the (funding) rounds. The company, launched in 2011, just announced that it closed A$12 million in a new funding round through… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Patch of Land, a crowdfunding solution for real estate financing that brings together borrowers and lenders through an online platform, announces today that the largest ever, entirely crowdfunded residential home loan was fully funded on its website. The Covered Wagon Investment Group, boasting over 60… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced some exciting news about certain films projects that have appeared on its platform. During a recent update, Kickstarter revealed: “One hundred and eight films across categories, from narratives to documentary shorts, from animation to experimental creations — it’s time… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

People Power, creators of Presence, a award-winning mobile app that transforms unused smartphones and tablets into free Internet security cameras, launched its Indiegogo campaign earlier this week. Presence Security is said to combine industry-leading security technology with its powerful software app to not only protect user’s home from intruders, but also monitor… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 11:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  WE’VE, a startup that connects consumers conscious design, enables anyone to design collaboratively with makers. Transparency is shared via artisans’ step by step “making” videos.  Having recently launched its Crowdfunder campaign, WE’VE has quickly secured $65K of its $300K goal for the convertible note.  Investors include from… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdLords, a two-sided equity based residential crowdfunding platform from the UK, has launched its second round of funding on Seedrs. They are aiming to raise £200,000 to extend the platform, expand their investor base and develop new products. Opening up the doors to new funders, CrowdLords… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trustpilot, the leading review community for global online shoppers, today announced that it raised $73.5 million in a Series D investment round. The round was led by the private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. Previous investors DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures, Northzone and Seed Capital Denmark also contributed significantly to this round. Trustpilot will… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CitizenShipper, the people to people online shipping marketplace, today announced it closed $500,000 funding including from investors such as Marvel Venture Partners and that it has joined the Capital Factory tech incubator. CitizenShipper has just completed its 30,000th shipment, moving nearly $15 million in total… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 8:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fit Gurus is one of the first start-ups in the UK to receive investment from AngelList, securing £100,000 of backing from 37 investors. An additional £100,000 was invested into the company through the Finance for Business North East Proof of Concept Fund, managed by Northstar Ventures,… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 6:06 am By JD Alois  |  

London based startup Cake launched an £ 800,000  Series A crowdfunding round on Crowdcube and they are off to a solid start having topped £300,000 in the first 24 hours. As of today, 21 investors have funded the round with the largest committing £100,000. The offer… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Notion, a home monitoring system that is benefitting from the boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) development, has closed a $2 million funding round.  Notion successfully raised over $280,000 on Kickstarter in the summer of 2014 and then transitioned into a pretail campaign.  The… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, famous crowdfunding platform Kickstarter debuted the first crowdfunding campaigns from French inventors. Kickstarter announced: “Our European expansion continues! A few weeks ago we announced that Kickstarter was coming to France, and now the day has come for French projects to launch. We’re so excited to… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following his unethical actions during the recent elections, UK voters have taken to Indiegogo to raise 60,000 to remove Alistair Carmichael from his position as Orkney and Shetland’s Member of Parliament. According to The Guardian, Carmichael admitted he was responsible for an election leak intended to discredit the… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to unleash their newest project, Boston’s The Deep End Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign for horror-themed video game, Perception.  The team, which is made up of developers of BioShock and DeadSpace, revealed that Perception offers a bold and fresh take on first person narrative games. The description reads: “Perception is a first-person narrative horror… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 2:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UNYTE: Yoga for everyone! launched its Companisto equity crowdfunding campaign, quickly raising over 101,470€ of its 200,000€ goal with the help of over 73 backers. Funding will be used to open the first UNYTE flagship studio in Berlin. Additional funding will be tapped by several sources, including the initiators’ own… Read More