Offerings

April 15, 2014 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The never ending crowdfunding campaign for video game Star Citizen from Roberts Space Industries continues to grow now standing at over $42 million for game in development.  For those of you that have not been following the odyssey of Star Citizen, back in November of… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 10:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Newly listed on Companisto, the Germany-based Kyl (pronounced “kühl” – the German word for “cool”) seeks to raise € 200,000 in its equity crowdfunding campaign.  To date 509 backers have bought 25,479 shares and invested € 127,395.  Emerging from the polar vortex to a cultural climate steeped… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

With just over a day to go in their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the Pono Music player now stands over $6 million with contributors number over 17,600.  The 35 day project is now firmly anchored in the number 3 position as one of the top… Read More

April 13, 2014 @ 7:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Seedrs now is a novel approach for a startup incubator.  Incubus is an incubator program located on a traditional London double decker bus. Founded by two entrepreneurs with startup experience, George Johnston and Rishi Chowdhury, the aim of Incubus is to develop young… Read More

April 13, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Craftsmen has closed their successful equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube having raised £171,580 from 70 investors.  This represents 6.18% equity in the young company.  Organizers originally targeted a raise of £150,000.  The single largest contribution was posted at £100,000. The funding round was… Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, MyDream an RPG that has set out to challenge industry leader MineCraft closed their crowdfunding round on Kickstarter today having raised over $117,000 on a goal of $100,000.  While 370 supported this project, the vast majority of support rolled in from high… Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharknado is a made for TV movie that took the film world by “storm” airing on SyFy in July of 2013.  The sheer audacious nature of the plot of this now classic B horror film quickly became social fodder and iconic camp. Any producer that… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Fantoo ran an equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube at the end of 2013 raising £173,000 for the small company.  Fantoo, “the future of email”, has now become one of the first two winners of Dell’s “Start-up in Residence” competition and will soon work out of… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The Micro 3D printer rocketed past $1 million in the first hours of their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and now only 4 days into their funding project stand at over $2.2 million.  Approximately 8000 backers have contributed to the rewards based campaign indicating a growing… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

AgFunder, the first equity crowdfunding platform for ag startups, has closed their $800,000 round for OnFarm, an agtech big-data company. This raise not only provides capital for OnFarm’s growth as a farm data management system, but also establishes AgFunder as a disruptive capital provider in… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 13 days remaining on Foodist’s second Companisto crowdfunding campaign, 376 investors have bought 24,493 shares, raising over €122,000. Funding from this equity campaign will promote the Foodist’s internationalization, grow their customer base, and exploit the potential within the B2B market. Subscribers of Foodist receive… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 9:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Seeking a Minimum $750,000 in Equity Crowdfunding. EvoLux Transportation, a vertical lift tech travel company, recently launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on RockThePost, quickly raising $250,000 of its $750,000 to $2 million goal to fund its helicopter charter services, establish a more prominent position in… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 7:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Neil Young’s Pono Music Kickstarter campaign has bested one of the most popular crowdfunding campaigns of all time. Pono knocked-out Veronica Mars with 5 days left in their funding project.  Pono has now raised an astounding $5,756,176 from just under 17,000 backers.  The Pono Music… Read More

April 9, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Geostellar, an online solar marketplace, is partnering with PENSCO Trust Company, a leading alternative asset custodian, to crowdfund capital for the marketplace through the Geostellar Solar Energy Market Growth Fund. Leveraging the equity crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act, accredited investors can now participate in… Read More

April 9, 2014 @ 8:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The successful UK-based wine and events company Humble Grape surpassed its goal raising £250,500 in its Seedrs equity crowdfunding campaign. Continued overfunding aims to raise the £450,000-£500,000 needed for piloting a wine bar in the Shoreditch area of London, then opening four additional sites in… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter the Micro “First Truly Consumer 3D Printer” blasted their $50,000 goal in minutes and at last count was cruising over $1 million during their first day of funding.  The Bethesda, Maryland company M3D has created the first 3D printer that comes in… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

London-based Zero Carbon Food (ZCF) has raised £424,530 on Crowdcube, swiftly surpassing its £300,000 crowdfunding goal for 21.23% equity offered.  The campaign is now open to overfunding. Co-founded by Richard Ballard and Steven Dring, and backed by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr and Florette’s Managing… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, an integrated piece of hardware and software that was briefly called “Plug”, raised over $1.2 million on Kickstarter last fall.  Almost 13,000 backers came together to support a product that really is what iCloud aspires to be – but isn’t. Lima creates an environment… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter CEO and Co-founder, has jumped into the scrum regarding the allegations of censorship pertaining to a movie now crowdfunding on Indiegogo.  In a tweet from his personal account, Strickler shares the acceptance letter to the Gosnell Movie creators:     @GosnellMovie@BreitbartNews This… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Raising equity on Crowdcube, EstatesDirect quickly hit their £250,000 goal on Crowdcube in just the first 10 days of listing live on the crowdfunding platform.  The offer went into overfunding and is now fully funded at £500,000 in 2 weeks as 192 investors backed this… Read More