Offerings

August 22, 2013 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

International Artist Domingo Zapata will restore the Bowery Mission HQ Building Façade in New York City Funded by “Art4Crowd” Campaign on EarlyShares Crowdfunding plaftorm EarlyShares has announced a partnership with artist Domingo Zapata and The Bowery Mission to launch Art4Crowd. The project is to crowdfunded outdoor mural… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 6:47 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Facebook has a long-standing policy that rewards hackers with a bounty if they can find a bug in Facebook’s system. Bounties can be as little as $500, but there is no maximum. Facebook makes a judgement call based on the severity of the bug and… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

BigLeap has just launched a new crowdfunding platform for social good campaigns. These campaigns are referred to as “challenges.” Historically, incentive challenges and competitions with significant prizes or rewards have resulted in quantum-leap progress and innovation. Traditionally only a select few large organizations have used… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

On September 1, 2012, Jamie Siminoff closed a successful Kickstarter campaign for the POP Charging Station. The POP was to be a multifunctional charging station that could power multiple smart devices. 1,000 backers pledged just short of $140,000 to the campaign. At the time, he… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

New Scottish crowdfunding platform Squareknot launches with high profile crowdfunding campaign on site.  Satellite broadband provider Internet Anywhere has launched a funding round to raise £125,000.  The funding round represents 10% equity  in the company. Internet Anywhere is the largest Scottish reseller for Eutelsat, one… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the Supreme Court’s decision declaring that human genes cannot be patented, two scientists have started a company that will give people direct access to their own genetic information – which can have an immediate impact on their health and well being.  Now the pair… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

 Crowdfunding on accredited investor platform CircleUp, SmartyPants Vitamins has announced they have raised $2.59 million on a convertible note from both current and new investors. SmartyPants, a leader in nutrient dense gummy supplements, has experienced dramatic growth with total sales increasing 1,000 percent since their launch in the fall of… Read More

August 17, 2013 @ 5:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We previously reported on Citizen Koch, a documentary aiming to explore the interplay between money and politics in the United States. In order to stake a claim to a digital copy of the upcoming film, backers had to pony up $75. Backer Nick Guillaume expressed his… Read More

August 17, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee can start celebrating. He just surpassed a $1.25 million goal on Kickstarter for his new film, which as of now is still shrouded in a bit of mystery. It’s about love and it’s about blood, but in the words of Lee “The reason… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Last year the FIA announced the first ever  electric car only race championship – which is scheduled to take place in 2014.  Electric cars are quite the rage these days  and the race industry is quickly adapting to this transition.  Large corporations and media have… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 9:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rockethub made news by partnering with A&E for Project Startup, a campaign that aimed to support entrepreneurs using Rockethub to crowdfund their projects by giving them exposure across A&E’s media products. RELATED: The Crowdfunding Success Pattern – Plus an Intro to A&E’s Project Startup Spira Footwear… Read More

August 15, 2013 @ 12:36 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kelly Clarkson is a huge Jane Austen fan. She’s such a fan that she had to have a ring formerly owned by the renowned author, and Clarkson shelled out just over £150,000 to buy it at a recent Sotheby’s auction. The auction house only expected… Read More

August 15, 2013 @ 11:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two campaigns crowdfunding now aim to fund projects that use bioluminescent microbes to light the home. One is called the Biobulb, and it is seeking $15,000 on RocketHub. Three Wisconsin University undergraduate students launched the project as part of the Frontier Fellows program at the… Read More

August 15, 2013 @ 7:06 am By JD Alois  |  

A little girl who died from brain cancer inspired Dr. Jim Olson to create Project Violet. A spirited, red-headed girl named Violet who died at age 11 from an inoperable brainstem tumor is the inspiration behind “Project Violet,” a “citizen science” drug-discovery project being launched by Fred… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Despite being razzed by Trish Regan on live TV and catching flack from others, Spike Lee has successfully raised over $1 million on Kickstarter for his new film. His campaign seems on track to hit his $1.25 million goal by the time the campaign ends in… Read More

August 11, 2013 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen covering the wonderful world of crowdfunding, a video promoting a Kickstarter campaign features a very naked Lady Gaga. Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović was the subject of a documentary entitled The Artist Is Present, which followed her… Read More

August 9, 2013 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of speedskating, US Speedskating (USS), has initiated a partnership with the online crowdfunding platform RallyMe to be the official crowdfunding provider for USS and its athletes. The crowdfunding campaign “Feed the Speed”, a 45-day funding drive to… Read More

August 9, 2013 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year Karen Black, a well known actress who had contracted cancer, had started a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help cover the costs of treatment.  In a post on the actresses Facebook page it was announced she had passed away yesterday – consumed… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Free Your Body” is the mantra for the “meal replacement” mix Soylent which has caught the attention and imagination of thousands of supporters fascinated about the thought of being able to not worry about food.  Soylent may now free themselves from financing their product as… Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 6:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Precinct was a video game crowdfunding on Kickstarter. I say “was” because the campaign has since been shut down after the project creators realized that there was little hope of the campaign meeting its funding goal. Now the team has rolled their own crowdfunding solution… Read More