Offerings

May 27, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Partech Ventures announced on Wednesday it has co-led a new €10MM financing round in Kantox, a foreign exchange services provider for SMEs and mid-cap companies. Philippe Collombel, Managing Partner at Partech Ventures and Kantox board member, stated: “With our 2nd significant investment in 18 months, Partech Ventures… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring its products to consumers everywhere, London-based mouldable glue company, Sugru has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £1M for complete global expansion. Surge is described as mouldable glue that makes fixing things easy. Simply stick it, shape it and it turns… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help those who are less unfortunate (and the organizations that support them), former UK glamour model, mother of two,and full-time blogger, Tracy Kiss, launched crowdfunding campaigns on GoFundMe and YouCaring to raise £10,000 for 10 amazing charities before her 28th birthday this October. Unfortunately, Kiss has… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking a page or two from New England Patriot fans, Seahawks admirers have gather on crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to raise $5 million dollars for the team. The funds from the campaign will go towards re-signing quarterback Russell Wilson. Sharing details about the situation, the campaign’s… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to the crowd for the second time, Good & Proper Tea recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £140,000 for expansion. The UK startup first appeared on rewards-based platform Kickstarter back in October 2012 and took home £14,682. This amount has helped the company create… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced the launch its new office in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new location was help support existing clients in the region and due to the strong growth in number of new businesses being established in the country. CEO of Crowdcube,… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to be the next big thing for virtual reality industry, California startup FOVE hit Kickstarter with a mission to raise $250,000 with its new self-titled device. Within only two days, FOVE’s initiative surpassed the initial goal and has since secured over $325,000 from nearly… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to beat a disease that has plagued his wife’s life for nearly a decade, husband of California actress, Rachel Farrokh, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe with a mission to raise funds to help fight her battle against anorexia. As the illness continues… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 2:30 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Pavegen is turning footsteps into electricity–yet another reason to get in those 10,000 steps per day. 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 for analytics. And Pavegen is now… Read More

May 25, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Back in 2013 before equity crowdfunding was legalized in New Zealand,  Auckland based Angel Food launched a very small rewards based crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe. Tomorrow Angel Food will return to PledgeMe but this time the funding is for equity in the small company and… Read More

May 25, 2015 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its services, Queenstown-based taxi app, Tapp a Taxi launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe earlier this morning. The app works by using peoples mobile phones and GPS location to make hailing a taxi more efficient. Unlike other taxi apps, Tapp works across… Read More

May 25, 2015 @ 5:08 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Like so many great products, Red Witch Analog Lt began in a garage–not in Silicon Valley, but in Paekakariki, New Zealand. The company, currently raising funds on Snowball Effect, produces boutique analogue guitar and bass effects pedals, used by the likes of Sting, the Arctic Monkeys, Guns n’ Roses, Andy Summers… Read More

May 24, 2015 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

We all want to be able to charge our smartphones faster so when I saw the crowdfunding campaign for ChargeDoubler I thought this was a pretty cool campaign. The “original accelerator” claims up to 2X charging speeds for your iPhone or Android phone by allowing a… Read More

May 23, 2015 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, hardware tech that was pitched as the “brain of your devices”, has just announced the shipping of its 1000th device.  In a typical crowdfunding campaign that would be a positive message but this one comes 18 months after the promised delivery date on a… Read More

May 22, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wishbone, a non-profit that gives students the chance to pursue their passions through online crowdfunding and program coordination, and Uncommon Schools, a network of 42 public charter schools, are teaming up to raise $90,000 to send 104 low-income, high school students to a summer program of their… Read More

May 22, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this spring, hip hop group De La Soul took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a mission to raise only $110,000 for their new album. Within only hours of its launch, the initiative successfully secured its initial goal and by the end of its round… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 4:10 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Catalan company ZeClinics, supported by the University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona and and Barcelona Biomedicine Research Park (PRBB) reached its crowdfunding campaign goal  on Capital Cell,  a campaign that set the record for the the year’s largest biotech crowdfunding investment in Spain.  The company is prevalued at 1M€.  After 88… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Glowforge announced a $9 million Series A funding round to bring their 3D Laser Printer to market this year. The round was led by Foundry Group and True Ventures, with participation from Bre Pettis, cofounder and former CEO of MakerBot, and Jenny Lawton, former CEO… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music, is happy to announce its partnership with platinum selling recording artist and American Idol season seven winner, David Cook, to release his 4th studio record and give fans a pre-order experience they will not soon forget. David Cook rose to… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Latvian P2P lending marketplace Mintos announced its both its expansion and new offering of  P2P loans, secured by cars as collateral to borrowers in Lithuania,  the third country Mintos operates in addition to Latvia and Estonia. Mintos is open to international investors from Europe.  The platform’s website… Read More