Offerings

December 9, 2013 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

HiddenRadio2 Crushes Goal in Under 5 Hours. HiddenRadio originally successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter a bit over two years ago.  Product creators John VDN and Vitor Santa Maria have spent the past two years listening to feedback from backers and customers.  After the extended hiatus they… Read More

December 9, 2013 @ 11:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jason Berry makes films to pay the bills, but in his free time he enjoys running and cycling. His experience in that space may spur him to the creation of a company aimed at solving a major (and common) ill in sports. Safety pins are… Read More

December 9, 2013 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Thomas Dodson of Selvage media, along with his team, is crowdfunding on Indiegogo to empower young people to avoid the dangers of social media.  We have all read the stories – or know someone – who has suffered from cyber bullying or digital exploitation via… Read More

December 9, 2013 @ 9:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A German company called e-volo has successfully raised €1,2 million in a crowdfunding offering on Seedmatch.de for a crazy 18-propeller electric helicopter. Called the “Volocopter,” the e-volo team thinks this new approach to manned aerial flight can revolutionize the way we live and travel. The Volocopter… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 11:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Education is an area ripe for disruption.  Even the  godfather of the concept of “disruptive innovation”, Clayton Christensen, has written a book on how the way we learn does not always fit with the way we are taught.  The team at Tinyworld wants to change… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

For those of you who feel a need to be connected at all times and anywhere, the Vybe bracelet is for you.  The organizers have been running a self-crowdfunding campaign using Crowdhoster which is part of the CrowdTilt portfolio. This pretail campaign was originally scheduled… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The PowerUp 3.0 Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane is some kind of awesome.  The crowdfunding campaign launched just before Thanksgiving and topped the $50,000 goal in less than 8 hours.  Over 1000 backers rushed to support this cool project launching it into Kickstarter stratosphere.  The stretch… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

After Hugely Successful Equity Crowdfunding Round, SecuGate+ Offers Rewards on Kickstarter. Secucloud, a provider of cloud-based IT-Security, has unveiled SecuGate+, their network security solution for Home & Small Business – and they are crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The rewards round follows an incredibly successful equity round in… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on an Indiegogo campaign for The Young Turks that had succeeded in meeting a $250,000 goal on Indiegogo. The goal of the campaign is to crowdfund a new studio for a program touted as “the largest online news show in the world.”… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

You have to love the community that has formed around Cloud Imperium Games’s upcoming release Star Citizen. The crowd that has formed around the game maintains various discussion communities around the Internet, not the least of which is the /r/starcitizen subreddit, which boasts almost 16,000 subscribers…. Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Musical version of the classic TV sitcom “Happy Days” has claimed the title of the first major theatrical production in the world to gain financing through equity crowdfunding and they have done so on UK based Seedrs.   The crowdfunding round raised £250,000 from 345 investors… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

In an initiative to aid Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts, mega-superstart Justin Bieber has partnered with Prizeo to raise $1,000,000.  With 9 days to go the campaign has raised well over $400,000 as Bieber’s fans and contributors poorer into support the cause.  Contributors also have  the… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming from our friends in Australia (Glen Innes to be exact) is a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo which raised 50% of its goal in only 8 hours.   SmarterPlay, created by Australian entrepreneur Brendon Watson plays music from a mobile phone to any FM stereo. For… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

In their second project partnering with smallsolutions, solar energy crowdfunding platform SunFunder captured 209 crowdfunders to support a rent-to-own solar project in Uganda.  This is the first time the platform has gone past the 200 individual funders for a specific project. Social enterprise organization, smallsolutions is… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

A team of university students have indicated they are evaluating the options and technologies to build and launch a small spacecraft to Mars. The vehicle would carry a unique payload: a two-inch-diameter titanium sphere containing perhaps millions of digital photos, videos, audio files, and text messages from… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 9:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

BrewDog is in the midst of an extremely aggressive period of growth now that the Scottish brewery has managed to raise millions of euros via equity crowdfunding raises. The latest expansion project for the brewery is a BrewDog bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo,… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported crowdfunding site for causes Razoo, raised over $1.1 Million in donations as part of #GivingTuesday.  The site has now announced the official winners of its national day of giving competition. More than 600 fundraisers from across the country participated in the Razoo giving competition. The… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Skulpt Aim, a device to measure body fat and muscle quality, has hurdled their $100,000 goal on Indiegogo with more than 30 days remaining in their crowdfunding campaign.   Supporters from 32 different countries supported the unique device.  Expectations are for the first Skulpt’s to… Read More

December 4, 2013 @ 9:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hits $100,000 Crowdfunding Goal Immediately. Bill Draper, along with his family, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in support of the Parkinson’s Insitute and Clinical Center.  The fundraising initiative which is part of the #GivingTuesday effort on Indiegogo, has greatly benefited from the promise… Read More

December 4, 2013 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Film crowdfunding super-start Veronica Mars, created by Rob Thomas has announced the Kickstarter hit will be released on March 14, 2014.  One of the largest crowdfunding campaigns ever, the film closed on Kickstarter  this past April having raised over $5.7 Million creating a title wave… Read More