Offerings

October 13, 2013 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

With more than two weeks left in their crowdfunding campaign on KickstAfter, the team at PicoBrew have a solid success.  With the initial goal set at $150,000 they have more than doubled that amount.   The product has been over 3 years in development for… Read More

October 13, 2013 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak wanted to share their revolutionary creation back in 1976 – they did not organize a press conference.  They went to the only place they new (or could afford to go to) to show off their iconic Apple I –… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Structure Sensor, from Occipital in San Francisco, is crowdfunding on Kickstarter.  Their initial goal of $100,000 is a distant memory as they approach $1,000,000 raised.  After only 7 days crowdfunding they were at 7 times their initial goa and after watching their pitch video… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 1:46 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently wrote about Travail, a restaurant in Robbinsville, Minnesota that aimed to bring fine dining food to the masses. Well, their round has just closed on Kickstarter to the tune of over $255,000. It is a huge windfall for the restaurant, which will use… Read More

October 11, 2013 @ 9:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Anyone who pays attention to tech news undoubtedly saw a handful of headlines this week detailing turmoil within Twitter around the time of its founding. (For anyone that hasn’t read about this yet, this was my personal favorite synopsis.) In light of this news, Matthew… Read More

October 11, 2013 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Expects an 18% Annualized Return. Founded in 2013, Patch of Land, a national real estate crowdfunding platform, released its first live investment project today in New Jersey. The new company allows individuals to purchase shares of high end real estate investments for as little as… Read More

October 11, 2013 @ 7:31 am By JD Alois  |  

FlameStower, a device that can charge your cell phone by using fire, has beaten their goal on Kickstarter by raising over $38,000 on a $15,000 goal.  The campaign continues to raise funds and is scheduled to close on October 24th.  With the successful funding round… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 7:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter officially launched in Canada on September 9th – even though they had accepted crowdfunding projects from our friends up North for some time.  The experienced a strong launch out of the gate with dozens of campaigns which quickly grew to hundreds with thousands in… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perfect Match for Apple iPad. As soon as we watched the Kickstarter pitch video provided by the ISKN team you could see the product was going to be a crowdfunding hit.  This smart iPad cover does everything you want it to do.  Their goal was… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 10:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Innovative pens tend to do fairly well on rewards-based crowdfunding web sites like Kickstarter, and the Polar Pen is no exception. The “world’s first modular pen made from magnets” has raised CAD $700,000 with a week left in the campaign. To be fair, this pen… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Based on a farmer’s market that specializes in offering high quality, locally-sourced artisan produce Sourced Market has announced it is expanding due to unprecedented demand. Launched in 2007, Sourced Market  opened its first permanent site at St Pancras International station in 2009.  The company is… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bike Systems, located in Stoke on Kent,  has launched an equity crowdfunding offering through Seedrs to support the launch and ongoing development of its new Bike HUD heads-up display for motorcyclists. Bike Systems will be launching Bike HUD at the Motorcycle Live show at the National Exhibition… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Tessel has successfully raised $196,682 on Dragon Innovation, a maker-focused crowdfunding platform. This represents the largest raise in the short history of Dragon Innovation, which opened to the public on September 5th. Tessel is an internet-connected microcontroller programmable in JavaScript that enables developers to… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 1:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A new project on Kickstarter promises backers an “artificially intelligent robotic bartender.” The Monsieur is like a soda fountain for cocktails, and it has raised almost three-quarters of a $100,000 crowdfunding goal with over a month left in the campaign. The precision of the software… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent game developer Digitalis is having another go at crowdfunding their first person space simulator game on Kickstarter.  With a lower goal and re-invigorated project, Skyjacker hopes to raise $150,000 over the next few weeks to be able to help fund a game release date… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 8:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below are six fashion campaigns crowdfunding on Kickstarter now.  If you are interested check them out on Kickstarter today where you may be one of the first to enjoy these high quality products.  Otherwise you will have to wait until you see them in a… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The second campaign for Reaper Miniature Bones is just a week in at the time of writing, but already the campaign has raised almost $1.5 million on Kickstarter. This is especially remarkable when considering the first campaign for these small gaming miniatures raised over $3.4… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is the 5th Kickstarter campaign the team at Mantic Games has run and it seems that have it down pat.  Their initial goal of crowdunding $50,000 was crushed on day one within minutes of launching.  As of today they are over $224,000 raised with… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 10:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The DoorBot was the first campaign on product-centric crowdfunding platform Christie Street. It was also the first success on the platform, having raised over a quarter of a million dollars. RELATED: As ChristieStreet Prepares Launch, Crowd Feedback Means An Improved DoorBot For Backers Now the team… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 9:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Enough is enough.  The crime in lower Rockridge north and west of the Rockridge BART station is completely out of hand.  My neighbor two doors down was mugged walking home from BART at night.  My neighbors next door were mugged midday.  My neighbors across the… Read More