Offerings

May 12, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdedReality.com, a crowdfunding platform for reality television and talk show concepts, has premiered the first show off its platform, Wake Up, on national broadcast television. Wake Up was created by Adryenn Ashley and Lisa Marie to be a new talk show for the new mainstream. Touted as… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Iconoclastic brewery, and financial innovators, BrewDog easily raised £5 million in just 20 days making the point that equity crowdfunding is an effective path to raise capital. The established independent brewery, based in Scotland, is looking to raise £25 million in total as part of its… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 2:39 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Twitter recently banned harassing and violent language, such as direct threats and tweets promoting violence toward others. The company’s expanded policy is part of a growing recognition of online harassment issues, and the significant negative effects felt by victims (ex. Zelda Williams). Now, a platform providing real-time support to individuals experiencing online… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrediFi, a big-data company providing critical data and analytics for the commercial real estate (CRE) finance sector, has raised $8 million in funding led by Battery Ventures with additional funding from Carmel Ventures and OurCrowd, a crowdfunding platform. The company launches with institutional-grade data and… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, California-based The Mr. Everything Team launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its self-titled device. Mr. Everything is the all-in-one smart device charging station that includes Qi wireless charging, Bluetooth speakers, LED lighting, a utility box and a power bank that can charge everything… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to start expanding their Cardiff-based Hokkei Chinese restaurant, Masterchef finalists Dale Williams and Larkin Cen have launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £275,000. The cooking duo met on the show’s set in 2013 and have since decided to kick up their cooking talents a… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Birmingham-based mobile payment startup, Droplet, recently finished its crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. Originally seeking £500,000 for a 12.56% in equity, the company has successfully secured nearly £575,000. Droplet is a mobile payments app that allows users to pay without having to queue, and collect rewards on their phone each time they spend.  Supposedly, one of the reasons businesses love the startup is… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

While regulators and some politicians worry that investors may lose money, since investing happens to involve risk, the quote below is exactly why investment crowdfunding is dearly needed: “We went through bank after bank. They couldn’t justify giving out a loan to two guys starting a… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England has selected 19 new producer/director teams as part of the iShorts nationwide search to find the country’s best new filmmakers.  iShorts is a short film initiative delivered as part of the BFI NET.WORK. Following hundreds of applications from aspiring filmmakers, the winning teams will… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Kickstarter announced that it is ready to open its doors for inspired French inventors. The crowdfunding company stated: “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now open to French makers, innovators, filmmakers, chefs and creators of all types! French creators can start building… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has partnered with Buchanan Partners to raise $1.5 million for the acquisition and recapitalization of the Innovation Business Center in Manassas, Virginia.  According to Fundrise, the flex-office space property is fully occupied today. Investors in the project may expect an… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

With four days to go in its Kickstarter campaign, BetterBack is nearing the $1 million crowdfunding mark with over 13,000 backers supporting the project. If it hits a million it will join a rather elite group of just over one hundred campaigns that have passed… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give backers a “progress report,” the team of Kickstarter-success Exploding Kittens has unveiled playtest results of the game being played thousands of times. Last month, the game’s creators, the Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman along with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small, put the power… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, a Burlington woman named Cynthia Lynn Smith was accused of scamming backers on GoFundMe by faking a rare neurological disease known as Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. Authorities confirmed that Smith went as far as acting out symptoms to convince family and friends to help her… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 4:10 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

No book teetering on your head as you slowly walk down the hallway, arms outstretched as if you were on a tightrope: BetterBack, a posture-improving product now overfunding on Kickstarter, says that wearing the company’s device just 15 minutes a day can retrain your default… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 3:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

A new type of mortgage launched by National Family Mortgage, a Massachusetts-based marketplace for peer-to-peer loans, is offering a homeowner’s own family, rather than a bank, the chance to receive tax-free cash borrowed against a home equity line of credit (HELOC), according to a recent story in the Washington Post…. Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chris Hansen’s Kickstarter project Hansen vs. Predator raced through its initial funding goal with 7 days left on the campaign clock. Nearly 1,000 backers have pledged over $77,000 in show of support for the new investigation to bring sexual predators to justice.  Clearing this goal means that a new investigation… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equitise, a new Australian equity crowdfunding platform, announced this week that its very first investment opportunity, Tourism Radio New Zealand, has finished its funding round and successfully raised over $211,000. Equitise announced the campaign earlier this year, revealing that the company was needing to raise a… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking the help of devoted fans, ZZ Top bandmate, Billy Gibbon has teamed up with Pura Vida Tequila to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $200,000 to begin expanding the new Texas-based brand. Explaining why the brand is different from the rest, the Pura… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Thing Co., an Oakland, California tech startup, launched a Kickstarter campaign on Thursday to raise $50,000 for its brand new only $9 computer, C.H.I.P. Within only 24 hours, the project has already raised well over its initial goal and currently sitting at nearly 200,000 thanks to… Read More