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February 27, 2015 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LINQ Home, a maker of energy-saving home automation products, launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to help improve heating and cooling through its smart vents. LINQ is providing households with unprecedented control over HVAC systems. By sensing the temperature in each room and adjusting… Read More

February 27, 2015 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, WWE announced the launch of Superstars for Hope, a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, to benefit Special Olympics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in honor of Connor’s Cure. The announcement was made exclusively on Twitter by WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, WWE Hall… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his duties at crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, CEO and co-founder of the platform, Slava Rubin sat down with Fortune magazine last week to weigh in on some of the best and strangely unique crowdfunding campaigns he has seen. During his interview, Rubin shared,”Well,… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 1:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PicoBrew Inc., the company dedicated to technology for home craft beer creation and enjoyment, today unveiled the new social networking features of their advanced kegerator.  KegSmarts, the world’s smartest craft beer kegerator, is the second product from the Seattle-based company. PicoBrew launched a crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a ’90s favorite back to game consoles everywhere, creator Greg Johnson and California-based Humanature Studios has launched a campaign on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise $400,000 for Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove. The game’s summary reads, “Toejam and his homeboy Big Earl go out… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending investor Victory Park Capital has filed a prospectus to list shares on the main exchange of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Victory Park has been aggressively investing in P2P assets having recently committed a solid $420 million to Funding Circle in… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

truBrain, creator of the world’s first nootropic drink, was featured in this week’s Power Pitch segment of CNBC’s Power Lunch to discuss the company’s traction and growth strategy, as well as their recent equity offering through the crowdfunding platform CircleUp. The segment highlights truBrain’s success in developing novel products… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bid On Energy LLC, an energy brokering and consulting firm, is seeking investment capital from accredited investors through its EquityNet campaign. The company introduced its new reverse auction and aggregation platform for businesses in 2014. The system substantially lowers the rising cost of commercial electricity and… Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 7:07 am By JD Alois  |  

JustPark has broken a funding record on Crowdcube. The App company has captured over 2400 investors attracting 3x more backers than any other offer in Crowdcube’s history. JustPark, a company that already lists BMW and Index Ventures as early investors, had sought a funding round… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 4:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Spark IO (Spark) recently returned to Kickstarter to raise funds for its first cellular-connected development board, the Electron. Spark is best known for the Spark Core and Photon, its Wi-Fi development kits for creating products for the connected home. The Electron extends the Spark platform beyond the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble CEO and founder Eric Migicovsky is making the PR rounds alongside the spectacular launch of the Pebble Time crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Everyone is comparing it to the forthcoming Apple Watch as a David vs. Goliath battle looms inside the octagon.  Migicovsky is pretty… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (February 25th), Prong announced that the PWR Case is now available for the iPhone 6 via pre-order through its new crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help iPhone 6 owners keep their phones charged all day — no cord required. The company also has begun shipping the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Woolet, an ultra slim smart wallet that alerts you to its location when you misplace it, has made its official debut on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. With the latest Bluetooth 4.0 module in place, Woolet communicates with an app available for iOS and Android, alerting the user… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Washington resident Kent Walter took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise funds for his new invention, the Silvan Audio Workshop. This turntable, which was created by Walter and his father, offers a high-quality sound, is made out of natural hardwood, shaped and finished by… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Time, the new iteration of the Pebble Smartwatch, launched a promotional crowdfunding campaign yesterday on Kickstarter.  The first time around it took a few weeks to raise over $10 million.  This time it may take just 2 as already over 42,000 have blitzed the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The FlyShark Smartwatch is making its debut in a brand new market. In order to produce and bring the smart watch to the market, the creators of the watch have launched Kickstarter campaign. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project captured the initial goal and raised over… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Gulf Wealth Management (GWM) has asked Crowd Valley to assist in the development of a customer facing investment platform plus back office features for its digital wealth site targeting investors in the Arabian Gulf region. GWM has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Iotera today announced the closing of a $1M financing round led by ZenShin Capital Partners and joined by Crunchfund, Startup Capital Ventures, String Ventures, EarlyMarket and Rubicon Venture Capital. The funding will be used to expand delivery of their IOTA pet tracking system.  While the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

MicroVentures, an online investment crowdfunding platform, has announced today the creation of a new investment opportunity targeting high profile businesses participating in 500 Startups. The “500 Startups Fund” is now open to accredited investors for as little as $10,000. Typically investors seeking access to invest… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last summer, sleeping monitor Sense took crowdfunding giant Kickstarter by storm. The product is a simple system that keeps track of the user’s sleep behavior, monitors the environment of their bedrooms, and has even reinvented the alarm. Sense contains a speaker, so it may play white… Read More