Offerings

July 14, 2014 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

“My name is Kate, I’m nineteen, and I’m a student at the University of Pittsburgh. I worked extremely hard in high school and managed to earn a 4.1 GPA. In College, I made the Dean’s List for academic excellence during both the fall and spring… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter phenomena Coolest Cooler is now in 6th place in the list of most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever on the Kickstarter platform. Its about $1 million away from #5 (Reading Rainbow). The funding raised for the “portable party disguised as a cooler” today stands at… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Potato Salad Kickstarter campaign has quickly become an internet meme and will soon become an urban legend.  The thought that a $10 crowdfunding campaign to make … Potato Salad.. could raise over $40,000 (and depending on the time and day much more) is pretty… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Now Raising Equity, Nomad First Raised Funding on Kickstarter. Nomad, the designer and manufacturer of minimalist smartphone accessories, has listed its equity crowdfunding campaign on CircleUp.  Known for its NomadKey, the company has also introduced new products including the solid carabiner-sized NomadClip USB cable and… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (July 10), Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk announced another $1 million for creating a museum honoring the father of the electrical age. He joins the contributors from more than 86 countries who supported the initial campaign on Indiegogo. The donation from Musk was made on… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Powered Now Raises Equity on Crowdfunding Platform Crowdcube. Tech start-up Powered Now, a mobile administrative app for tradesmen, has cruised by its equity crowdfunding target of £350,000 after just 12 days and is now overfunding. The additional capital will be used to further market and… Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 10:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Boosts Equity Crowdfunding Offer – Raising £450,000 on Seedrs. Nicola Horlick, one of the UK’s most well known and highly regarded fund manager, has announced that her new fund management firm, Glentham Capital, is increasing the target for its core film finance fund from $100… Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 7:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Oldie Käfer Tour Berlin has launched a campaign on the German equity crowdfunding site Welcome Investment.   For as little as 1€, backers may invest in the future of Oldie Käfer Tour Berlin.  The tour company hopes to secure its goal of 50,000€ for 5.9%… Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

FarmDrop backed by ASOS and Street Car founders. FarmDrop, a new way to buy and sell local and seasonal food is raising capital on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  The digital farmer’s market has launched a campaign to raise £400,000 representing 17% equity in the company…. Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tuff TV, a digital broadcast network that targets men, is offering ownership in the company via crowdfunding on SparkMarket – a Georgia based equity platform.  Georgia is a state that embraced equity crowdfunding early on in the game.  The offer comes under the “Invest Georgia… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Coolest Cooler, a Kickstarter re-do that regrouped an initially failed campaign, has now entered the top 20  most funded crowdfunding campaigns ever on the Kickstarter platform.  Don’t blink either, as the project continues to quickly scale the crowdfunding ladder. Coolest Cooler is closing in… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring an alternative to white rice, UK-based Cauli-Rice launched a Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign to raise £300,000 in equity for its low calorie meal. Cauli-Rice is considered a rice replacement product that has 80% less calories but with the same level of taste and satisfaction… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A week after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Harmony Gold Productions’ new project “Robotech Academy” has raised over $100,000 from close to 1,700 backers.  The entertainment company started the campaign to seek $500,000 to bring the animated series to television. In 1985,… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only a week until its Indiegogo campaign comes to a close, ProtonMail has raised $382,334 from 7,447 backers. This news is somewhat surprising due this week’s rumored XSS issues. On Wednesday (July 9), the ProtonMail team took to their blog to address a recent report… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, the ISEE-3 probe made headlines after its engines were turned on for the first time since 1987, thanks to the funds that were raised during the ISEE-3 Reboot Project’s crowdfunding campaign on Rockethub. Unfortunately, the project has encountered a major snag. As previously… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 9:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few hours before the closing of its Indiegogo campaign, Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead”  reached its goal of raising $325,000 with the support of over 2,000 backers. As previously reported, the “Iron Man 3” star decided to launch the crowdfunding campaign for the feature film… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The autonomous aerial drone, HEXO+, has broken the $1 million mark on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with only five days left. Launched less than one month ago, the drone has been tagged as “the ultimate GoPro accessory” and has since attracted almost 2,000 backers. HEXO+ launched its… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than three days until the closing of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, the high performance music player, Geek Wave, hit $1,017,872 from 3,534 backers. Revealing the exciting news about the funding, the team added a new video of their reactions as soon as they saw the $1,000,000 mark… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Comcept founder and former Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune announced the launch of another crowdfunding campaign for action platform Mighty No. 9. The game raised over $3.8 million on Kickstarter last year. The first and only goal on the website is full… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out for yet another Kickstarter success, Denmark-based Vaavud launched a campaign on the crowdfunding giant Thursday (July 10) for its product, Vaavud Wind Meter V 2.0. It is currently seeking £20,000. In March 2013, the company raised £27,598 from 915 backers for the first version of… Read More