Tagged: california

December 2, 2014 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Oakland, California-based company, Numi Organic Tea, announced it has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners—charities, families, businesses and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season…. Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Black Friday is not known for being stress-free, but this year shoppers at El Paseo Village, California will have the unique opportunity to have a few moments of calm during the hustle-and-bustle of the day. Good Dog! Autism Companions Orbit and Huckleberry, along with founders Rick… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, an alleged Iraq war veteran known as Kevin Fish debuted his crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $4,000 for what he noted to be his final trip to his family in Louisiana before he died from bone cancer. Fish shared on the… Read More

November 24, 2014 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its trend of industry firsts, Sausalito, California-based, Fred Water, hit Kickstarter to continue its crusade against sugar to another level by revealing its innovative stainless steel Fred Water Flask that makes water easy to carry in a pocket. Designed to fit perfectly in pockets, the flask shape… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Diego-based Brio launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter this week to raise $50,000 for its new self-titled safe and smart power outlet. Within only two days, the project reached over $42,000. Brio Safe provides wall-to-wall peace of mind in the home by defaulting the… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 6:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from their successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the Arx Pax labs team invited professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk, to check out and test ride the already famous Hendo Hoverboard at the company’s headquarters in Los Gatos, California last Wednesday (November 12th). As previously reported,… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitreserve, a money service that makes using digital money easy, fast and free, is raising funds through Venovate Marketplace, a U.S.-based brokerage platform for alternative investing, and London-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Raising funds on Venovate is spurred from the company’s belief that financing should be an… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (November 4th), Chai Biotechnologies launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its Open qPCR, the dubbed   world’s “first open source Real-Time PCR Thermocycler.” The instrument, which is capable of genetic genotyping, pathogen presence/absence detection, and relative DNA quantification. Real-Time PCR is used in diagnostic applications ranging… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Del Marth LLC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for a new bluetooth tracking device called StoneTether, that operates with a real-world range of 500 feet. Providing the first micro-device that provides this massive distance with a tracker that is just about… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday (October 31st), Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suffered a suborbital spaceliner accident and crashed in the desert of Mojave, California. One test pilot, Michael Alsbury, was killed, while another, Peter Siebold, was injured in the crash. Space.com reported that acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, Christopher Hart, stated an… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than eight days until its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, 10,442 backers of Berkeley-based startup, Axent Wear, has raised $1,671,847 for its unique cat ears headphones. Now the creators, Wenqing Yan and Victoria Hu are ready to share more details about the new project, including… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CCFG Investments, a San Diego-based, private real estate investment firm celebrated a Q3 milestone this past September. The release of the Q3 earnings of the firm’s mortgage pool fund, CCFG Investment Fund, LLC—also known and referred to as The Privilege Plan—reported a 12.96% return. “We’ve satisfied our… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 4:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, shut down another tor router project, by the name of TorFi, just a few days after nixing the almost successful, anonabox campaign. According to Ars Technica, TorFi, a project by Jesse Enjaian and David Xu of Berkeley California, aimed to create home routers… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With more and more Ebola cases continuing to appear throughout the world, a scientist at California-based Scripps Research Institute has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 to continue her search for the deadly disease’s cure before even more people become infected. According to the campaign’s website,… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (October 12th), Chico, California resident, August Germar, hit Kickstarter with a crowdfunding campaign for his new for hardware router, the anonabox. The project, which was only seeking $7,500, has become so popular within the first three days that it has raised $527,572 from 8,137 backers…. Read More

October 14, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Newsweek may be heading to court soon! Earlier this year, the media outlet alleged that California resident, Dorian Nakamoto, is the creator of the Bitcoin. The 65-year-old man revealed that the article revealed false information about him and he is not the creator of the… Read More

October 13, 2014 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

First Allied Securities, Inc., a member of Cetera Financial Group, RCS Capital Corporation’s retail investment advice platform and an independent broker/dealer supporting fee- and commission-based independent financial advisors across the nation, today presented a check for $45,000 to Make-A-Wish San Diego, which grants wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions… Read More

October 10, 2014 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During this past summer, Escondido, California-based Stone Brewing Company hit Indiegogo to raise $1,000,000 for expansion of its amazing beer. During its run, from July 19th to August 29th, the project raised $2,531,775 through nearly 14,000 backers.  Not only did it become extremely successful, the… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up a new way to listen to music, Berkeley-based startup Axent Wear launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its self-titled cat ear headphones. Seeking $250,000, the project hit nearly $247,000 by close 1,600 backers within the first 24 hours. Started by two UC Berkeley… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In 2012, Obsidian Entertainment made an appearance on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new and exciting game, Pillars of Eternity.  The game immediately hit the spotlight and received nearly $4 million by close to 80,000 backers by its closing. Unfortunately, the California-based developer announced… Read More