Offerings

March 29, 2014 @ 12:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

If there was any doubt as to whether consumers were looking for an alternative to the image currently available dolls portray for young women, shelve said doubt. More than 13,000 people want to see a new doll – Lammily – happen, and thanks to their… Read More

March 28, 2014 @ 10:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Pono Music campaign continues to ascend Kickstarter’s all-time most funded list. The “end-to-end ecosystem for music lovers” has garnered nearly 15,000 backers at the time of writing and had raised just short of $5 million. Thanks everyone for all of your support. It has… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

LinguaSys has launched an equity crowdfunding round on EarlyShares and the company has already captured some high profile interest from well known investor Mark Cuban. The small company is currently looking to raise $250,000 in equity but in a prior funding round Mark Cuban jumped… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brooklyn based Spelt Right Foods has won the Grand Prize in FreshDirect’s Next Big Food Thing contest, a crowdfunding contest launched by FreshDirect in collaboration with RocketHub to “find the next food idea, product or innovation that could change the food world.”   Spelt Right produces bagels,… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdPower is raising capital on Seedrs.  The company is seeking £150,000 in shares representing 19.1% equity in the small company. CrowdPower states they want to “Revolutionise” property development. The startup intends on offering a platform where developers may list… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Chicago Based, NIN Ventures, wants to transform the VC fund industry and the are publicly crowdfunding to achieve their goal.  Generally speaking venture capital funds accept investments from individuals or entities willing to pony up amounts in the 7 figures.  With the new legislation enacted… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Tabletop game Dwarven Forge’s Caverns is the next crowdfunding project to breach the $1 million mark on Kickstarter.  The project is scheduled to close on April 8 so there is plenty of time for this amount to move higher.  Over 3100 backers have supported this… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based HireJungle, a fast growing peer to peer rental marketplace is now open to investments as they are raising £100,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  The offer represents 25%  equity in the company and is eligible for SEIS tax relief.  The tech start-up allows users… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 6:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a post on the Oculus blog site, the start up tech company disclosed they were joining Facebook.  The deal was valued at $2 billion including $400 million in cash and 23.1 million in Facebook shares, plus an added $300 million payout in cash and… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 5:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Mark Zuckerberg just announced Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR in a post to… you guessed it. Post by Mark Zuckerberg. WOW. Early investor Chris Dixon lauded the team… I can’t say enough about the Oculus team. Palmer, Brendan, John, Nate, and the rest of the… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 12:48 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Felix Kjellberg is better known by the name of PewDiePie, and he is one of a handful of wildly successful gamers that have used YouTube as a means of building a following. Actually, that may be putting it a bit lightly. He has the most subscribers… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding superstar OUYA continues to find it’s way as it alters strategy once again.  In a recent blog post, OUYA’s Bob Mills stated; In the coming weeks, we’re going to let devs choose if they want to charge up front for their games. Now they’ll… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

While some angel investor groups have been slow to adapt to the changing world of capital formation for small businesses, SyndicateRoom, a UK based equity crowdfunding platform, recently had two different angel networks turn to their platform to funding Demonstrating a growing willingness to work… Read More

March 24, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Michigan Invests Locally Exemption, or MILE for short, has its first potential benefactor. Tecumseh Brewing Co. will seek cash from the crowd in exchange for a revenue share in a bid to launch operations in Tecumseh, Michigan. The two cofounders, Tim Schmidt and Kyle… Read More

March 23, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

As the world knows the Ukraine has become a global flashpoint as Russia moves forward to consolidate their regional dominance by incorporating the Crimean peninsula and sizing up opportunities with the Ukrainian mainland.  In tense geo-political situations like this, independent and vibrant media is of… Read More

March 23, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Dash, a wireless – two piece headphone – crowdfunding on Kickstarter has broken the $3 million dollar mark as over 14,000 backers have signed up to support the project.  Their crowdfunding goal was initially just $260,000.  Created by Munich, Germany based BRAGI, the unique… Read More

March 22, 2014 @ 3:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Ralf Ranier von Albedyhll CEO (and serial entrepreneur) of NextRX is equity crowdfunding on Return on Change.  The company is “setting a higher standard” for medical marijuana by seamlessly connecting certified patients and recommending physicians and dispensaries for this emerging industry.  The company is currently… Read More

March 21, 2014 @ 11:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We reported on the GoBe last week as the campaign was crossing $300,000 on Indiegogo. The campaign seeks to fund a new activity tracker that promises some really slick functionality, including the ability to read calories burned during exercise based on glucose levels in our cells…. Read More

March 21, 2014 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Award winning entrepreneur Vicky Brock scooped a top innovation accolade AND crowdfunded almost £50k in just 24 hours.  Founder and CEO of Clear Returns Brock was named Innovator of the Year at the 2014 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards on Wednesday. On the same day,… Read More

March 21, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Soylent has had to delay shipping until mid-April thanks to supply chain difficulties. It all comes down to the process of securing multiple tons of rice protein for Soylent’s forthcoming meal replacement drink. Rob Rhinehart and his team have gone to great lengths to perfect… Read More