Offerings

January 28, 2014 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Fuel3D scanner raised over $300,000 in September 2013 through a highly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  With early bird backers scheduled to receive their first products in April 2014, Fuel 3D continues to move forward to final production.   Fuel3D unveiled this week the first images… Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Glyph, a portable headset that creates a virtual retinal display and claims to create “sharp, stark images unlike you’ve seen before”, rocketed out of the gate on Kickstarter last week easily topping their quarter million goal.  It took just 24 hours for the crowdfunding campaign… Read More

January 26, 2014 @ 3:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunded films were everywhere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Kickstarter alone fielded 20 alumni and Indiegogo chipped in six more. A complete list of Kickstarter-and-Indiegogo-funded entries are available in the following articles… Sundance Film Festival Includes 20 Kickstarter Funded Films for 2014 Indiegogo at… Read More

January 26, 2014 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has launched their very own venture fund to allow a  professional fund manager do all the hard work in creating a diversified portfolio. Crowdcube has partnered with Strathtay Ventures who have over 15 years’ worth of expertise and a strong track… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 6:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will take place this Sunday (January 25) featuring all of today’s favorite performers and then some.  Well as far as I am concerned – it is not the fact that Madonna will be performing live at the event but the… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Aurora Dream Enhancer closed this past week at $239,094 on a goal of $90,000.  Backers numbered 1428 with the majority signing up for a device that is scheduled to ship this coming June.  Aurora is capitalizing on the growing interest in… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 2:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A thread on gaming forum NeoGAF has emerged that includes what appear to be some leaked early screenshots from the upcoming Mega Man spiritual successor Mighty No. 9. The game was funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just over $3.8 million. There is some… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Last updated Sunday, January 26 at 11:52 AM Crowdnetic‘s umbrella of crowdfunding-related companies includes CrowdWatch, a deal aggregator for the nascent Rule 506(c) marketplace. It’s comprised of issuers Crowdnetic is calling PIPR’s, or Private Issuers Publicly Raising. As part of the JOBS Act under Title… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 12:56 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The oft-admired Kickstarter campaign for the PowerUp 3.0 has closed. The grand total? $1,232,612 from 21,412 backers. The average pledge for the campaign was $57.57. RELATED | Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane Looked to Crowdfund $50,000, It’s Now Over $500,000 on Kickstarter It’s good for sixth on Kickstarter’s all-time… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 6:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus Books, the nations oldest black owned bookstore located in San Francisco, is facing the possibility of displacement. Fundrise, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform, is helping them raise $1 Million to buy back the property. Fundrise is seeking accredited investors to save a property…. Read More

January 24, 2014 @ 10:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back in December, we noticed that there was a lot of hype around the Avegant Glyph and a forthcoming Kickstarter campaign that would accompany the launch of the device. It seems the hype was well-warranted, because in under 48 hours the Glyph has more than… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Board game Chaosmos, developed by independent publisher Mirror Box Games, launched their crowdfunding campaign January 2nd and made $30,000 (75% of its goal) in the first three days. The target of raising $40,000 on Kickstarter has almost been doubled as over 1000 backers jumped in… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We’ve reported on Balanced pretty extensively here at Crowdfund Insider. If there is one thing to know about this innovative online payments company, it’s that they take a really unorthodox approach to building their product, leaning heavily on the tenets of the open source software… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Piper home security and automation device raised over $300,000 on Indiegogo closing in September of 2013.  Described as simple, elegant and powerful the well presented hardware captured significant interest as a comprehensive Wi-Fi-enabled all-in-one home device. Piper combined panoramic video, Z-Wave home automation and environmental sensors into… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Cloud Imperium Games has announced the release of Star Citizen’s Organization system. In Star Citizen, organizations are groups that will persist into the game. Organizations can be created by anyone with the game package on their account. There are a host of available features that are explained in… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 9:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After numerous attempts , we’ve been ignored by her own father who is well aware of our need for monetary support. She is only 2, and our tries have been ignored. She has been completely deserted by her other parent, who she does not even… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Forever Yogurt, a franchise company, may be able to claim first to advertise an offering by using outdoor advertising.  The company is advertising a convertible debt offering in downtown Chicago.  The “very pink” billboard off of Ohio Street announced that Forever Yogurt is raising capital. The… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Anime fans rushed to fund this crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  France based Ankama launched on January 20th, the project hit their $80,000 CAD goal on January 21st.  Many initial backers rushed in at the higher reward levels with the $1000 CAD quickly being sold out…. Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Online tool for designers, architects and manufacturers PaletteApp is looking for capital and they are crowdfunding on EarlyShares.  The Chicago based company wants to revolutionize the way the industry has managed the business and they are looking to raise $750,000 in equity on the investment crowdfunding… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded feature film Wish I Was Here premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Reviews were mixed, of course… And to those who thought Braff was out of line asking for a hand-out, be satisfied in knowing that his second directorial effort — which… Read More