Offerings

August 25, 2014 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of the Star Trek: Axanar crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, website dedicated to the famous sci-fi series, TrekMovie, sat down with producer and actor in the upcoming film, Alec Peters to discuss the project and his ultimate dream of creating a Star Trek film…. Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Wealthforge, a company that started life in part as a crowdfunding platform and then successfully morphed into a crowdfunding service provider – is powering a new investment crowdfunding niche: Broadway. Earlier this month, Howard and Janet Kagan announced a new investment crowdfunding platform that is… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Pasedena, California based SterioVision Imaging (SVI) is a 3D imaging company that has developed a patented system for binocular.  The company claims two “groundbreaking” products ready for commercialization including a wireless face recognition system with a range of 200 meters and a real time face… Read More

August 24, 2014 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

uBiome raised just over $350,000 on Indiegogo back in February 2013.  The small company had set out to sequence the human microbiome.  The campaign organizers described the human environment, “like the rainforest, the healthy human microbiome is a balanced ecosystem. The correct balance of microbes… Read More

August 24, 2014 @ 9:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

About 2 years ago a startup called Apigy was rejected by Kickstarter for their Lockitron project.  Their concept was pretty basic:  a connected door lock device that could be integrated with existing household hardware. Once installed the user could control their front door via an… Read More

August 23, 2014 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to bring the famous former NYC club, CBGB back to life, New York native David Godlis has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $30,000 so he can publish a limited edition book that is filled with high quality photographs from 1976-1979…. Read More

August 23, 2014 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

In a posting on the Diaspora blog entitled, “Islamic State Fighters on Diaspora*”, the site operators have clarified they cannot prevent anyone from using their software as multiple reports have been released indicating ISIS is actively using their platform. ISIS, or Islamic State of Iraq… Read More

August 23, 2014 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Ferguson, Missouri Tragedy Has Captured Global Headlines as Both Sides Raise Funds via Crowdfunding. It has become the norm for sympathetic supporters, family members or those who just want to help out to launch crowdfunding campaigns to donate funds to assist those in need.  The… Read More

August 23, 2014 @ 7:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only hours remained of its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, Peachtree Audio’s deepblue2 raised nearly $315,000 from close to 1,000 backers. Originally seeking only $63,000, the device reached its goal in a matter of days and continued to be a huge hit. deepblue2 uses a custom-developed… Read More

August 23, 2014 @ 6:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to make changes to the neighborhood, Midtown Detroit Inc. launched a $50,000 crowdfunding campaign on the platform Patronicity to clean and make green the alley between Alexandrine and Selden streets. The project raised $52,290 and will now receive help from other Detroit-based companies. According… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 6:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to several reports, Coin – the one card to replace them all- has delayed complete launch until next year. COIN released a wildly popular product as part of pretail crowdfunding campaign.  A witty pitch video, that went viral, described a product that most people… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 3:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a posting on Facebook the elusive Steve Tan, founder of the Kreyos Smartwatch, responded to his critics.  For those of you who are just catching up now,  Kreyos launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2013 that was hugely successful.  The campaign closed as… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Not letting a little speed bump get in the way of his automobile dreams, Australian native Matt Thomas launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring his small supercar startup, JOSS, back to life. According to Motor Authority, Thomas founded JOSS in 1998 with a… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Non-profit donation based crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving, has launched an Ebola Epidemic Relief Fund to allow donors to contribute directly to locally driven Ebola relief efforts in West Africa.  The fund has been set up to supper nearly a dozen nonprofits that have been vetted by… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 7:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The “mysterious” comedian behind the Facebook Page, God, launched a Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign earlier this month to create billboard advertisements that support God and his love for gay people in the hometown of infamous religion organizations, Westboro Bapitst Church. The Topeka, Kansas-based “church” has been… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 6:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week and a half left crowdfunding on Indiegogo, California-based Stone Brewing Company has reached another huge milestone pushing past $2 million with the support of over 12,000 backers. The brewery’s flexible funding campaign was launched last month with an initial goal of $1… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 8:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

“Les titres du groupe Nice-Matin sont au bord de la faillite” The staff of the French daily newspaper, Nice-Matin, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the French platform Ulule to raise €300,000. The funds raised will hopefully save the publication and convert it into a… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the remaining hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Piano, Texas-based company Tinnus Enterprises raised $929,160 from 21,455 for its fun-for-all product, Bunch O Balloons. As previously reported, founder and father of eight, Josh Malone, took to the crowdfunding giant to raise only $10,000…. Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mark One, the company behind Vessyl, a cup that automatically tracks your consumption has closed $3 million in seed funding co-led by Felicis Ventures and Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures. Vessyl ran a pretail crowdfunding campaign this past July where they quickly jumped to over $1… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Here is another crowdfunding campaign that is being labeled a “scampaign”.  Android Police published an article  last night on the odyssey of the Kreyos Smartwatch.  This was preceded by a post on Medium by Jonathan Barronville – another backer. Kreyos ran an enormously successful crowdfunding campaign… Read More