Offerings

May 15, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bringing all of Kickstarter’s well-known successes to its visitors, New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced it is showcasing a curated collection that’s consisted of the many gadgets that have been brought to life in the past five years by the Kickstarter community. … Read More

May 15, 2014 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Blue Mountain State: The Movie closed their successful crowdfunding campaign a few moments ago have raised $1,911,827 from 23,999 backers.  The film set out to raise $1.5 million and they crossed that mark this past weekend as they picked up momentum in… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 7:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aiming to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the moon, nonprofit organization and leading contestant in the prestigious Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) competition SpaceIL launched its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo Tuesday afternoon. The campaign is designed to not only raise funds for the highly innovative… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 5:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alchemy Global, known as the first investment crowdfunding platform in the sports and entertainment market that matches accredited investors with growth companies, announced on Wednesday Storelli Sports, 110% Play Harder and Apera as its first three client companies on the portal. The three established companies will use… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, the creators of “TableTop” Season 3 announced not only did they receive well over its $500,000 goal; they also broke digital series crowdfunding record. “TableTop” is known as an award-winning Internet series that appears on YouTube’s Geek &… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In less than two weeks of their self-crowdfunding campaign, MayOne has surpassed the $1 million amount raised by thousands of supporters.  Capitalizing on the profound frustration of many with the endemic problems intrinsic to the US political process, the project has easily raised this amount… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 6:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Soylent, the meal replacement dream drink, is now shipping to supporters of the self crowdfunding project launched on the CrowdHoster platform.   Created by computer science geek Rob Rhinehart the powdered drink mix posed the question; “what if you never had to worry about food… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to others for help, the family of an U.S. Irishman launched a crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, after they had cancelled their medical coverage to pay towards a college fund. Ronan Winter was diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer just six months ago. The business consultant,… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gosnell Movie closed last night at midnight PT having raised $2,241,043 from 26,574 backers. The majority of the supporters backed the project at the lower rewards levels of the campaign.  The fixed funding project is now the most funded project ever on the Indiegogo… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In a little over a week since the launch of its crowdfunding campign on Indiegogo, organic meal-in-a-bag Ambronite has almost reached its $50k goal. Similar to Soylent but pushing their organic base, the Finish company wants to be known as the world’s first “Real Food Drinkable Supermeal”… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a whole new meaning to “tinted eyewear,” Tens launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its new sunglasses. The product is described as “the real life photo filter”.   The lens, which took almost three years to create, features UV400 protection, which will… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to target a huge potential market in Europe, natural swimming pool market leader Clear Watch Revival Ltd. has dived in head first to raise £160,000 during its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The business has developed a unique filtration technology, which uses natural biological processes… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

YouAnonNews (YAN), a news collective site that is associated  with the Anonymous movement, ran a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last year raising funds to launch their site. To quote the campaign;  “Our goal as YAN contributors will be to take what we have learned over… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the quirky sci-fi film about Nazi’s hiding out on the moon, has launched an equity crowdfunding offering on Invesdor seeking to raise up to €150,000 to help finance the film production.  Listed on May 9th, the offer quickly garnered over 120 investors raising over €78,000… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 8:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Boosted Boards, the ultraportable longboard electric vehicle company, has listed on “venture capital” investment crowdfunding platform FundersClub. Financial details have not been disclosed for this accredited only crowdfunding campaign. At a measly 8 pounds in weight and 20 mile top speed with hill climbing ability to boot,… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to put an end to a devastating disease, Maryland-based biotechnology company Sanaria launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to eliminate the threat of malaria. The company is aiming to raise $250k to develop of SporoBot, a robot that will dissect mosquito salivary glands and… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Perhaps boosted by the arrival of the weekend, funding for Blue Mountain State the Movie has picked up speed during the final days of the campaign.  With four days remaining in the fixed funding campaign on Kickstarter the $1.5 million target is now within reach having… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for the San Diego Opera! The company announced on Friday that it reached its crowdfunding goal of $1M, just 10 days ahead of the May 19th deadline. The campaign was launched last month with funds raised expected to go towards the 2015 season. According… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until it closes, the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the documentary “LADDIE” has surpassed its goal of $67,350. The film follows one of the most influential film moguls that “no one has ever heard of.” As previously reported on Crowdfund Insider,… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 5:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pitching funding for a full-length version of Bloody Cuts Film‘s “Don’t Move,” a man by the name of “Ron Forbes” started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo earlier this week to raise funds for the production. Unfortunately, the project along with its apparent “creator” has been proclaimed… Read More