Offerings

February 18, 2014 @ 9:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last updated Tuesday, February 18 @ 10:42 AM EST When I came across The Dash on Kickstarter, I thought it was a mistake. $2 million raised with 41 days to go? That is impressive even by Kickstarter’s standards. Munich, Germany-based Bragi LLC has raised this… Read More

February 18, 2014 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Lending Platform eMoneyUnion Raises £300,000 in Crowdfunding Round. eMoneyUnion successfully raised £300,000 on equity crowdfunding site Crowdcube and entered into “overfunding” mode.  The target was hit earlier today as 103 investors came together to finance this new company.  The largest single investment was for… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After raising over $160,000 on Indiegogo, the iQi wireless charging device is now available online through fonesalesman.com. The device was reviewed on TechCrunch yesterday and was hit with some hard criticism about the reliability of the device, although it seems uncertain as to whether shortcomings should… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 10:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Every day, 4,000 people die from AIDS. 35 million people around the world are currently living with HIV. It’s one of the great tragedies of our time. Now a group of scientists have gathered under the Immunity Project in hopes of eradicating the disease by… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

BeerBods, a company that delivers 12 beers to subscribers every 12 weeks, quickly raised their £100,000 crowdfunding goal in just one day and then continued over-funding hitting £150,000 in the next twelve hours. Launched in 2012, BeerBod’s original intent was to offer 15% equity in… Read More

February 16, 2014 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Lovemark Monument of Love was supposed to raise $175,000 just in time for Valentines Day 2014.  Unfortunately the $175,000 target was a bit too steep and the project fell far short raising raising only $47,005. Fearing momentum was not quite there, the campaign organizers… Read More

February 15, 2014 @ 2:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apparently the seed investors who participated in the equity crowdfunding round of E-Car Club made a good investment selection.  E-Car Club raised £100,000 on Crowdcube early last year for 20% equity in the business.  63 original investors backed this small startup that is a wholly… Read More

February 14, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The Results Have Been Inspiring”. Betaworks,  a startup studio and seed stage funding group based in New York City, launched their own crowdfunding platform earlier this week.  Appropriately called Alphaworks (it’s a progression), this is a their funding platform with a mission to: “To empower… Read More

February 14, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

FCA regulated AbundanceGeneration will offer 9% return on its latest low risk renewable energy debenture positioned as a better home for savers many of whom are currently earning rates less than inflation Announced today, the renewable energy investment project has a minimum investment of only… Read More

February 14, 2014 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Moment “Amazing Lenses for Mobile Photography” closed earlier today having raised $451,868 from 4722 backers.  This is 9 times the initial goal of raising $50,000 to fund the lenses for your mobile phone camera.  The campaign rocketed out of the gate doubling… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 9:24 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Headed by Chief “Nixpert” Joanna Griffiths, a graduate of INSEAD’s MBA program, Knix Wear’s first indiegogo campaign generated $60,450 CAD, 50% over their goal, and helped launch their successful seamless Knix and lacy Knixy lingerie lines. Toronto based Knix Wear’s latest indiegogo campaign effectively launches their new… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 8:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiva is a pretty cool site.  The entire concept of micro-finance and getting funds straight into the hands of the people who are going to put it to work has totally altered the world of foreign aid.  What’s even cooler about Kiva is the fact… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just in time for Valentines day we are revisiting a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter that closed last October that raised a bit over $29,000.  What was unique about this campaign, titled America in Love, is that a couple (who had just recently met), Melissa and… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wong Fu has some pretty amazing numbers on their YouTube channel.  Over 2 million subscribers with over 300 million views of their short films, music videos, vlogs etc.  Wong Fu Productions (WFP) started by a group of friends at UC San Diego, Philip Wang, Wesley… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A Kickstarter campaign with some serious star power behind it is dangerously close to losing out on over half a million dollars in crowdfunding cash. Of course, that also means they’re on the precipice of closing a huge $600,000+ crowdfunding round. The next 33 hours… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub has announced the launch of the FundersClub Theme Series, a series of managed funds focused on early-stage companies in specific verticals. The first three funds will focus on health & wellness, Bitcoin & payments and hardware. FundersClub is an invite-only equity crowdfunding play. Just last month the… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

AgTech and agriculture industry crowdfunding platform  AgFunder has announced their first investment opportunity is now live on their investment crowdfunding site. Fresno, California based OnFarm is a Software as a Service (SaaS) big data company that aggregates multitudes of data—from water information to fertilizer inputs—to provide… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Fuel 3D Technologies, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, has announced it has secured $2.6 million (£1.6 million) in early stage financing to further the development of its Fuel3D scanner technology. The funding news comes in advance of a planned mezzanine financing round, expected to… Read More

February 12, 2014 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The first live equity crowdfunding pitch by CrowdBoxTV will hit British broadcasting this weekend.  On Sky 192, this Sunday at 5PM GMT CrowdBoxTV  will feature online retailer Big Blue Cuddle who is seeking to raise £65,000 in return for 13% equity in order to grow the… Read More

February 12, 2014 @ 10:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Could you imagine being able to visualize the sheer size of Wikipedia’s English articles? The free online encyclopedia has been in the works for well over a decade now, and – according to itself, ironically – it now nets 500 million unique visitors and 18… Read More