Tagged: amazon

April 16, 2016 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming on the heels of the announcement of the launch of their payments partner program, multiple news outlets are pointing to Amazon as gearing up for a deeper Fintech push. The payments program helps by providing an Amazon-branded option for their growing legion of e-commerce… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Full service brokerage Capital One Investing has announced a “fund evaluator tool” to the bells and whistles of their investor services.  Capital One joins the growing legions of both Fintech startups and traditional financial firms that see the value in providing automated services as a… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 9:15 pm By Ethan Senturia  |  

I just returned from the Prosper Show in Salt Lake City, Utah, which is a two-day continuing education event for more than 700 Amazon sellers, focused primarily on education, rather than sales.  Using moderated panels of competitors, the event is focused on key business practices… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Seedrs announced that it has formed a new partnership with Amazon Launchpad. This news comes just a few weeks after Crowdcube and Crowdfunder announced their partnerships with Launchpad. The UK equity crowdfunding platform stated: “Seedrs is a launch partner of Amazon’s Launchpad programme – an… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future of Banking is Online. Tech Titans Want to Lead the Way as Financial Innovation Now Coalition Announced. All financial services are being turned upside down as the relevance of brick and mortar locations and surly customer service representatives is diminishing.  Big tech, including… Read More

September 22, 2015 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this spring, Seattle-based stove knob-maker, Meld, took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for self-titled temperature controlling stovetop knobs. The company, which consists of former Amazon, Pinterest, and RichRelevance employees, revealed that each knob is automated range and attaches to cooktops along with wirelessly communicates with a precision temperature… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after delivering Exploding Kittens to Kickstarter backers, creators Elan Lee, Matthew Inman, and Shane Small have unleashed the highly anticipated Russian Roulette game on Amazon. Exploding Kittens is described as a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 1:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Waking up to a screeching alarm clock–on the third try–from a fitful nap disguised as sleep, I’ve questioned the need for schedules. As one of the newest features for a campaign now crowdfunding on Kickstarter, BedJet v2 offers to make your alarm clock obsolete by working with… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mass Fidelity, the creators of the Indiegogo alum The Core, announced on Tuesday its selection and participation in Amazon Launchpad, a new program that showcases cutting-edge products from today’s brightest start-ups, to offer the Core to millions of Amazon customers. Amazon Launchpad was launched last week… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fueled by $6.5M USD in Series A financing in April, TradeGecko, a cloud-based inventory and multichannel management platform for apparel and accessories, is leveraging its resources to become one of the fastest growing startups in Singapore. Since this spring, TradeGecko has increased its headcount by 25% and added… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon today announced Amazon Launchpad, a new program that makes it easy for startups to launch, market, and distribute their products to hundreds of millions of Amazon customers across the globe. The program offers a streamlined onboarding experience, custom product pages, a comprehensive marketing package,… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Returbo is a market leader within the secondary market for e-commerce products, a profitable business which will likely generate more than €6M in revenues in 2015. Returbo garners profitably by selling customer returns and other secondary market products through its more than 30 online sales channels… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, start-up crowdfunded book publisher, Inkshares, announced that Seattle-based publisher Ada’s Technical Books became the first independent bookstore to sign on for its imprint program, Collection. During an interview with Publisher Weekly, Matt Kaye, VP of marketing and operations and former produt manager at Amazon,… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Etsy is pushing into crowdfunding.  The wildly successful independent makers platform is launching a crowdfunding pilot program that melds e-commerce and the ability to raise capital prior to a product launch. This comes after a successful IPO that saw shares rocket to $30 shares only… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canary today announced the much anticipated launch of their award-winning home security product with major retailers throughout the U.S. Since its successful Indiegogo campaign came to an end, which gained over $1.9 million, the New York City startup has shipped tens of thousands of units to 78 countries…. Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 8:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter, a longtime user of the Amazon Payments platform, announced today they have decided to stop using the service shifting their business to competitor Stripe.  Amazon, described as an “excellent partner” has been the platform that Kickstarter has used to process “$1 billion in pledges”…. Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

In celebration of the White House Maker Faire, after a trip to DC, Indiegogo  fired up their very own Maker Challenge sponsored by Amazon and Autodesk.  The crowdfunding project commenced on June 18th and it finished on July 16th.  The winners were announced this past… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 9:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The crowdfunding campaign for Play-i is in its final hours. The campaign launched seeking $250,000 to fund and prove a market for an interactive, cost-effective set of robots – named Bo and Yana – that would aid in teaching young children the basics of programming…. Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

DonorsChoose Brings The Largest Selection Of Supplies And Resources To America’s Teachers DonorsChoose has announced a collaboration with Amazon to help America’s teachers access the supplies and resources they need most for their classrooms.  U.S. public school teachers use the DonorsChoose crowdfunding platform to request… Read More

June 22, 2013 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Recognizing another opportunity to engage consumers while providing a needed service, Amazon has begun offering Gift Cards which you may crowdfund with others.  They believe that by offering customers the ability to “Grow An Amazon Birthday Gift with the help of your friends“, customers can… Read More