Offerings

December 22, 2013 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Neptune Pine “all in one smart watch” closed on Kickstarter yesterday having raised an astounding $801,224 from 2839 backers.  In the halls of crowdfunding fame this places Neptune Pine in the top 100 but no where close to the poster child of crowdfunding, another… Read More

December 22, 2013 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lehman Brothers used to be one of the largest, most successful investment banks in the country.  At the beginning of the financial crises Lehman collapsed as the strain of subprime loans tanked in value.  Lehman filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and remains in the courts… Read More

December 21, 2013 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yep you read that correctly.  Shave with caffeine. Crowdfunding on Indiegogo now from the Pacific Shaving Company is Caffeinated Shaving Cream along with Caffeinated After Shave.  The campaign goal has already been trounced with almost a month left in the campaign.  Over 200 backers have… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul Secures $1 Million for First-Ever Equity Crowdfunding of a Self-Storage Facility. Realty Mogul, a real estate marketplace for accredited investors in pre-vetted investment properties, has announced the first-ever crowdfunded self-storage facility. This private placement, traditionally offered only to larger institutional investors, will help enable… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards based global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has put together their list of stand-out crowdfunding campaigns for 2013.  Appropriately they have broken it out into 13 different categories which are listed below. From the biggest campaigns to the funniest pitch videos – they are all there… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 10:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The San Francisco 49ers are one of the best teams in the NFL again this year. There’s just one problem: there is one team in their division that may be better. This year’s Seattle Seahawks are something special. A chart recently published on Business Insider… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 10:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Kano’s Kickstarter campaign has ended. The small, DIY Raspberry Pi-powered computer raised $1,522,160 from 13,387 backers. The raise was good enough to push the campaign to third on Kickstarter’s all-time list for design products. Kano leaped the Elevation Dock for that spot. It wasn’t quite… Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Super Awesome Micro Project is a basically a car built out of Lego.  With the exception of the wheels and a few load bearing elements the entire car, which has a top speed of about 20 to 30 KMh, has been constructed with Lego…. Read More

December 20, 2013 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Aurora dream enhancing headband which was just recently launched on Kickstarter received some local coverage from a San Diego ABC affiliate.  The crowdfunding campaign launched on December 12th is closing in on their $90,000 goal with more than a month to to.  The “lucid dreamer”… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 9:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a new crowdfunding site for real estate based in Georgia, has announced their second project following their successful private pilot launch which occurred this past November.  The first project which is raising $300,000 for a residential development is being followed by a refinancing of… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog’s investment crowdfunding campaign “Equity for Punks” is nearing a close. BrewDog has issues a last call for investors as they are down to the last 2% of shares available for this funding round. The Scottish craft brewery raised their funding amount in November to… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

6This could be big. Oculus VR launched the Oculus Rift on Kickstarter and went on to grab almost $2.5 million in funding. Some are saying that Avegant’s upcoming Glyph headset could surpass it. After watching the following hands-on video from Engadget, we can see why…… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It was long-rumored and now it has come to fruition: Star Citizen and lead developer Chris Roberts have bumped the release of the much-anticipated dogfighting module. The revelation was shared in a recent backer update on the RSI web site… Originally when I first started this journey… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 8:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Central Falls, Rhode Island Director of Economic Development Shares Insights For Other Cities Looking To Crowdfund Public Projects In the wake of the financial crisis, budgets at all levels of government have tightened. Words like “sequester” are now a part of our common, everyday lexicon…. Read More

December 18, 2013 @ 5:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coin, the one card to replace them all, has released they are continuing their presale of the product for the foreseeable future. Coin’s purpose is to create a product that simplifies and improves your life. The card replacement device previously announced they had hit their… Read More

December 18, 2013 @ 10:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on the Kano project on Kickstarter. Just a couple of weeks ago the campaign was celebrating a huge milestone after crossing $1 million in funding. Quartz recently tipped the world to the fact that even the famed Steve Wozniak has chipped into the… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 11:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A new Kickstarter campaign aims to make use of unused space in the garage in an effort to help people get organized. The myLIFTER promises to turn your garage ceiling into storage, and it’s almost fully funded with plenty of time left to go. The… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Compare and Share a comparison website for the sharing economy has tripled their target and raised £152,030 worth of equity on Crowdcube. Compare and Share set a goal of raising £50,000 on on the equity crowdfunding platform. The offering just recently closed having raised £152,030, 304%… Read More

December 16, 2013 @ 12:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Gamers wishing they backed the Kickstarter campaign for Wasteland 2 can rejoice. The game is now available to everyone via Steam Early Access. inXile Entertainment’s post-apocalyptic RPG raised just short of $3 million in a Kickstarter-powered funding effort that ended on April 17 of 2012…. Read More

December 16, 2013 @ 11:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Krazy Jim’s Blimpyburger has been a staple in Ann Arbor, Michigan for decades. The burger joint has been feeding students at the University of Michigan since 1953. Current owners Rich and Chris Magner met while working at the restaurant in the 1970’s. It was even… Read More