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September 5, 2013 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dragon Innovation hardware crowdfunding platform earlier announced their site had gone live with multiple hardware projects followed the release with a note indicating they were broadening their services further by collaborating with Qualcomm Atheros.  This additional partnership will help facilitate clients growing need to integrate… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Bloomberg Tradebook & Capital Connections Crowdfunding Event on September 9th. Bloomberg Tradebook is joining the crowdfunding rush by hosting an evening event next week on Monday, September 9th, 2013.  The gathering will take place at Bloomberg LP.  The presentation will discuss: Crowdfunding platforms, review some… Read More

September 4, 2013 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Protos Eyewear, currently running a self crowdfunding campaign using CrowdHoster, has developed a Wordpress widget which allows users to follow crowdfunding progress for their Kickstarter campaign on their web site.  Protos’ current crowdfunding campaign is for their 3D printed custom glasses. Protos created the wordpress… Read More

September 4, 2013 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Massolution NYC 2013: Crowd Powered Business: How LEGO Powers a Billion Dollar Empire with Crowdsourcing. Massolution, a research firm specializing in the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding industries, has announced  that Troels Lange Andersen, Head of Community Business at LEGO, will be keynoting its inaugural conference – Massolution… Read More

September 3, 2013 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

A wide group of champion skiers which include Olympic medalists among their ranks have joined together to launch a crowdfunding campaign to complete development of Ski Nation; a skier network and mobile application which they hope to launch in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics…. Read More

September 3, 2013 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

In just over two months Scottish brewery BrewDog has raised £3 Million on Goal of £4 Million.  Crowdfunding Round Closes in January. Craft brewery BrewDog started in 2007 with just 2 employees and a dream.  The firm was driven by two young fearless entrepreneurs determined… Read More

September 1, 2013 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Chris Roberts Sets New Stretch Goals of $18 & $19 Million. Stands as Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Ever. We just recently covered Star Citizen and their ongoing crowdfunding campaign as they had just passed $16 Million raised and now they have surpassed the next milestone… Read More

August 31, 2013 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Add SunFunder to the list of crowdfunding platforms using the Balanced Payments platform for their investment transactions.  SunFunder announced the shift from PayPal to the Y-Combinator backed payments and escrow platform on their site this past week. Crowdfund Insider recently covered the unique payment platform… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 11:22 pm 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. KIND shave oil is crowdfunding an alternative to shaving cream.  Shaving is not something I have ever looked forward to doing.  But then I happened to… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 9:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Owlet “Smart Sock” Monitors Your Baby’s Vital Signs, Connects to iPhone App. Founded by Kurt Workman, Owlet Baby Care Home has created the a baby “smart sock” that transmits a child’s heart rate, oxygen levels, skin temperature, sleep quality, and sleep position (rollover alerts) to… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 9:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this month we brought you the story of Precinct, a video game that had a cancelled Kickstarter campaign to its name. The team behind the game had turned to Wordpress crowdfunding plugin IgnitionDeck in order to roll their own funding platform solution. The team… Read More

August 25, 2013 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Tile locator device successfully crowdfunded $2,681,297 using the self crowdfunding application “SelfStarter” becoming the most successfully self crowdfunded campaign ever. The crowdfunding campaign not only raised more than enough funds to fulfill the financing needs of the company but indicated a growing market interest… Read More

August 25, 2013 @ 12:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In a span of less than a week, The Omate TrueSmart smartwatch has more than tripled a $100,000 crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter, further cementing Kickstarter as the place to crowdfund innovative tech products. The campaign seeks to fund a new watch that sports a few… Read More

August 24, 2013 @ 11:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdvance has announced a new feature on their crowdfunding platform that allows teams to raise funds in unison. Crowdvance will support parent and child fundraisers. Child fundraisers can launch standalone crowdfunding campaign pages that borrow some features from the parent page while still allowing the child fundraiser to… Read More

August 22, 2013 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Lynn, co-founder and CEO of equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs was recently interviewed by Silicon Real in a wide ranging discussion regarding his company, start-ups and the business climate in the UK and the United States.  This video is definitely worth watching for any crowdfunding… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Titled “Navigating Your Portal Launch” the document has been published with both securities professionals and entrepreneurs in mind.  The book is available for download for free – providing you offer up your contact information ($4.99 for the anonymous types). Authored by CommunityLeader CEO Joseph Barisonzi,… Read More

August 18, 2013 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding as a Service Technology or CFaaST, Allows Crowdfunding Integrated Directly on Company Website Fundrazr claims 2013 as an excellent year and rightly so.  In 2013 they won the “Most Promising Startup” from the Technology Impact Awards.  They were also a winner in the Global… 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 16, 2013 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Brian Meece, CEO and CoFounder of RocketHub, will be visiting Tucsons Maker House to share his thoughts on launching a successful crowdfunding campaign.  RocketHub has partnered with Maker House to crowdfund the “Worlds First Artisan Driven Makerspace”. Maker House is committed to being a community… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Next Generation Trust Services is gearing up for growing interest from investors to purchase equity in private companies.  On July 10, 2013, the SEC lifted its decades-long ban on “general solicitation”—the public advertising by startup companies that are seeking seed money. Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO of Next… Read More