Offerings

April 13, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his and Broken Lizard’s Indiegogo campaign, Super Troopers 2, continuing to near recording-breaking funds, director and co-star Jay Chandrasekhar sat down with NPR’s Tamara Keith to share more details about the highly anticipated sequel. As previously reported, Chandrasekhar and his Broken Lizard team took to Indiegogo last… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, it’s official: Con Man and Super Troopers 2 have not only hit the record books at crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, they each have become two of top most film projects in the funding methods history by beating out Zach Braff’s Wish I was Here.  Last week, Con Man finished its… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to increase transparency and trust, popular reward-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has launched new feature: campaign profile cards. Sharing details about the feature, Indiegogo’s Julian Wong stated: “At Indiegogo, we routinely gather feedback from users and use this information to help determine what features… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 10:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

New Sydney fintech hub Stone & Chalk has appointed Alex Scandurra as its CEO to lead the platform as it garners startup clients seeking to disrupt banking.  The London Business School MBA Scandurra was Head of Strategic Partnerships & Barclay’s Accelerator Program, which is powered by… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Scottish film industry members will come together today for the launch of Beamshare, a product which aims  to revolutionise video production workflows. Crowdfunding to raise £100,000 investment in return for 9% equity in Onecodec Ltd on on Crowdcube, the Aberdeen-based video streaming experts, Beamshare, will showcase their video… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 9:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Manos Accelerator, a startup accelerator  in Silicon Valley targeting global Latino entrepreneurs, and Entrepreneurs for Google has announced the selected startups that have joined the Manos Accelerator program for the 2015 spring batch.  Manos Accelerator, an organization that is supported by Google for Entrepreneurs, is a… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gridmates announced a new donation-based, energy crowdfunding site that will allow donors to browse through a directory of distressed electricity customer profiles and then donate energy assistance. The site seeks to help low-income customers such as single moms with young children, elderly couples, disabled veterans, storm/hurricane survivors and… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Fred Bell wants to reinvigorate the institution of the local pub.  Having owned and operated the Half Moon Inn, under Inntuit Limited, he understands the challenges and wants to help owners regain past glory or just improve their bottom line.  During the last few years… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

There are several groups hoping to push forward legislation that will legalize recreational use of Marijuana in Michigan but the Michigan Cannabis Coalition (MCC) is planning on launching a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign on April 20th to help pay the way.  The date (4/20) is a… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to revive an in demand reality television series, former NBC correspondent, Chris Hansen, has announced that he is preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring back To Catch a Predator under the new name, Hansen vs. Predator Per its synopsis, To Catch a Predator follows… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, GoFundMe pulled the plug on a campaign that was dedicated to South Carolina police officer, Michael Slager, after he was charged for the murder of an unarmed man, Walter L. Scott. The charges were filed after a video of the event revealed Slager shooting… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A very determined Canadian man is doing whatever it takes to break a Guinness Record… even if that means involving National Treasure star, Nicolas Cage. Earlier this week, Windsor resident, Thom Malone hit Kickstarter to raise $52,000 for a 21,646-square meter mosaic of the 51-year-old actor. Originally created as a… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While most backers have to wait in anticipation for their Kickstarter-backed card game, Exploding Kittens, its creators, The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman along with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small, have decided to give fans of the already popular game a chance to try it out and offer… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the debut of his Danny Fields documentary, Danny Says, director Brendan Toller sat down with Kickstarter to share details about the crowdfunded project. During the interview, Toller revealed how he became interested in documentaries: “I got into documentary filmmaking because I see it as writing… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s the gift that just keeps giving… and giving… and continuing to give until either its batteries die or you find a way to destroy it. California brothers Travis and Nick Peterson recently took to popular reward-based platform Kickstarter to raise only $7,500 for the “best… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring its gluten-free beers concepts to life, Bellfield Brewery recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to help fund its dedicated gluten-free brewery in Edinburgh. According to its campaign, the new craft brewery with a mission: to make Gluten Free (GF) beers and lagers… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rad Power Bikes, an electric bike company out of Seattle, Washington, is redefining the affordable electric bike with their electric fat bike, the RadRover. In just five days, the company surpassed their funding goal on Indiegogo and sold over 80 of their electric fat bikes. The RadRover combines quality, dependability,… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bumper Bot, a Brooklyn-based startup, has announced that its unique bumper saving technology is now available for pre-order on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. An industry first, the Bumper Bot product is designed specifically to save drivers from bumps, scrapes, and more serious bumper damage through the use… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, Crowdfund Insider shared details about the infamous Tor hardware router, Anonabox. The device received some negative attention after Kickstarter decided pulled the plug on its nearly $600,000 funded campaign when backers began to question the creator, August Germar, and the details that was given about the project…. Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

nthing, a promising South Korean IoT startup backed by SparkLabs and MousQ Angels, announced today the launch of its Kickstarter campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to fund the production of its new product, Planty. Planty is an internet-connected planter that simplifies the urban gardening experience through a… Read More