Offerings

June 18, 2014 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The search for small, wireless headphones is over! Sweden-based Earin earbuds launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last week. Within a week, the campaign surpassed its initial goal of £179,000 and raised £415,687 from 3,818. Earin’s nearly invisible earbuds function as one Bluetooth headset. There’s… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a little over 24 hours until the closing of its crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter, PLX Devices’ Legion Meter has raised $409,852 from 8,072 backers. The campaign launched last month with a goal of only $10,000 and quickly gained popularity on the crowdfunding giant’s platform… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

There have been many, perhaps dozens, of item finders / device locating products hit the market in the past 2 years.  Part of this craze was driven by the dramatic success of Tile that ran a phenomenally successful self-crowdfunding campaign that proved profound demand for… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CreoPop announced on Tuesday the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo on Tuesday for its 3D pen. Unlike typical 3D Printers that use hot parts or melting plastic, the CreoPop pen uses a cool ink, making it extremely unique. Setting out to raise only $40,000, CreoPop  received… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, HYPER by Sanho Corporation‘s iStick reached well over its original goal of $100,000 and raised $1,100,629 from 7,495 backers. iStick is a USB drive with integrated Apple Lighning connector that was made for iPhone and iPad.  According to… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 7:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BioCatch, a behavioral biometric authentication and threat detection,  has completed a$10 million financing round. The funding will be used to expand R&D efforts and continue growth in key markets, including the U.S. and Europe. The financing round was led by venture capital firm Blumberg Capital and equity… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

No good deed goes unnoticed these days! Last month, Errand Frazier of Vero Beach, Florida, literally cut a chunk out of his Chevy pickup truck to save a kitten. Now, a group of supporters have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt on help with the repair expenses…. Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Hatched, an online low cost estate agent with offices across Wales and England, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000 for a 5% equity stake in the company.  Just recently launched the campaign has already attracted the interest from 29 investors…. Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s been a little over a week since the missing Flight MH370 passengers’ families launched their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, but unfortunately it is off to a very rocky start. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th…. Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to rock their devoted fans in Richmond, Virgina, Foo Fighters announced they are making their way to the city all thanks to a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt. Freelance creative director and copywriter Andrew Goldin launched the campaign in March with a goal of $70,000. According… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is something that doesn’t happen to often. The MBLOK campaign on Kickstarter hit their $120,00 CAD crowdfunding goal last Thursday, June 12th – only to see backers abandon the project as questions arose to the viability of the device. MBLOK, a hardware device we… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for Consumer Physics’ SCiO fans! Its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter raised $2,762,571 from 12,958 backers. Last week the company announced that it had reached $2.1 million and is now considered in the top 25 most funded campaigns ever on Kickstarter. Consumer Physics, an OurCrowd portfolio company,… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GIROPTIC today announced that the Kickstarter campaign for 360cam, its innovative 360º, high-definition camera, has raised more than $1,000,000 in less than 30 days and from more than 3,000 backers. After reaching its initial goal of $150,000 in the first 24 hours, the 360cam is… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

This crowdfunding campaign closed on June 5th.  The original goal was to raise $45,000 but it appears market demand far outstripped that number as it raised over $280,000 on Indiegogo.  And what was this successful product?  The Autoblow 2 for men. Brian Sloan went to… Read More

June 15, 2014 @ 10:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Kudos to Greendaddy for setting a new Dutch crowdfunding record! The European-based e-commerce retail formula in basic clothing and household textiles based on bamboo, has reached its crowdfunding goal of $331,707 with the help of 407 Symbid investors for the 14% equity offered. The self-financed company was founded… Read More

June 15, 2014 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anti-cancer group the Lynne Cohen Foundation serves women facing breast and ovarian cancers on a national scale, and has done so for 16 years. Now, their new website delivers information, hope, and a sense of community to families across the nation to broaden awareness and extend… Read More

June 15, 2014 @ 6:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cutting Edge Capital(CEC) has announced that it has listed its Direct Public Offering(DPO) using a new online investing tool that connects local businesses with investors.  The “Cutting Edge Capital DPO” claims to offer an unsecured note with a four percent annual interest rate over a… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It seems, every year, kids young and old run to the store to find something special for their dads, but end up just giving him a tie or a sports-related item. This has even turned into a ritual of unfortunate and painful gift giving. Here… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 11:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Unsolicited advice from everyone is one of the banes of parenthood.  Most parents can share plentiful stories of strangers giving them advice of how to care for their infant, from swaddling to nursing to diapering to strolling to interactive play.  Everyone has an opinion to… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A Singaporean blogger and government health worker who is being sued for damages by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday morning he has successfully raised funds for his legal team during his crowdfunding campaign in just four days. Author of the blog “The… Read More