Offerings

September 26, 2013 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Amulyte, an emerging medical device company, announced today that it has launched an equity-based crowdfunding campaign Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Amulyte has developed an emergency response system that is designed to protect seniors beyond the short broadcast range covered… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 12:43 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is a hugely influential (and hugely controversial) piece of literature. A Library of Congress survey famously placed Atlas Shrugged as the second most influential book ever produced. Number one? The Bible. The book was turned into a movie series starting with Part I… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Parke Denim has been in “stealth mode” for the past 6 months developing their website along with a  new collection of high quality active denim jeans.  To date the company has raised $300,000 in funding.   The team now consists of fashion and technology experts… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Launched on August 29th, Applied Integrin Sciences continues to promote their crowdfunding campaign to accelerate the development of their cancer fighting drug. The treatment is being designed to boost survival and quality of life for patients suffering ovarian, breast, prostate and other cancers.  The initiative… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 85 year old Catlow Theater located in Barrington, Illinois is a throwback to an era when movie theaters were wonderful structures built to last and viewed as important community structures.  For most movie goers today the experience is less than ideal.  Enduring cookie cutter,… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Global event organizer and consulting group Crowdsourcing Week has indicated their intent to raise equity via the Crowdcube crowdfunding platform. In a brief note to followers Crowdsourcing shared the forthcoming opportunity to own a part of the growing company; Announcing: Your Opportunity to Invest in Crowdsourcing… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

FaithLauncher—a crowdfunding portal for faith-based projects—will spearhead funding efforts for the release of thriller  Doonby, a film which is a modern take on It’s a Wonderful Life.  The social crowdfunding platform will assist via various promotions such as the “One Life Does Matter” campaign. Doonby is… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Front Up Rugby, a rugby inspired fashion label for men, has grown into one of the United Kingdom’s leading and most respected clothing brands.  The company was started in 2008 by entrepreneur Jon Allen who saw a gap in the market for a youthful and fashionable rugby… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware crowdfunding platform, Dragon Innovation, has announced the success of their first three crowdfunded projects.  The inaugural round of projects having successfully raised funds on their site include: Dash – A DIY Robot having raised $74,461 on a goal of $64,000 Tessel – An internet… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gridiron Thunder “Awesome Indie Football Game for OUYA” started with big expectations and much fanfare but slowly devolved into controversy and question.  The game was participating in OUYA’s Free the Games Fund and set to receive additional funding. The crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter set a… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Germany’s Chaos Computer Club is claiming victory in a contest to see who’d be the first to hack Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanning system. The system provides an extra layer of security for Apple’s new iPhone 5S and 5C. A crowdfunded bounty was offered for… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

PeoplesVC has launched a general solicitation offering to raise capital for itself under new regulations that went into effect at 12:00 am this morning.  The PeoplesVC offering seeks to raise up to $4,750,000 through the sale of PeoplesVC’s Series A Preferred Stock.  The offering is only open to accredited… Read More

September 22, 2013 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has continued to add to their list of vertically curated pages on their crowdfunding platform.  Over the past months we have seen several cities launching their own curated pages to focus on what their communities have to offer in the way of budding entrepreneurs… Read More

September 21, 2013 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Update: Since publishing, KIND* Shave Oil has changed its name to TICO* Shave Oil, and can now be found at www.ticoshaving.com. This past Wednesday KIND Shave Oil ended their crowdfunding campaign having beat their $15,000 goal.  KIND had decided to go the self-crowdfunding path as we… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Subutai Corporation is a Seattle-based firm founded to “create stories, games, graphic novels and filmed entertainment in an integrated style.” One interesting factoid that likely helped draw backers into their Kickstarter campaign: famed American author and game designer Neal Stephenson is a co-founder. In a… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

 San Francisco based startup Crave has announced a successful Series A Round  raising $2.4 Million from over 60 Angel investors.  Many of the investors were sourced online via the AngelList – Invest Online platform.  Crave specializes in the design and manufacture of discreet and elegant luxury… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Penn Jillette is next up on the celebrity list to crowdfund a full length feature film and he is doing it on FundAnything.  Jillette is half of the well known Penn & Teller team.  He is an accomplished magician, actor, comedian and author.  The Penn… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of California today launched Promise for Education, a six-week crowdfunding campaign that will bring together students, faculty, alumni, celebrities, influencers and supporters to raise money for UC student scholarships.  Promise for Education allows individuals to make a personal promise – run a marathon, adopt a pet,… Read More

September 19, 2013 @ 3:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

@nickdepetrillo and @ErrataRob on Twitter have written a script that is amassing crowdfunding pledges made via tweets. The goal: incentivize hackers to hack the new Apple iPhone’s fingerprint scanner. All I ask is a video of the process from print, lift, reproduction and successful unlock… Read More

September 19, 2013 @ 2:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowd It Forward, a platform that is said to specialize in “random acts of crowdfunding,” has launched a crowdfunding campaign for victims of the recent shootings at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC. The campaign will be open until December 31st of this year… Read More