Offerings

May 18, 2015 @ 9:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Following a successful Seedrs round last Spring, London-based Octer (formerly called Shareight) has returned to Seedrs to raise a second round of funding. The company, previously known as Shareight, raised £600,000 in just 24 hours on Seedrs back in May 2014.  The campaign seeks raise £700,000, in exchange… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 9:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

That most people keep their mobiles with them at all times is not a surprise.  As one might expect, the mobile market is enormous and growing rapidly. Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory company, has estimated that there will be 20 billion connected mobile… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Carlson Wireless Technologies, a global leader in TV White Space (TVWS) technology, announced the development of the newest generation of its TVWS radio, the RuralConnect. With three times the speed and at half the cost, RuralConnect Generation 3 will be superior to other products currently… Read More

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

Blue & Green Tomorrow, the fastest-growing sustainable lifestyle magazine in the UK, and GreenWise Business, the independent UK green business-to-business (B2B) online news and information publisher, are merging to create the leading online independent publishing powerhouse dedicated to consumers, businesses and investors that want to live,… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Angels Den is raising capital for a new niche crowdfunding site, WhiskyInvestDirect. The live investment offer for the new funding portal wants to capitalize on a consumable that has seen an average annual return of 5% since 1980. WhiskyInvestDirect was founded by Paul Tustain and Rupert… Read More

May 16, 2015 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

More corporations are recognizing the efficacy of capturing consumer feedback by using crowdfunding to pretail forthcoming products.  General Electric, a multi-national corporate behemoth is one of these companies. They don’t need your money – they want your advice. FirstBuild is GE’s “co-creation community”.  Described as a… Read More

May 16, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

It is enlightening to go back and review some past crowdfunding campaigns that generated excitement, captured backer interest, and then unfortunately fail to deliver.  This happens all too frequently in rewards based crowdfunding. A highly marketed product with promising features turns to vapor as project… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 9:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Something to smile about… According to a Fundable brief, Smyle has raised $300K on its private fundraise.  The Smyle app connects with Dropbox, Amazon Drive and Google Cloud Services for it one-stop shop for photo and video capturing, organizing, sharing, and storing.   Daily problems the Smyle… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 8:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Glass full: London wine bar Vini Italiani  has raised over £308,215 on its Seedrs  equity crowdfunding campaign with its equity offering of 11.63%.  Funding will be used to continue the brand’s undivided focus on Italian wines with the goal that Vini Italiani will be recognised and identified as the… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 6:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paidy, the cardless e-commerce payment and instant credit service from Exchange Corporation K.K. (“ExCo”), announced that it has expanded its Series A to US$8.3 million. Existing Series A lead, Arbor Ventures, led the expansion together with new investors SIG Asia and MS Capital. Russell Cummer, chief… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 6:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Universal Pictures and CrowdRise today announced the launch of the upcoming “The Trainwreck Comedy Tour,” presented by Live Nation, a tour of some of the greatest comics of this generation, which kicks off at Boston’s The Wilbur on June 14, and concludes in Los Angeles at The Wiltern on June 21st. Comprised of the… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 6:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fantem, a developer of products and solutions for the home, has successfully raised $1 million during its ongoing Indiegogo campaign for the smart home system, Oomi. Oomi offers users the ability to simply control and monitor their home’s lighting, ambiance, air quality, security, entertainment streaming… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With its elevator pitch of “Disrupting Big Oil: Crowdfunders get monthly guaranteed returns with equity upside,” Ascenergy has tapped into the crowd for its Crowdfunder campaign.  Seeking to raise $6M by 30 June 2015, the company has already raised  over $5,670,000, or 95% of its goal.   Investments $25,000… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO) reported it has started shipping Quell wearable pain relief devices out of its production and fulfillment facility in Woburn, MA. The initial shipments are directed to leading doctors and thought leaders in chronic pain. The company anticipates that it will start fulfilling… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 11:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Technological Innovation in Health Tech, Robotics and Smart Sensors Take Stage at HAX’s Accelerator Demo Days 15 hardware startups culminated an intensive 111-day accelerator program by revealing their products at HAX’s sixth annual Demo Day (formerly known as HAXLR8R). Each company  spent three months in Shenzhen, China,… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 6:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Netherlands-based studio 2Awesome Studio took to famous crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise €30,000 for its new video game Dimension Drive.  The game was described as comic book-styled space adventure set in a multidimensional universe. It features a teleportation mechanic that allows you to fight on two… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nike, Jibo and Sonos design veterans have partnered up to create a “Cur” a smart pain relief wearable that wants to provide a solution to chronic pain, something that impacts more than half of the adults in the US. If you are someone that lives with chronic… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Archie Comics, the acclaimed and bestselling comic book publisher, recently launched a Kickstarter to raise $350,000 so that it can expand the world of Archie #1 with three new series. The series three new titles, launching over the next 18 months, include: JUGHEAD: Featuring the adventures of Archie’s… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Mateo, California startup MODE, Inc., announced the official launch of a platform designed to help developers and emerging brands delivering Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. In addition, the company secured $775,000 in seed funding, led by Metamorphic Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and several angel investors… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping his stardom will get a new space project off the ground, television host/science educator, Bill Nye and The Planetary Society are currently seeking to raise $200,000 on Kickstarter for solar sailing spacecraft, LightSail. LightSail is described as a citizen-funded project by The Planetary Society, which… Read More