Tagged: atlas

December 1, 2022 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Lending market is large — “with more than $2.7 trillion in assets on loan as of 2021 and revenue of $5.45 billion, an increase of 19% year over year,” according to an update shared with CI. Its major function of “facilitating lending and… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Star Atlas, which claims to be a next-gen metaverse with triple-A game design and Unreal Engine 5 graphics built on the Solana blockchain, recently announced a partnership with MoonPay, “enabling players to purchase NFTs and in-game currency ATLAS instantly with a credit card.” MoonPay claims… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, wearable startup, Atlas Wearables, announced the completion of shipping Indiegogo orders. In January 2014, the Atlas Wristband secured over $638,000 through the global crowdfunding platform. The Atlas Wristband enables athletes and trainers to focus their time and resources on maximizing their workouts by… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

So rewards based crowdfunding has quickly become fertile ground for proving market viability of the next cool product while raising some cash.  There are more than a few companies that validated their product via Kickstarter or Indiegogo and then quickly were acquired or caught the… Read More

July 15, 2013 @ 10:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

479 backers can and should be proud. They had a major hand in achieving a goal that stood unmet for 30 years. That goal is called the Sikorsky Prize, and it is centered around a seemingly simply goal: make a human-powered helicopter fly for 60… Read More