Offerings

October 7, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ambi Labs is ready to bring air condition controls to your smartphone. The Sacramento-based launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter on Monday (October 6th) to raise funds for its Ambi Climate. Originally seeking only $25,000, the project has already surpassed its initial goal and raised over… Read More

October 7, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business crowdfunding platform Fundable and office supply retailer Staples have teamed up to launch the first Crowd2Shelf Contest. The event drew in thousands of startups across the U.S. to compete for a chance to fund their way to Staples’ shelves. A panel of innovation experts, including Fundable and… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 5:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (October 6), the Texas Theatre announced it has teamed up with independent film crowdfunding platform, Seed&Spark, in an effort to raise funds to put a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) Projection inside the historic theater. DCP is the new industry standard projection and file format… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring his easy-to-use standing desk to the market, Harvard grad and resident dean, Luke Leafgren, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for the StandStand. StandStand has been noted to be the “only truly portable” standing desk. It can be used anywhere and… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chicago-based tech startup and creators of the Kickstarter-success TAKTIK, LUNATIK has launched a $100,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its new iPhone 6 waterproof cases TAKTIK 360 + AQUATIK. Within the first few hours, the project raised over $31,000 thanks to nearly 375 backers. LUNATIK… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Econeers, the “green sister platform for sustainable investments” of SeedMatch, has launched an interesting campaign on their  platform – a project to crowdfund trees. For only 10 days, the crowd has the option to finance trees with a minimum investment of € 250.00.  Outside of replanting… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snap Judgement fans, rejoice! With only four days left until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, the popular NPR show surpasses its $150,000 goal and recently hit $171,510 thanks to 3,945 backers. As previously reported, the host and executive producer of public radio exchange and NPR’s… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 7:36 am By Oscar Jofre  |  

This is not the first international cross border equity crowdfunding offer, a title claimed by UK based Airline Odyssey, but this is a first for North America as consumer goods company WAFU has launched a duel listing in both Canada and the United States simultaneously…. Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 3:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

On September 24th, San Francisco-based startup Arubixs launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its wearable smartphone, Portal. The project quickly found some backer support perhaps lured by the wearable screen that was described as “flexible, shatterproof and water resistant”. The Arubix team described their objective;… Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OM Audio, developers of advanced audio products enabling consumers to enjoy and connect with music,  announced on Friday (October 3rd) pre-sale availability for OM/ONE, which has been dubbed the world’s first levitating Bluetooth speaker, as a result of raising nearly $800,000 in its crowdfunding campaign… Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (October 2nd), New York City-based startup Thursday Boot Co. made its debut on Kickstarter to raise only $30,000 for its new shoeline. Within a couple of days, the project not only raised its initial goal, it is also nearing $100,000 thanks to over… Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s the crowdfunding campaign that just won’t end and now Star Citizen is hitting the record books! Not only did the campaign reach $54 million last month, the project has set the Guinness World Record for “Insane Crowdfunding Haul.” Star Citizen has been dubbed the largest crowdfunded game of all time… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 4:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, Keiji Inafune’s Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ended its run with a total of $3,845,170 from 67,226 backers, making it one of the most funded projects on the platform. Now, the video game developer is ready to share details about the highly anticipated video game…. Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Jose-based startup Matchstick launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its self-titled streaming stick that was built on Firefox OS. Not only has it surpassed the initial goal within the first day, the project is currently sitting at $278,828… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chesapeake, Va.-based MakerMex has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds to manufacture its versatile and innovative 3D printer, The MM1 modular 3D printing system. The MM1 is capable of printing single extrusion, dual extrusion and paste extrusion and will print a wide variety of… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to continue its crowdfunding-success streak, video game developer Uber Entertainment has turned to Kickstarter with a campaign for its new game Human Resources.  Seeking $1.4 million, the project has received 7% of its goal during the first day thanks to over 2,500 backers. Human… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, developer Piranha Games announced the $1 million crowdfunding campaign for its new video game Transverse was officially canceled. The project failed to attract as many attention as the company had hoped and now the company is planning to refund all backers with the game. Piranha Games’… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In 2012, Obsidian Entertainment made an appearance on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new and exciting game, Pillars of Eternity.  The game immediately hit the spotlight and received nearly $4 million by close to 80,000 backers by its closing. Unfortunately, the California-based developer announced… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Baceline Investments, LLC, a Denver-based boutique private equity real estate investment and management company with retail holdings throughout the central U.S., is listing its opportunities fund on real estate crowdfunding platform, RealCrowd. Baceline is using crowdfunding for the first time in an effort to connect with… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, London-based company Kano launched a crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its learn-to-code computer kits. The project was a huge success on the platform, banking $1.5 million dollars from over 13,000 backers. Recently, the company announced it is ready to ship… Read More