Offerings

March 31, 2015 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AppVested, an equity crowdfunding platform for mobile apps, is introducing its newest app, GenieGram, to AppVestors. AppVested is marketing GenieGram as a social greetings application that adds fun layers to messaging. The idea is to take the nostalgia and whimsy of snail mail and make… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Today, GrapeSeed Wine Fund launched as the first company to marry consumers’ desire for choice and exclusivity with winemakers’ passion for creating distinctive, small production wines. Leveraging a crowdfunding model, GrapeSeed enables members, or “Partners,” to pay a subscription fee to fund one-of-a-kind wine projects… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, an online funding platform for start-ups and small businesses, today announced its transaction volume since launching The Funding Network on March 4th. Over 50 companies were funded via The Funding Network™ for a total of $40.1 million in 22 days, creating the potential for future Symbid… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Companisto has announced the closing of funding for Weissenhaus Grand Village & Spa at a record amount of € 7.5 million. The platform has claimed Europe’s largest crowdfunding campaign as approximately 1600 investors participated in the public offer. Crowdfunding of Weissenhaus was paused for a period… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, New York based startup, Tiko, took to global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise $100,000 for its brand new 3D printer. Within only an hour or so, the project captured over 80% of its initial goal from 600 backers. The creators… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With more and more filmmakers looking to the crowd to fund their up and coming projects, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter gathered a few moviemakers to share their funding success tips. Kickstarter’s Niina Pollari wrote: “It can seem incredibly difficult to determine a realistic and attainable goal for… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tired of having to lounge on uncomfortable chairs during a long layover? Anxious about missing a flight due to a “power nap?” Worry no more travelers, Podtime is ready to make its way to one of the busiest airports in the UK, Gatwick. The company launched an equity… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Did the forthcoming launch of the Apple Watch boost Pebble and its most recent, record breaking, crowdfunding campaign for the Pebble Time? Well that is a good questions. The wearable tech industry is so new that having a high profile company like Apple jump into… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012 into 2013, Yashar Behzadi and Greg Moon, co-founders of San Francisco-based popSLATE, took to crowdfunding giant Indiegogo to raise $150,000 for their invention – the second screen case for smartphones. Within its 30-day run on Indiegogo, the project captured well over its… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, New Zealand-based Invivo Wines announced the excited news that it has raised over $2 million NZD through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect. The wine startup’s campaign launched and almost immediately jumped to $1 million (doubling its initial $500,000 goal). Now, Invivo’s… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Super Troopers 2 continuing to be a huge success on global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, director and star of the original comedy, Jay Chandrasekhar is ready to share details about the upcoming film and why Broken Lizard decided to turn to fans for funding help. In a recent essay, published… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Baltimore non-profit organization, Section1, opened its new Series A funding round in hopes of revitalize a 3.5-acre abandon site in the city’s art scene under Jones Falls Expressway ready for public view. The organization is dedicated to transforming, vacant, underutilized, or derelict sites… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 8:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With her second crowdfunding campaign, KitRex Pterodactyl, now seeking funds on Kickstarter, Lisa Glover is ready to share the process of creating the fun 3D paper dinosaurs. During a recent interview with Kickstarter, Glover revealed why she decided to return to the crowdfunding giant with her… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Pebble’s new smartwatch has officially closed.  Pebble Time now stands as the most funded campaign ever on Kickstarter.  Pebble raised a total of $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers.  Pebble easily topped the previous record holder, Coolest Cooler, a   product… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 7:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its quickly growing (and already popular) business, central Brighton-based frozen yogurt startup, Lick, has hit crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £200,000 and is offering  6.25% in equity. Lick  is all-natural, fat-free and made from 100% yogurt using the special method that its co-founders,… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 2 has no only raised well over its $2 million goal, it is closing in on $3 million faster than anyone can chug a whole bottle of maple syrup. The production… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the new documentary Billion Dollar Bully continues to remain success on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter (by raising its initial $60,000 goal), Prost Production producer, Kaylie Milliken sat down to share details about the new project and her slightly awkward interview with CNBC’s First Money. As previously reported, Billion Dollar… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, China-based Jide Tech, hit crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new Android tablet, Remix. The Remix is considered an Android 4.4.2 based, 11.6” ultra-tablet that provides “the best” mobile productivity and communication experience for all of its users. The company stated:… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 12:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Beastgrip, a versatile smartphone rig and lens adapter system, is getting an upgrade, and its makers are again asking for help from the Kickstarter community to make it all possible. Within just 24 hours of its launch, the crowdfunding campaign reached 100% of its funding goal of $50,000…. Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It seems more and more fan-favorites are ready to share what it’s like to be involved in the Comic Con world. On Thursday, Supernatural stars Richard Speight, Jr. and Rob Benedict launched a campaign  to raise $100,000 for their new single camera show, Kings of Con.   Following the years of “con adventures,”… Read More