Offerings

October 28, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, Irish filmmaker, Phelim McAleer, and his wife, Ann McElhinney, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for a film about the life of infamous abortionist, Kermit Gosnell. During its run, the campaign raised $2.2 million and became one of the… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DirecTV is ready to give up and coming musicians a chance to grab some attention through a new television channel. Last week, the television provider debut its New Music Channel, also known as NMC. The channel uses a form of crowdfunding to push musicians into… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 4:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Monday (October 20th), a New York-based company, Bluesmart, hit Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for what’s considered the world’s “first” smart, connected carry-on suitcase. Within the first few days, its crowdfunding campaign raised well over its goal and is currently sitting at nearly $561,000 thanks to… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help connect restaurateurs with investors, a group of Washington D.C.-based entrepreneurs launched their very own equity crowdfunding platform, known as Equity Eats, on Monday (October 27th), to become the ultimate platform for restaurant campaigns. According to the Washington Post, Equity Eats offers four… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Oculus Rift is one of the most well known rewards crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The VR headset that is a gamers dream raised over $2.4 million on Kickstarter as thousands backed the campaign.  Oculus went on to raise many millions from VCs – only to… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Warsaw-based bitcoin payment solution provider, InPay, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Beesfund to raise 200,000 zloty, which is around $60,000, so it may be able to develop and expand to other markets. Through the platform, the company will be allow backers to use… Read More

October 26, 2014 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few weeks, the Ebola virus has not only hit the U.S., but has been the cause of panic through major cities in Texas, as well as Ohio. Although some scientists have begun to look to the crowd to help fund their study… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Social cashback integrated platform, :Qounter, has launched a Series A round on  equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder to enter the US market. :Qounter is set to “disrupt” the cash back space by enabling businesses to attract not only individuals but also their social network by offering social cash… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, devastating news hit Canada when two men, warrant officer Patrice Vincent and corporal Nathan Cirillo, were both killed because they were servicemen of the country. Both deaths have shaken the country, and now a group of civilians have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

CircleUp co-founder and CEO Ryan Caldbeck crashed the CNBC Cash Crowd party to fund Nomad, a hardware company that is equity crowdfunding on the CircleUp platform.  He made his appearance after the “super panel” of investors had already gone through their brief funding routine deciding… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marlborough-based CarbonScape, which has the technology that could slash global greenhouse gas emissions is inviting the public to invest, is the latest company to raise capital through the new crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, to build a continuous production pilot plant. The offer, which has just gone live… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The saying, “You are what you eat,” may need some tweaking.  To date, over $44K has been invested by more than 37 investors into Insect Europe’s belief that edible insects are the food of the future. The campaign seeks to raise $253,100 for 15% equity offered. … Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With the help of over 2,000 backers, the Joan Didian Documentary, We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live,  easily exceeded its modest $80K goal with over $121,800 in pledges.  Live on Kickstarter, the film’s campaign is led by director, Griffin Dunne, who has known… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to challenge baristas from all over the world, the creators of the coffee maker, Arist, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $120,000. According to the campaign’s website, the Arist is considered the “first ever” coffee maker that provides complete control over every… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kent and Sussex based property investment brokerage and development company Capitalise Invest is reforming its business, offering all investors the opportunity to develop a high yielding, secure and robust investment portfolio. Following the huge success of its property crowdfunding business, the firm is now opening… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 7:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

New Bond Facilitates Developing World’s Students’ Financial Access to Higher Education Prodigy Finance, the leader in international student lending, announced the launch of a $25 million Education Note in partnership with the Credit Suisse Impact Investing and Microfinance team, led by Patrick Elmer, Philanthropy Services & Responsible… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s FINALLY happening! On Tuesday (October 21st),  an ACTUAL hoverboard officially hit the crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter! Not only has it become super popular with the Back to the Future fans (myself included), it has also achieved its initial $250,000 campaign goal within only two days! For those who have seen Back to… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 3:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Realty Mogul, an online real estate capital platform connecting accredited and institutional investors to real estate investment opportunities, announced on Thursday (October 23rd) that it has successfully crowdfunded a Florida self-storage facility acquired by StoreSmart Self-Storage, which is a national developer of, and asset manager… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Avi-on Labs announced on Wednesday (October 22nd) the launch of its Simple Bluetooth Home ecosystem through a campaign on crowdfunding platform, Tilt. What started as an Avi-on movable and wireless light switch has quickly evolved into a suite of products that communicate using familiar Bluetooth Smart… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 12:25 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Ringside at the 3rd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp GCCB2014 today, event organizer Ruth Hedges of Pinnacle Crowdfunding Group and Ray Garza announced that the Oscar de la Hoya, the gold Olympic medalist and retired champion professional boxer, will head back into the ring… for a film… Read More