Offerings

March 17, 2015 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

investUP (known as UP), the crowdfunding supermarket, today announces partnerships with five new equity and Peer-to-Business (P2B) crowdfunding sites, joining the eight crowdfunding sites already on the investUP platform. These partnerships will allow investors to search for the most suitable investments from a greater choice of… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerRealty,  a real estate crowdfunding platform, is proud to announce that it is now accepting investments from accredited investors interested in investing in the Riverside Plaza shopping center in Belvidere, Illinois. The $1 million offering is one of the largest real estate crowdfunding offerings in Illinois… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 2:02 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

After your book becomes a New York Times bestseller, and you travel the world helping founders developing new apps, entrepreneurs at hypergrowth pre-IPO tech startups and managers at the largest, slowest, most heavily-regulated and bureaucratic organizations in the world, what’s next? For Eric Ries, author of “The Lean… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 11:48 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Wrapping up £1.8 million-plus in funding for “Salty,” a new film by director Simon West, of ‘The Expendables 2″ (2012) and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001), Hollywood takes a trip to the UK. The equity crowdfunding campaign for “Salty” marks the first time that retail investors worldwide will be able to… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday crowdfunding platform, Patreon, announced the news that it has acquired Subbable, which was founded by YouTube sensation Hank Green and his brother John Green, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars. According to Forbes, the big merger consolidates two funding platform. With their artists… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Slava Rubin, Indiegogo CEO and co-founder, has become a regular suspect on CNBC where he gets the chance to talk about things other than crowdfunding. This time around he got to share his thoughts on Netflix.  But beyond his opinion of Reed Hastings, he also… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly five years ago, Hollywood lost acting legend, Dennis Hopper to prostate cancer. Before his passing, Hopper was working on The Last Film Festival. Now, director of the film, Linda Yellen has launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to finally finish the production of the unreleased movie. While… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Project Hustle, the crowdfunding-inspired program by Vitaminwater, is calling all aspiring entrepreneurs, artists-in-training, dreamers and future film directors to prepare their elevator pitch for the opportunity to see that their dreams can become reality and the chance to win up to a total of $500,000 (across… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking funds for his new product, Philadelphia resident Devon Greco launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $150,000 for neurofeedback glasses, Narbis. Narbis is a new wearable brain training technology with revolutionary dry sensors that measure brainwaves and send these signals to electrochromic lenses, giving users… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With SXSW fest 2015 in full swing, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that 1 in 3 films at the big event were funded by crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. According to the media outlet, 28 films that are playing at SXSW were funded by successful Kickstarter campaigns. Each film… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 2:14 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

As spring strikes again and bird nests fill the trees, a leading UK online estate agent is helping homeowners sell their brick-and-mortar nests on the ground. Urban.co.uk, based in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is now equity crowdfunding on CrowdCube, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, with minimum share… Read More

March 15, 2015 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, a crowdfunding project that promised to create your own virtual cloud based storage system – using your own hardware, successfully raised over $1.2 million crowdfunding on Kickstarter back in 2013. The funding goal was set at $69,000 – an amount that was topped in just 12… Read More

March 14, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inmoji, Inc., a company that connects consumers with their favorite brands through peer-to-peer, in-message, “powered” Inmoji, announced it has partnered with Wi-Fi first mobile telecom leader textPlus to provide branded, clickable emoji icons for their 70 million active users. The new functionality will debut later this month… Read More

March 14, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday, March 29th, Fairfield, Connecticut’s The Fairfield Theatre Company (FTC) will welcome the new project from songwriters Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell to StageOne at 7:30 p.m. with very special guests, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. As solo artists, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell have been making… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to help stray felines find their forever homes, Washington DC resident Kanchan Singh has launched a Kickstarter campaign for her Crumbs & Whiskers Cat Café. Sharing details about the cat situation in the US capital, Singh wrote: “Washington D.C. has a lot of… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pebble gave Twitter followers a good laugh during Apple’s media event on this past Monday as Apple revealed additional details on their forthcoming smartwatch. The Kickstarter-success (and continues to be) took a humorous approach regarding Apple’s typically big media circus as they schmoozed the media and Apple fans…. Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, a Quebec woman by the name of Rania El-Alloul made headlines when Judge Eliana Marengo dismissed her case against Quebec’s automobile insurance board due to her wearing a hijab in the courthouse. In an effort to help her, a campaign on GoFundMe was started to… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Miami, Florida startup Kabaccha Shoes took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a goal of $25,000. Within only 24 hours, the project raised the initial goal and since then it has hit over $380,000 thanks to nearly 1,500 backers. Kabaccha Shoes are described as ultralight, comfortable… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A team of West Point graduates recently launched a $1 million crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to build a device that detects and identifies improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a safe, standoff distance. The device uses newly-patented, cutting-edge terahertz technology, known as SEED (Stimulated Emission Enhanced… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DiamondGeezer, a jewelry manufacture, has launched an equity crowdfunding project on Crowdcube to raise £250,000 for growth and expansion. Diamond Geezer, which appeared on Dragons’ Den back in 2008, offers customers access to the world’s diamond. They are able to match their diamond with designer… Read More