Offerings

August 16, 2014 @ 8:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just saw the coolest Kickstarter project.. Mind. Officially. Blown. SmartThings will let you run your world by Smartphone. The above are some of the accolades piled upon SmartThings, a young company seeking capital and market approval just 2 years ago.  Crowdfunding out of Minneapolis, Minnesota,… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Blue Mountain State: The Movie – ran a widely popular crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  The project closed in May having raised over $1.9 million from about 24,000 supporters. Blue Mountain State is a fabled comedy television series that ran on Spike TV for three years…. Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 9:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wrapping up its campaign on Indiegogo, brand new portable power outlet, ChargeAll has raised over $320,000 from more than 3,600 backers. The project originally launched the crowdfunding giant to only raise $30,000. ChargeAll lets you power anything, anytime, anywhere. This new device is a portable… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based Scribble launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its self-titled pen. After immediately surpassing its initial goal and reaching $366,566 from 1,959 backers, the project was shut down. Now speculation has finally surfaced as to what really caused… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding on Crowdfunder, music legend Neil Young and his Pono Music team easily cruised past the $4 million funding goal.  At last look funding totaled $4.4 million.  While the campaign has a launch date of August 1st, the public facing offer was only available… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring another go-to appliance to the market, San Francisco-based company, Nomiku, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its self-titled sous vide. The device is a WiFi-connect sous vide immersion circulator brings top chefs and community into anyone’s kitchen. The new Nomiku is considered… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the final 24 hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, family robot Jibo closes in on $1.7M from almost 4,000 backers. Created Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, the Jibo is the perfect robot for every member of the family. Standing at 11 inches tall and weighing… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 9:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kickstarter’s first synthetic biology project, the Glowing Plant, which was launched April 2013 by Antony Evans, Fulbright Stanford post-doc fellow Omri Amirav-Drory, PhD and Kyle Taylor, PhD (from Stanford) has made the news again for its syncing with Y Combinator.  The Silicon Valley venture capital firm… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a little over a week and a half until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes an end, San Diego-based OwnPhone’s self-titled wireless 3D printed earbuds surpassed its initial $250,000 goal and reached  over $610,000 from close to 3,000 backers. OwnPhones are custom made to… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 7:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help others in need, a Nashville-based organization called the Servant Group International (SGI) launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $50,000 for the Iraq Refugee Crisis. SGI is a non-profit Christian organization that works to share good news and hope with its… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Columbus, Ohio resident Zach “Danger” Brown launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to make potato salad. Originally setting out with an initial goal of $10, the project immediately hit the spotlight and raised over $55,000 from 6,911 backers. Now Brown is… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Networking platform and event app, Bizzabo, announced on Thursday (August 14th) a new funding round to raise $2.5 million from existing and new investors. Participants include Kaedan Capital, AfterDox, the super angel Gigi Levy and new investors, OurCrowd and Massa Group. Bizzabo has raised $4… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, SKULLY AR-1 motorcycle helmet raised over $1 million dollars from more than 750 backers. As previously reported, the already dubbed world’s smartest motorcycle helmet reached its initial $250,000 campaign goal within 24 hours… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 8:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Diego-based video game company Night Trap LLC is dealing with questions about the accuracy and authenticity of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to revamp its ’90s controversial self-titled game. The project debuted on the platform just three days ago and was immediately criticized about… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 5:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring his new creation to the market, Ohio resident Jay Yoo has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for his new bag, bolstr. The new accessory is considered the ultimate bag for everyday carry (EDC) items. The bolstr is a perfect crossbody… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With back-to-college season in full swing, parents and kids are looking for ways to succeed in academics and student life. Below are Crowdfund Insider’s top 5 back-to-school items we know everyone will love while hitting the books on campus. The Defender: Smart Personal Protection Colleges everywhere… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to put an end to political corruption in the state of Kentucky, Gil Fulbright launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last month for his new project called The Honest Politician. Within a few hours of its debut on the crowdfunding giant’s platform, the campaign reached… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

PonoMusic raised over $6.2 million on Kickstarter this past April, a campaign that saw just about every living rock star endorse the innovative product. Now with strong consumer demand, Pono has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder seeking to raise a minimum of $2.5 million… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Caddington-based Water-to-Go Ltd surpassed its crowdfunding target of £125,000 (US$ 210,000) on Crowdcube and closed to £167,000 with more than three weeks left for further investment. This was after major high street banks refused to lend against property assets valued at several multiples of the requested… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Sometime last night the Coolest Cooler strolled past the Ouya video game console to become the 2nd biggest crowdfunding campaign ever on Kickstarter.  Only the Pebble smartwatch stands in Coolest Cooler’s path to become the most funded campaign of all time on the Kickstarter platform…. Read More