Offerings

March 12, 2014 @ 9:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

We reported yesterday that a crowdfunding campaign was launched to honor Berkin Elvan who died yesterday.  Berkin had been in a coma for many months after being hit by a tear gas canister launched by Turkish police last year. Well the campaign raised their targeted… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 12:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Wow. $40,000,000+ in crowdfunding cash from 400,000+ backers for Star Citizen. To put that in perspective, the 2010 census placed the population of Wyoming – the smallest state by population – at somewhere around 560,000 people. At what point should Star Citizen get a couple of Senators and… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on equity platform Seedrs, SHAREIGHT has generated a new record for the platform for amount raised  and speed to funding.  Outside of the Seedrs self-crowdfunding campaign which took place late last year, the campaign, that is now at  £463,430, is the largest amount ever… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 12:22 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

If you want a case study in how a Kickstarter can go horribly wrong, look no further than the campaign for SOAP, a touchscreen home automation router. The campaign is fully funded despite bleeding almost $4,000 since we caught wind of scam allegations surrounding the campaign… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Healbe GoBe Triples Goal of $100,000 in First Few Days of Crowdfunding Campaign. The GoBe launched their campaign on Indiegogo on March 5, 2014.  Seven days later the funding total has surpassed $321,000 with 35 days left on the campaign. Over 1790 backers have signed… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last summer the world was mesmerized as the nation of Turkey rose in dissent against their political class.  What started as a simple protest, grew into a national movement of democracy and a demand for civil rights.  Crowdfunding became part of the movement when some… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A team of people within publicly traded company Marvell, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.  The Kinoma Create campaign, a “javascript internet of things project”, immediately surpassed their $10,00o goal and stands just shy of $20,000 today.  The group organizing the project on Indiegogo… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider reported earlier today that Neil Young was preparing to launch their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter later this week. Well it appears that we were a bit off as the campaign has just launched. Young and his team just launched on Kickstarter and they… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Could you imagine having raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter only to cancel the campaign with less than 48 hours to go? That is precisely what Tivitas Interactive has done, and they deserve a lot of credit for it. The campaign was for the Sinister multi-platform… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Perpetual rock musician Neil Young recently announced his new music device and service Pono.  He is presenting tonight at SXSW to share his vision for the future of high fidelity streaming music.  Young has been vocal about current streaming music services and their inferior audio… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Embattled Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford’s relationship status with crowdfunding? It’s complicated. You may remember from last year that Gawker editor John Cook spearheaded a crowdfunding campaign – affectionately called “Crackstarter” – that aimed to crowdfund the money necessary to purchase a video allegedly showing… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After taking AngelList by storm in 2013, Boatbound has raised $980K in commitments and has room to invest up to 1.1 M with its  OurCrowd equity crowdfunding campaign; their campaign ends today.  Boatbound is the nation’s fastest growing “pier-to-pier” boat rental marketplace in the United… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

______________ Hromadske TV, an independent online news broadcasting service in the Ukraine is raising funds on IndieVoices today.  In a timely crowdfunding effort, Hromadske is attempting to raise $45,000 to provide information in a professional, ethical manner.  Created in 2013 by a group of disillusioned… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 10:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Former NBA star and current analyst for TNT Shaquille O’Neal is crowdfunding on Indiegogo. The goal: to fund a sequel to Shaq Fu, a video game released in the mid-90’s. Even Shaq would admit that Shaq Fu was terrible, but take a look at the preview trailer… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Artists, Designers, Cinematographers, musicians and anyone else that has great ideas. That is what the Washington, DC based creative collective “Beyond Our Years” is all about. Young creative friends in their early 20’s came upon an abandoned warehouse in DC and they have transformed the… Read More

March 10, 2014 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding in 36 Hours, BeerBods Raises £150,000 Mostly From Customers. BeerBods is an online beer club and subscription service, based in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. They have now claimed the title of the fastest pitch to fund on Crowdcube equity crowdfunding platform. 101 investors put in… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Miracle Machine is not even crowdfunding yet and already it is generating a buzz.  Expected to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon on Kickstarter, the device is a new process to create high quality of wine, at a fraction of the current cost, in just… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Smartwatch, a crowdfunding superstar, continues to grow and expand their product and offerings. Earlier this year during CES, Pebble announced their new version smartwatch the Pebble Steel.  The company recently launched their own, native app store – filling a void in the wearable tech… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Smart home security device Canary has landed a $10 million Series A round led by Khosla Ventures. Khosla’s Ben Ling will join Canary’s board as part of the deal. It’s the third round of funding for Canary counting their $1.2 million seed round and a… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 12:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The above comment sums up the general tenor surrounding a currently-running Kickstarter campaign for the Soap home automation router. The device’s campaign promises to deliver an Android-based home automation unit that allows the user to control all of his or her at-home digital devices. The… Read More