Offerings

January 13, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Just in time for Valentines Day, the worlds first monument to love is crowdfunding now on Indiegogo.  Having raised over $20,000 in the first few days of their fixed funding campaign the global team wants to hit a minimum target of $175,000 to build their… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ever wish there were more hours in the day?  Yes that is a rhetorical question but it appears that Polish startup IntelClinic, and their founder Kamil Adamczyk, may have found a solution for this ongoing enigma.  The company has developed NeuroOn and they have just closed their… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

5th Most Funded Successful Campaign Ever on Indiegogo. Berlin, Germany based Panono has won many accolades during their crowdfunding campaign including a coolest gadget shout out and tons of press especially with their trip to CES 2014 this past week.  The hot tech device that… Read More

January 11, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Project Brings Brilliant Children Together to Focus on Education.  Seeks $75,000 in funding. Spotlighting some of the worlds most innovative young minds, ‘Magic Makers’ — a new pilot show has announced the start of its crowdfunding program through the beta platform Memeni. Created and hosted by social… Read More

January 11, 2014 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Kreyos Meteor Smartwatch, one of the top crowdfunding smartwatch campaigns to date having raised $1.5 million in August 2013, released a much anticipated video of their wearable tech during their stint at CES 2014.  Delivery of the Kreyos was delayed this past November but expectations… Read More

January 10, 2014 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Still crowdfunding on Indiegogo, another tech project has claimed a CES award.  Skulpt Aim is the winner in the Last Gadget Standing CES 2014 – where the people get to vote on their favorite tech device.  Skulpt announced earlier this week they had made it… Read More

January 10, 2014 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Campaign Has Not Yet Finished As Airtame Wins Global Recognition at CES. This is kind of cool to be able to do a quick follow up for Airtame who we reported on their being nominated for an award at CES.  Now we can state… Read More

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

  Form 1 Receives Innovation Honor at CES. Form 3D printer from Formlabs had an incredible 2013.  After raising just short of $3 Million on Kickstarter in 2012, the Cambridge, Massachusetts based company went on to raise $19 Million this past October in a funding… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 10:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

For anyone who has actually had the luck to try out the Oculus Rift this should not come as a surprise.  The Oculus Rift “Crystal Cove” prototype has won the Best of CES 2104 prize.  The accolades continue to pore in from around the world,… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Social network for gaming gamesGRABR  has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign, quickly achieving its £150,000 target and ending with nearly 20% of over funding. Investment in the growing gaming social network proved popular with the target amount being achieved in just 5 weeks. All 178 investors now… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

CofoundersLab (a match.com type platform for entrepreneurs) has successfully crowdfunded $680,000 in equity on portal RockThePost. According to the platform this is the first offering to openly crowdfund in 80 years and is the first public offer on RockThePost.  Shahab Kaviani, CEO of CoFoundersLab, was… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding innovator BrewDog was recently interviewed on BBC about their “Equity for Punks” campaign.  The brief recording is interesting in the fact that co-founder James Watt adroitly explains the challenge.  They could not find money to grow their business. Necessity being the mother of… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 7:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Still crowdfunding on Indiegogo, tech startup Airtame has been nominated for “Best Startup” at CES 2014.  The Copenhagen based company still has more than a week to go in their campaign but have have raised over $458,000 on a goal of just $160,000.  Crowdfund Insider… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 10:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding is certainly used for a variety of endeavors and reasons, some of them quite strange. This one is right up there. We reported on the launch of a campaign to fund a monument to Satan about a month ago. Less than 30 days later… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 7:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Privately owned Great British Banjo Company, based in Norwich, Norfolk, UK, which crowdfunded on Kickstarter last year has announced their successful crowdfunding campaign has led to the creation of several new jobs.  The company claims to be the “first affordable banjo to be manufactured in Britain… Read More

January 7, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading equity crowdfunding site, has announced their awards for 2013.  As one could imagine the competition was challenging as so many cool startups were crowdfunded on the UK based platform during 2013.  There  was one recognition chosen by visitors to the site:  “The… Read More

January 7, 2014 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Matterform 3D Scanner  was shared with the public at CES 2014 with the official launch occurring next month. The Matterform 3D Scanner claims to be the world’s first affordable high-resolution 3D scanner. The device wants to provide designers, small businesses, makers, hobbyists and creative… Read More

January 7, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Popular Mechanics has provided a short list of three upcoming products that will be looking to launch crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter in the coming weeks and months… Solar Cool Tech – A solar-powered cooler that will keep food and drinks (and Coronas!) cold at the… Read More

January 7, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Lumo BodyTech is a Silicon Valley-based company that specializes in giving people actionable feedback on body position in order to help them improve their lives. They’ve already crowdfunded one product successfully, and today sees the launch of a second  – the Lumo Lift – that… Read More

January 6, 2014 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced today during a special briefing at CES, Eric Migicovsky Pebble CEO and founder, revealed their 2nd version of the famous smartwatch.  The Pebble Steel, their premium version watch,  may be ordered today for $249.00 (ships in three weeks from today).  Simultaneously Pebble announced their… Read More