Offerings

July 1, 2014 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Scottish Start-Ups Beer52 and Flavourly Both Raised Capital Equity Crowdfunding on Angels Den.  The UK British Angels Association hosting their annual awards dinner tonight and two of Scotland’s coolest start-ups, Beer52 and Flavourly are vying for the same award having raised investment earlier in the… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Devon, UK based tech start-up, Powered Now, has announced the launch of its investment pitch on Crowdcube equity crowdfunding platform. Aiming to raise £350,000 from the crowd, the pitch is open to anyone interested in supporting Powered Now’s new technology. The young company will use… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 6:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Switzerland-based Dacuda has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its invention, the PocketScan. Although the original funding goal was only $50,000, the campaign has raised $321,471 from 2,898 backers since its launch on June 16th. According to the campaign website, the PocketScan is considered… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Challenging news for the supporters of missing Malasyian Airlines Flight 370 crowdfunding campaign. With only nine more days until it closes on platform Indiegogo, the campaign will more likely not meet its hoped for goal of raising $5 million. As previously reported, the passengers families… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to avoid more confrontation with Russia, Ukrainian citizens have launched a crowdfunding campaign “The People Project” to purchase the country’s first “People’s Drone.” According to The Guardian, with Ukraine’s army continuing to encounter pro-Russians militants in the East, the country’s citizens decided to raise… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow” crowdfunding campaign is now in the top five most successful Kickstarter projects of all time. The project is receiving the latest round of support from unexpected sources – the top four highest earning campaigns ever.  Pebble, OUYA, Pono and “Veronica Mars” announced that they… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we recently reported in Crowdfund Insider, Odyssey Airlines is the first company ever to offer equity crowdfunding in two different countries simultaneously.  This is the second part in a series about this “first” for the crowdfunding world.  In the United Kingdom, Odyssey is currently… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chilango “Burrito Bond” has trotted past their £1 million funding goal in “mini-bonds” and is now over-funding.  As of this writing the debt based crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube stood at £1,073,500 funded by 318 investors.  This is the second successful mini-bond offering from the UK… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 6:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a crowdfunding tale appropriate for the moment as the world gathers to root for their favorite national team while hundreds of millions are glued to their screens with the World Cup at hand.  Black Flash is a film about Laurie Cunningham, the first… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2013, LiveLink raised $1 million from Indiana angel investors through traditional private placement techniques. As a result, Mike Alley, chairman of Patriot Investments, joined the board along with Bob O’Brien from Cambridge Ventures. The capital allowed LiveLink to acquire another software development firm (Cogent… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

iFind was running a highly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter when the ban hammer slammed down.  Multiple commenters on the crowdfunding campaign page questioned the technology behind the device described as the  “next generation item locating tag”.  As most in the crowdfunding industry know, finder /… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

She made headlines and received a ton of support from all over the country, but Victoria Wilcher’s  story about what happened at a Jackson KFC raised many questions. According to her grandmother, Kelly Mullins,  Victoria was attacked by pit bulls at her grandfather’s home in April… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ohio-based Momentum Labs LLC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter seeking funds for its new product, Moment Smartwatch. By attracting attention with its unique description, the Moment Smartwatch has raised $142,813 from 814 backers within the first three days. According to its campaign website, the Moment Smartwatch was… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just five more days until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, New Matter’s MOD-t 3D printer has nearly $600,000 dollars from close to 3200 backers.  The project launched on the crowdfunding giant last month and raised $180,000 within the first day. As previously reported, co-founder… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 10:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

iOS dating app rendeevoo has raised £33,830 on its Seedrs’ equity crowdfunding campaign for the 6% equity offered, with 123 investors helping the dating app startup to surpass its £25,000 goal. rendeevoo is an iOS dating app that embraces spontaneity in the online dating world, quickly… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

So rewards based crowdfunding has quickly become fertile ground for proving market viability of the next cool product while raising some cash.  There are more than a few companies that validated their product via Kickstarter or Indiegogo and then quickly were acquired or caught the… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 7:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to bring the most comfortable shoe to the market, Unbelievable Testing Laboratory has managed to raise $112,951 from 1648 backers during THE NINJA’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company originally set out to raise $15,000 for the new line, which is noted as “impossibly… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California-based comic publisher SLG Publishing has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $85,000 in order to rebuild the company, after what the owner, Dan Vado, describes as “bad luck, bad economy and, yes, bad decisions. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the publication is… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more excitement to LeVar Burton’s “Bring ‘Reading Rainbow’ Back for Every Child, Everywhere” crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the host of the children’s television series announced the project is getting some help from director/actor Seth MacFarlane.   According to Mr. Burton’s recent update, the “Family… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CAIL Mobile Solutions has chosen Optimize Capital Markets to launch a round to seek $2 million in growth capital and production development. CAIL is creating more  than  just opportunity  for  their clients. A software platform designed to provide seamless solutions to enterprises looking to amplify current… Read More