Offerings

December 1, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

LumeJet, a new commercial printing technology, has shifted into overfunding after surpassing its initial £1.47 million equity crowdfunding goal on CrowdBnk.  The campaign is scheduled to close on December 15th so it has ample time to garner additional investors.  The minimum investment in the young… Read More

November 30, 2014 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The first Real Estate Investment Trust to ever raise capital crowdfunding has entered into overfunding mode less than two weeks into its campaign. Mill Residential REIT has topped the initial goal of £2.1 million (about $3.28M) from over 50 investors with seven days left in… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Canadian singer, songwriter and author, Jann Arden launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for her new device called, the Arden Collar and Bracelet. The collar and bracelet serves as a halo to help protect loved one from harm by tracking them at… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amy Berg, the filmmaker behind the 2012 documentary West of Memphis, has teamed up with actor Nate Parker and writer-director Matthew Cooke to create a new documentary called AMERICAN RACE. The film about the “black male crisis,” and  is to focus on the death of Ferguson’s Michael Brown,… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Employees of the Portland-based startup, GrowlerWerks, raised their pint glasses on Thanksgiving to celebrate the $1 million mark in their crowdfunding campaign on global platform, Kickstarter. The milestone was hit on Friday (November 28th) and the project is currently at $1,017,880 thanks to 6,942 backers. GrowlerWerks had an original goal of $75,000 to… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards crowdfunding is a regularly a process where you back a product and then wait for delivery.  Many products deliver rather behind schedule and some unfortunately fail to deliver at all.  Below are several crowdfunded projects that raised funding and are available (or are almost… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

3D Printer Includes Scanner & Laser Engraver. Just when you thought the 3D printing craze had moved beyond crowdfunding and straight to retail, another really cool project comes along.  FLUX 3D printer is an “all in one” device that is crowdfunding on Kickstarter now and… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Women are the demographic that makes 80% of global purchase decisions, according to a Nielsen study.  EDITION F, the leading business and lifestyle platform for women, targets and taps into the career-oriented women and modern men demographic providing incisive articles in online magazines, career-enhancing contacts in the… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In conjunction with the launch of the Local Road Safety Index, AXA Car Insurance is match funding a road safety crowdfunding campaign in partnership with Crowdfunder, enabling local communities to source funds to help pay for much needed road safety initiatives – helping to further… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Handcraft India based winemaker, Soul Tree, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £350,000 to expand its already successful business. The company, which has already won various awards such as Startups 100, Real Business Future 50 and Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Award,… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Braveheart Investment Group has announced the first four investments in the Crowdcube Venture Fund.  The fund was announced by Crowdcube at the beginning of 2014.  Available only to Crowdcube registered investors, the fund allows investors to easily participate in a diversified portfolio of crowdfunded companies. Investing… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Like Spotify is to songs or Netflix is to movies, Apollo-M gives the 300+ million musicians and music teachers worldwide unlimited access to a massive library of quality graded music lessons covering all popular instruments, genres, styles and age-groups in an easy-to-use app. On Monday… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to fulfill a life-long dream, Devon sailor, Ben Cornish, launched a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeSport to raise enough funds so that he may attend the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in 2016. According to Western Morning News, the 23-year-old has been a member of the British… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  Stanford educated engineer and successful entrepreneur Debbie Sterling is the epitome of crowdfunding success.  Her crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter was launched in 2013 seeking a raise of $150,000 to take her toy GoldieBlox into production.  The campaign closed 30 days later at over a… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Black Friday is not known for being stress-free, but this year shoppers at El Paseo Village, California will have the unique opportunity to have a few moments of calm during the hustle-and-bustle of the day. Good Dog! Autism Companions Orbit and Huckleberry, along with founders Rick… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The events surrounding the shooting death in the small town of  Ferguson, Missouri have certainly been tragic and unfortunate.  But occasionally some events that inspire rise to the surface contrasting despair with hope.  Natalie’s Cakes and More, operated by Natalie Dubose from Ferguson, saw here… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Relatively new investment crowdfunding platform DuurzaamInvesteren is seeking to carve out a niche in the renewable energy crowdfunding space. The Amsterdam based company has offered three wind energy projects and now they are offering investors the chance to participate in their first “Solar Bond”. Renewable… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, announced on Wednesday (November 26th) it will be offering “barking mad” savings with the inclusion of PetziConnect in its first ever Cyber Monday consumer sale. The startup, which allows pet parents to see video, speak audio, snap take pictures and videos of,… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Applied CleanTech announces this week the launch of its equity crowdfunding campaign on EquityNet to raise its next round of funding, targeted at $2-$5M. The investment is required for business development in Western Europe and the Americas. Established in 2007, Applied CleanTech Inc. has developed and established… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, an alleged Iraq war veteran known as Kevin Fish debuted his crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $4,000 for what he noted to be his final trip to his family in Louisiana before he died from bone cancer. Fish shared on the… Read More