Offerings

March 20, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Accredited Investors May Participate in Fund with a Minimum $2500 Investment. The RevTech Labs III 506(c) Index fund is officially open for investment. With the launch of the RevTech Labs III class, the fund allows accredited investors to invest in the spread of 10 startup… Read More

March 20, 2014 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Positions Company to Syndicate Hard Money Loans. Patch of Land has made 4 deals worth just over $1 million, available on their real estate crowdfunding platform. Accredited investors have the opportunity to invest in a variety of projects ranging from a high end residential home… Read More

March 20, 2014 @ 6:36 am By JD Alois  |  

In a recent update from the project creators, Kreyos Smartwatch teased along backers as they “inched closer” to shipping the backer rewards. The original delivery date for the Kreyos was scheduled for November 2013.  The watch has been delayed several times already as the creators… Read More

March 19, 2014 @ 11:27 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Below is the trailer for Startupland, a documentary series we reported on last year that will follow the stories of startup founders as they work to build their businesses. All of the participating startups were embedded in the now defunct Fortify Ventures Accelerator Program. The first… Read More

March 19, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate equity crowdfunding platform Fundrise has announced a new offering for a real estate investment in Washington, DC.  The building located at 1539 7th Street, NW is available to any investor located in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. This offering highlights title IV of… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

________________________________ I must admit I was a bit mesmerized watching people zip around on this new type of cycle.  I am a committed biker so I was intrigued to see a bike (tricycle?) with a joy stick zooming around the country. Created by a startup… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Super Retro Squad raised $53,509 on a goal of raising just $10,000.  In the world of crowdfunding these are pretty small numbers but for the 1,853 backers who as of yet have seen a game it means a lot.  Two years on… Read More

March 17, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

They Syndicate Room has had a growing number of Health / BioTech equity crowdfunding offerings run through their platform.  Recently they launched a campaign to raise capital for Time for Medicine which has quickly jumped to over 50% funded.  Now they have announced that Apta… Read More

March 17, 2014 @ 11:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Design to Matter has placed their name on two dubious crowdfunding campaigns. We reported on both in the Summer of 2013 and pointed out that the scenario raised some ethical questions about crowdfunding. Their first campaign, a Kickstarter for the Instacube, is actually said to… Read More

March 17, 2014 @ 9:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A family healthcare facility in Montana was recently vandalized and suffered extreme losses including extensive damage to medical records and property. That facility is now seeking donations via Indiegogo, and the campaign is fully-funded with almost a month left to go. All Families Healthcare provided… Read More

March 15, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

PonoPlayer in Top Ten Most Funded on Kickstarter. The Pono digital music player, created by rock star Neil Young and an experienced team of professionals, has crushed their crowdfunding goal of raising $800,000.  If you blinked you missed it, as they hit that target almost… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Moov, a new fitness wearable device, launched pretail crowdfunding campaign two weeks ago besting the $40,000 initial goal in 90 minutes.  The company has now stated they have successfully raised close to $1 million over the course of its recent campaign, claiming the title of… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has hit Austin and the festivities of SXSW in a big way this year.  From music to film, from the Indiegogo Tech Café to Indiegogo with Brooklyn Vegan they have a lot going on in Texas. Of course crowdfunding comes down to the… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 11:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s Veronica Mars day. Related: A Fan History of Veronica Mars [Kickstarter] Director Rob Thomas joined CNBC on Wednesday to take a look back at the campaign. Consider that when the film launched on Kickstarter, the largest Kickstarter campaign ever had raised just short of… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The Parent Teacher Committee at Marina Village Middle School in El Dorado Hills, California is capitalizing on the growing trend of Crowdfunding to raise money in order to achieve a 1:1 student to computer ratio.  After many years of hosting traditional school, similar to other… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched on FundElevator to raise donations to battle the State of New Jersey’s ban on Tesla sales. Money raised will be designated for a lobbying effort to fight against the odd ban.  The  group behind the campaign has labeled themselves… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 11:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jamie Siminoff is the definition of “serial entrepreneur.” He has six startups to his name including a successfully funded (and eventually refunded) Kickstarter campaign. He launched a crowdfunding platform called Christie Street that is currently dormant, but before it went dormant he also crowdfunded a second product… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

We reported yesterday that SHAREIGHT, crowdfunding on equity site Seedrs, had achieved new records for speed of amount raised and total about crowdfunded.  We just received an update on their progress and SHAREIGHT now stands over £620,000 (over $1.035 million) having hit £600K in just… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

WebStart Bristol has fully funded their 2nd fund on Seedrs.  This is the second round, launched earlier in March, at raising money to invest in companies involved in their incubator program in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom.  Similar to the first fund… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Offering, a next generation, technology-driven investment bank, has announced that its client, Acorns Grow Incorporated, successfully completed its private placement of Series B Preferred Stock. Acorns is the first micro-investing platform which allows people to harvest, save and invest small amounts of money on… Read More