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October 16, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Super umbrella company Blunt has partnered up with Tile, “worlds largest lost and found”, to deliver the worlds first umbrella that you will never lose.  Blunt makes really tough and cool umbrellas that can stand up to most punishing storms using their “Radial Tensioning System”…. Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comedian/actress Sarah Silverman and creative agency Droga5, co-creators of “The Great Schlep,” have reunited to create a new campaign called The Equal Payback Project, which launched on Wednesday (October 8th), to help close the wage gap between men and women. The National Women’s Law Center… Read More

October 7, 2014 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (October 7th), Chandler, AZ-based Eggcyte has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to help fund its new personal web server and storage device, The Egg. Offering 64/128/256GB of storage and Wi-Fi connectivity, The Egg permits consumers to share their photos, videos and other personal content… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Taking a page out of the Google handbook, AT&T Aspire announced they had funded 130 education projects in Charleston, Berkley and Dorchester counties on DonorsChoose.  The total amount donated was just over $70,000.  The funding was designated for 64 different schools for projects involving 111… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

In a letter from the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Securities Division, Director Alan Wilson has summarized the objectives of proposed regulations to remove restrictions an allow equity crowdfunding in the state. Wilson’s missive notes the problem of raising adequate capital for startup businesses…. Read More

September 21, 2014 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apparently traditional banks are moving into higher rate and thus higher risk personal loans.  This strategic shift is driven, at least in part, by growing competition from peer to peer (P2P) lending platforms. The banking industry, while incredibly important in the US, is one of… Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the Single Market Forum 2014, the EU Expert Group on crowdfunding is scheduled to meet in Brussels next week on Thursday, September 25th. The Single Market Forum is designed to assess how well the European Union’s single market works in practice. The… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunder UK  hosted an online event at the Eden Project on Friday (September 12th) for three foodie start-ups, that battled it out to gain support and funding from the crowd, both in the live audience and all those watching online, for their businesses. The project that receives the… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

As we struggle to fire up all cylinders back at the office after a long weekend of transition from late Summer to early Fall, we thought we would share an entertaining video showing “elders” experiencing the Oculus Rift for the very first time.  This video… Read More

September 1, 2014 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

As we reported last week, Growth Capital Ventures was planning to raise capital via an equity crowdfunding campaign on their own platform “GrowthFunder”.  Well the pitch went live and pretty much immediately funded transitioning into over-funding mode.  The initial target was to raise £150,000 but… Read More

August 27, 2014 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Largest Amount Raised for Single Offer Ever on Crowdfunding Platform Crowdcube. London based Mexican restaurant group Chilango has completed its mini-bond campaign that came to be known as the “Burrito Bond”.  Crowdfunding on Crowdcube, the Burrito Bond raised £2,160,000 from 749 investors.  The security will… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 7:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Real Estate Crowdfunding platform Rich-Uncles has announced that it has purchased a Chase Bank building located in The Crossings shopping center of Antioch, CA. The purchase price was $3.78 million.  Rich-Uncles states that it provides commercial real estate investment access to the “true Crowd” –… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 7:04 am By JD Alois  |  

GamCrowd, a crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform that targets the gambling industry, has announced that it has “fully funded” its initial crowdfunding round via its own platform. The company has raised £200k for 10% of the Equity in the company with 8 days remaining in the… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hoverbike, crowdfunding now on Kickstarter, is foreshadowing the future of travel.  If you take a moment to watch the pitch video – you will be convinced immediately.  Sure we have all seen the umpteen gazillion films that show maglev vehicles or hovercraft dominating the roadways but… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 7:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

COIN, the one card to control them all, experienced a bit of a marketing stumble this past week as they announced the full launch of the COIN card would be delayed until 2015.  In the lightening speed space of technology many backers were quick to… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, a fast growing equity crowdfunding platform in the UK, has announced that Captive Media has returned to their site to raise additional capital.  Captive Media holds the title of the first deal ever closed on SyndicateRoom – a funding round that took just 27… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Chilango, a UK based Mexican restaurant chain, was the first mini-bond ever to go the crowdfunding route.  Called the “Burrito Bond” the offer for the 4 year security with an 8% coupon launched this past June and quickly funded hitting its initial goal of raising £1… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a UK based peer to peer (P2P) lending platform, has shared their approach to pricing their loans.  Assetz has raised over £40 million since their launch back in 2013.  Assetz Capital is part of the Assetz group of property and financial services companies that… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Sometime last night the Coolest Cooler strolled past the Ouya video game console to become the 2nd biggest crowdfunding campaign ever on Kickstarter.  Only the Pebble smartwatch stands in Coolest Cooler’s path to become the most funded campaign of all time on the Kickstarter platform…. Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just 9 days before the closing of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Dr. Cynthia Breazeal’s Jibo has reached $1,485,938 from over 3,000 backers. The device is considered the world’s first ever family robot and has continued to gain attention from news outlets all over the world…. Read More