Offerings

September 27, 2013 @ 10:18 am By Charles Luzar  |  

If we’ve said it once we’ve said it a thousand times: crowdfunding is all about the crowd. Any smart crowdfunder will build that crowd before launching a crowdfunding campaign in order to increase the likelihood of success. Jasco Games is right in the midst of this… Read More

September 27, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Started by Greenwich Village mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee in 1974, the Parade began as a walk from house to house in his neighborhood for his children and their friends. In 1981, with audiences reaching into the hundred thousands, Celebration Artist and Producer Jeanne… Read More

September 27, 2013 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube Simultaneously Announces Banner Week of Funding. Sustainable housing developer, Hab Housing has surpassed Crowdcube’s equity crowdfunding record by raising over £1.5 Million to date.  The equity offering is still open to investors due to the popularity of the investment.  The company had originally targeted… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perle Bioscience wants to cure diabetes and they need to raise capital to accomplish their goal.  They chose BlazeFund because they specialize in life-sciences and are making a paradigm shift in accessing capital. The statistics on the impact of Type 1 Diabetes is compelling: 26 million patients…. Read More

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