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August 4, 2014 @ 10:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The University of Florida biotech spinoff Prometheon Pharma has announced its Indiegogo campaign to raise $1,000,000 in order to advance development of its groundbreaking needle-free, temperature stable insulin patches. These patches are expected to replace billions of painful needle injections every year and improve the… Read More

August 4, 2014 @ 9:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

TrackR Bravo has continued to exceed the team’s expectations, and, as predicted by Crowdfund Insider’s JD Alois, has raised over $1,084,000; the startup’s initial goal was $20,000. In the Santa Barbara-based company’s 6th iteration of the tracking device, if an item goes missing, TrackR’s Crowd… Read More

August 4, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With six days remaining on its Companisto equity crowdfunding campaign, Knicket has overfunded, raising over 135,600€; over 27,000 shares have been sold to date. Knicket is a search engine for apps which enables Android and iPhone/iPad users to find the most relevant apps more easily…. Read More

August 3, 2014 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

It has finally come to an end. The crowdfunding campaign of the moment “Potato Salad” closed on Saturday having raised $55,492 from 6,911 backers.  The campaign had launched with a goal of raising $10.  Somehow this batch of Potato Salad was special as it quickly… Read More

August 3, 2014 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Coolest Cooler, a project that failed to raise $125,000 in a similar campaign launched late last year, has moved past the $8 Million mark in crowdfunding on Kickstarter with more than 40,000 backers supporting the product..  Coolest is the 3rd most funded Kickstarter campaign… Read More

August 2, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bragi Dash was a huge Kickstarter crowdfunding hit.  The campaign raised over $3.3 million on a goal of just $260,000.  The Dash is a pair of smart bluetooth headphones that are designed to be as unobtrusive as possible.  The project is the 12th most… Read More

August 2, 2014 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Most politicians are ineffective narcissists with a single objective of maintaining their position in public office while accomplishing as little as possible.  Yes I admit I hold our elected class in low regard but after working with them in our nations capital for a few… Read More

August 1, 2014 @ 1:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Peak Design’s name will surely ring a bell with photographers and crowdfunders alike: the firm led by founder Peter Dering has already has 819%, 2,157% and 3,646% overfunding successes with its prior three Kickstarter campaigns which launched the Capture Camera Clip v2, Leash and Cuff,… Read More

August 1, 2014 @ 9:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With the help of 540 investors Bonaverde has raised over €752K+ on its Seedmatch equity crowdfunding campaign in just ten days; nothing like officially overfunding more than 750% to create a buzz for the über coffee machine! Last November, Bonaverde kickstarted its innovation- a coffee machine that roasts, grinds… Read More

July 31, 2014 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With training for the 2015 Women’s World Cup Soccer Tournament already underway, the ladies of the Jamacian Soccer Team have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $50,000 to get them to Canada for the qualifying rounds. According to USA Today, no Caribbean team… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kayla Tausche decided to do a brief report on crowdfunding and she pulled in the hot home robot Jibo and HD home monitoring system Blink.  Kayla notes that more and more makers are going for funding “$25 at a time” instead of straight to VC… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is one that you can chalk up to the profound bureaucracy that encumbers many medical decisions.  Now in light of the insurance company’s refusal to cover certain costs, the family has gone to the pages of GoFundMe to help finance something one would expect… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Well most of you probably do not remember that Sharknado 2 ran a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo – but I do.  Yes creators wanted to share the crowdfunding love by allowing their loyal fans to back this cult classic monster film.  One of the most… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Simon West is Equity Crowdfunding £1.8 Million for Action Comedy Film Salty. Announced today, British born Simon West is raising capital for his next film on equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.  British investors will have the opportunity to help fund the project with minimum investments starting… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based crowdfunding platform has put together their list of the top five fitness bands.  Granted this is their opinion but they have included several hot fitness bands that found crowdfunding success – and not just on Pozible.  Yes Kickstarter and Indiegogo fitness bands are… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Really Mogul has announced they have successfully crowdfunded Georgetown Plaza in Washington, DC.  The building is a mix use structure valued at $26.8 million located in the Glover Park neighborhood.  The 150,097 square foot Class B office building deal was in partnership… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 7:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to unleash its unique timepieces to the market, NOOKA has launched a Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its NOOKRONO Chronograph Watches. Within one week, the project raised well over its $10,000 goal and reached nearly $45,000 from close to 189 backers. Sharing details about the… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 6:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Director, writer, and producer Andrew Sullivan has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday (July 29th) to raise $30,000 for his new feature film BOKEH. Within hours of its debut on the crowdfunding giant’s platform, the project raised $10,390 from close to 125 backers. According… Read More

July 29, 2014 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over a third of the UK didn’t vote in the last general election, for young people it was over a half. Worse still, almost two-thirds didn’t vote in the recent European elections.London-based online voting support service, Vote for Policies, is crowdfunding to change these stats. Vote… Read More

July 29, 2014 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creators of the all-in-one gadget TouchPico launched its crowdfunding campaing on Indiegogo on Sunday (July 27th) to raise $50,000 for the innovative handheld projector that turns any surface into a giant 80” interactive touchscreen. Within one day, the project reached its goal and today (July… Read More