Tagged: california

August 18, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarlyShares, a real estate crowdfunding platform that gives accredited investors direct access to commercial real estate opportunities, has launched a new investment opportunity from Pillar, a respected commercial real estate lender and affiliate of Guggenheim Partners. The offering is for participation interests in a $1.4… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two days after launching its Kickstarter campaign, Nebia has successfully surpassed over $1.3 million thanks to 3,800 backers. The Nebia Shower is a showerhead that you can install yourself.  The system claims to create a shower like you have “never experienced before.” The company explained its engineering hardware:… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Shock Top Brewing and Indiegogo have created a formidable partnership to battle the California drought head-on.  Indiegogo will be launching crowdfunding campaigns that tackle the drought – and Shock Top will be supporting with cash.  Shock Top, part of Anheuser-Busch, will be dedicating hundreds of… Read More

July 21, 2015 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Maples Fund Services, an independent global fund services provider and division of MaplesFS, has announced the opening of its office in San Francisco, its first on the west coast. The expansion further solidifies the firm’s North American presence and bolsters its service offering for clients… Read More

July 18, 2015 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last September, Omar Mamoon, owner of San Francisco’s DOUGH & Co., launched a Kickstarter to raise $35,000 for his small business. The company was started in 2013 and is described as a premier purveyor of quality egg-free cookie dough that can be enjoyed both baked and unbaked…. Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 1:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Axanar Productions, a film studio located in California, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this week to raise funds for the first studio-quality independent film in the Star Trek  franchise. According to its description, Star Trek: Axanar is a feature film, but will be broken down into four… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  California tech startup So Special Labs, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for what he believes is the world’s smallest Bluetooth headset. Within the first hour, the project exceeded its initial goal of $30,000 and is now sitting at nearly… Read More

July 4, 2015 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign, California startup FOVE successfully secured over $480,000 for its new self-titled virtual reality device. Last month, the company took to the crowdfunding platform to raise $250,000 and it eventually became super popular. The description of FOVE reads,… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just four years after finding success on Kickstarter for its original iPhone quick change camera lens system, ōlloclip, California start-up olloclip has returned to the crowdfunding platform with a brand new photography system for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Since its last funding round, ōlloclip is now… Read More

June 30, 2015 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

StreetShares has received a California Finance Lenders’ License. The license provides the licensee with an exemption from the usury provision of the California Constitution. StreetShares, a veteran-owned and operated platform,  currently focuses on using competition and affinity lending to lower borrowing costs for veteran-owned small businesses…. Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In order to keep the business running after legal woes, Los Angeles-based restaurant Alma has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $40,000. Alma, which has been operated by chef Ari Taymor and owner Ashleigh Parsons, was opened in 2012 for less than $50,000. The duo… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 6:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

One of the companies planning to build a Hyperloop test track has begun receiving its first set of test tubes, reported Tech Insider’s Cadie Thompson. Hyperloop Technologies, which is located in the arts district of downtown L.A., tweeted dramatic images of the tubes. In March,  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 9:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

eFileCabinet, Inc., the paperless document management company, has secured a $14M Series B funding round led by Palo Alto-based Allegis Capital and Salt Lake’s Signal Peak Ventures. eFileCabinet’s 153,000 users include SMBs and enterprises in the accounting, financial services, insurance, medical, HR, small government verticals… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, California-based startup Artkick launched a Kickstarter an Internet-connected high definition display that redefines the digital photo frame, LOOK. The LOOK supposedly builds on and improves the once-cumbersome digital photo frame with an easy-to-use, pixilation-free, large HD screen. It connects friends, family and interests by automatically displaying pictures… Read More

June 1, 2015 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCQB:CRWG) today announced that Todd Winter, Managing Partner, WINTER LLP, will serve as a member of CrowdGather’s advisory board complementing the backgrounds of existing advisory board members from the technology sector with his expertise and network of contacts in the cannabis business sector…. Read More

May 31, 2015 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to SFGate over 650 bills hit the Senate Appropriations Committee this past Thursday: “On Thursday the Senate and Assembly weeded through more than 650 bills at an auctioneer-like pace in appropriations committees.” As part of this legislative finesse, the state of California has tossed… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Get excited, Pebble Time backers: Your high tech smartwatch is on the way! California startup Pebble announced on this week that the Kickstarter-success watches are now ready to be shipped. As previously reported, Pebble Time hit the crowdfunding giant’s platform earlier this year and surpassed its… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Patch of Land, a crowdfunding solution for real estate financing that brings together borrowers and lenders through an online platform, announces today that the largest ever, entirely crowdfunded residential home loan was fully funded on its website. The Covered Wagon Investment Group, boasting over 60… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to be the next big thing for virtual reality industry, California startup FOVE hit Kickstarter with a mission to raise $250,000 with its new self-titled device. Within only two days, FOVE’s initiative surpassed the initial goal and has since secured over $325,000 from nearly… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Mateo, California startup MODE, Inc., announced the official launch of a platform designed to help developers and emerging brands delivering Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. In addition, the company secured $775,000 in seed funding, led by Metamorphic Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and several angel investors… Read More