Tagged: california

September 29, 2015 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendio, an online marketplace platform for small business loans, announced on Tuesday that it continues to show signs of growth by funding over 500 small businesses in one month. In addition, business owners from all 50 states have now been funded through Lendio’s online loan marketplace. These… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise announced it has partnered with Alta Verde Group to provide $1.5 million in financing for the development of a 14-unit luxury home development in Palm Springs, California – the company’s first project in the state. Alta Verde Group purchased the property… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Francisco tech startup OpenROV launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for its new underwater drone, Trident.  The project is pretty much killing it having quickly topped $450,000 with the support of 685 backers. The funding effort has 42… Read More

September 14, 2015 @ 11:19 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  PCH, which designs custom product solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, today announced that it will host a dedicated Hardware Hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015. The event will form part of TechCrunch Disrupt’s popular 24-hour hackathon, running from Saturday, Sept. 19 to Sunday, Sept…. Read More

September 8, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  First, Indiegogo and Shock Top asked everyone to drop a brick in their toilet, as part of their partnership to battle the California drought. Now comes round 2 of the program, with funding for a new invention: EvaDrop, a water-saving shower head. Americans use more than… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

For anyone who has been stuck in the parking lot known as the California Highway system, the Hyperloop is a dream come true. Yet the hurdles, both political and financial, seem insurmountable, but at least one determined group, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), continues to plow… Read More

August 19, 2015 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after its Kickstarter debut, the Nebia showerhead successfully raised $2 million. The project was originally seeking only $100,000 but achieved the initial within mere hours of its initiative’s launch. The Nebia Shower is a showerhead that you can install yourself.  The system claims to create a… Read More

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