Tagged: app

April 21, 2016 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honeyfund, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to honeymoons, announced on Thursday that not only is it celebrating its 10th birthday, it is also debuting its new mobile app. The crowdfunding portal’s history reads: “Honeyfund was launched in 2006 after founders Sara and Josh Margulis discovered their own wedding… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pocket App, a UK-based independent app developer, announced last week that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Use of Mobile Payment category of 2016’s The Drum Marketing on Mobile Awards (MOMAs). The company launched the campaign on Seedrs last month to raise  £750,000 in funding… Read More

April 7, 2016 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingRobot, an online automated investment tool helping investors manage their portfolio of assets from Lending Club, Funding Circle and Prosper, has launched a new mobile application. The Seattle based company states there have been over $6 billion in loans and yet not a dedicated mobile… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Readbug, the self-dubbed “Netflix for Magazines,” recently returned to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to raise 50,000 for expansion. The company offers a digital magazine reading app. Its library includes high profile British monthly independent publications, which includes AnOther, Atlas, Dazed, Paper, and Umbrella. The cost for the… Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 7:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ergoe Energy Ltd, a UK-based energy startup, announced on Monday it has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £100,000 to develop its new app. The company is offering 13.49% in equity.  According to Ergoe Energy, the app enables domestic and small business users to switch energy… Read More

March 13, 2016 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a company spokesperson, Fan Media will introduce crowdfunding and fan to fan mobile payments to be included in its mobile App. On March 15, Fan Media will debut its updated App at SXSW which will allow users to create crowdfunding campaigns and send… Read More

March 10, 2016 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week Primo Connect, a mobile communications company incubated by sister company Ultra Mobile, launched an initiative to “test the waters” regarding investor interest  on StartEngine. The company says it wants to “leapfrog” its competitors to become the world’s leading Over-The-Top (OTT) mobile carrier by allowing users… Read More

March 9, 2016 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Prosper has moved quickly to leverage their recent acquisition of Israel-based BillGuard. Prosper has unveiled the “Prosper Daily” mobile App designed to give consumers a suite of tools to make better financial decisions, including viewing all their financial accounts in one place,… Read More

February 22, 2016 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, award-winning startup Wriggle launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £350,000 as part of its plans to develop its technology and to prepare for scalable-launch across the UK. The crowd investment will be used to build out their technology to provide the following key features:… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Droplet, a fee-free mobile payment app startup, has launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise an additional £450,000 for its expansion plans.  Droplet’s app that allows users to pay without having to queue, and collect rewards on their phone each time they spend.  Supposedly, one of the… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 5:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Award winning UK startup Wriggle seeks to fill empty seats for the dine out sector, by offering local food and drink venues access to its discounting tool. The platform’s functionality is simple – local businesses reactively reduce the price of their products to reach Wriggle customers who, in a couple of… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube #FundedClub member JustPark announced it has teamed up with traffic and navigation app Waze to create its brand new Android app. Speaking about the app, the parking innovator shared in its blog: “The whole app has been completely redesigned and it’s crammed full… Read More

January 25, 2016 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Paris-based tech startup Aircall has closed a $2.75 million seed round led by Balderton Capital.  The funding round  also received the support of online investment platform FundersClub, along with other US based angels. Aircall is a online phone system that may be deployed in “seconds”.  The… Read More

January 21, 2016 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter announced the first version of its android app. The crowdfunding giant declared: “With Kickstarter for iPhone, iPad, and Android, you’ll have access to thousands of projects right in the palm of your hand. Explore, back, and share your favorites, wherever you are.” The… Read More

December 16, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stylect (from style and select), described as Tinder for Shoes, has easily jogged past its £750,000 minimum funding goal on AngelsDen. The campaign launched on November 30th with 90% of funds already pledged – indicative of a trend in equity crowdfunding where much of the… Read More

November 24, 2015 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, CrowdRise launched its second annual Giving Tower campaign and also debuted its interactive virtual reality (VR) experience app to help donors and charities to visualize social impact on #GivingTuesday. The Giving Tower campaign and free app offer charities and their supporters VR technology at no cost to bring to life… Read More

November 11, 2015 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kabbee, the minicab price comparison and booking app, has today launched a crowdfunding campaign targeting at least £1 million through Crowdcube, in a bid to become the UK’s leading fixed fare cab app and reach over £90m in bookings on a national scale in 2018. … Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in September, creative shopping app, Fy, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £375,001 for its online services. The app has become so successful that it is currently nearing its initial goal on the equity platform. As previously reported, the app, which was created in 2014… Read More

October 25, 2015 @ 3:33 pm By Jeremy Olson  |  

We successfully raised $40,000 for Hours with an entirely private crowdfunding experiment — here’s how. It was a crazy idea; it broke nearly every rule; it was just a hunch; but ultimately, it worked better than we had hoped. If we’d listened to conventional wisdom,… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, the UK-based cross-platform shopping app, Shop n Social, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £450,000 so that it can continue research and development. Shop n Social, which was founded this year by entrepreneur Ajit Gupta, is described as a “revolutionary new app” that… Read More