Tagged: cooking

January 20, 2017 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Select Cook, a Swedish startup that connects food lovers through its smartphone app, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe to raise SEK500,000 as it continues its growth and expansion. The company notably offers an app for both eaters, who are looking for… Read More

January 4, 2017 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GE’s subsidiary, FirstBuild, launched its fourth Indiegogo campaign on Wednesday. The company is sought to raise $50,000 for its new smart cooking system, Paragon, and within a matter of hours secure its initial funding target. FirstBuild stated that the Paragon system brings precision to any… Read More

December 20, 2016 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Surrey Cook, the company behind the “Just Add Wine” product, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £87,000 in expansion costs. Founded just one year ago, The Surrey Cook’s Just Add Wine product helps create a new way cooks… Read More

November 18, 2016 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs comes to an end, London-based Moley Robotics has raised nearly £920,000 from close to 200 investors. The company launched the initiative last month and is seeking to raise £1 million for its new chef robots. The… Read More

October 28, 2016 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, London-based Moley Robotics showed off its robot chef to Mashable. The company is currently seeking to raise £1 million on Seedrs for the chefs and has so far secured nearly £830,000 from more than 150 investors. As previously reported, Moley Robotics has created what… Read More

October 13, 2016 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, London-based Moley Robotics debuted its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is currently seeking to raise 1 million for its new chef robots, and within one week, it has already achieved £700,000 from nearly 120 investors. As previously reported, Moley Robotics has created what it claims… Read More

October 6, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, London-based Moley Robotics launched a Seedrs initiative to secure £1 million for its new chef robots, which can cook in a user’s kitchen at the touch of a button. The company stated it has created what it believes to be the world’s “first fully-automated… Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tovala, a Chicago-based Y Combinator-backed food startup, recently launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $100,000 for its self-titled smart oven. Just hours after launch, the project surpassed $60,000. Now, just two weeks later, it has secured well over its initial goal thanks to nearly 1,000 backers…. Read More

March 20, 2016 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, UK startup SimplyCook launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £600,000. The company offers online recipe kits throughout the UK and has been backed by Episode 1 Ventures. According to its description, SimplyCook is on a mission to see home cooking reinvented. the company is looking to… Read More

December 6, 2015 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

After two years of designing and building, the Skriware 3D printer is ready to go.  And so what? There are tons of 3D printers on the market today. Head on over to Amazon and search and hundreds of printers show up. 3D printing is nearly… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With her Kickstarter campaign continuing to quickly garnish funds, author Jane Green sat down with media outlet, Galley Cat, to discuss her new cookbook and turning to crowdfunding for help. During the interview, Green shared details about why she decided to self-publish her cookbook by… Read More

June 13, 2015 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to honor culinary artist and Alzheimer’s advocate, Paula Wolfert, writer and editor Emily Kaiser Thelin has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $45,000 for a new biographical cookbook, UNFORGETTABLE: Bold Flavors from Paula Wolfert’s Renegade Life. The book will tell the incredible life story of Wolfert and… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jane Green, the UK author of 16 New York Times bestselling novels and self-dubbed “slight-trained chef,” has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $45,000 for her first ever cookbook, Good Taste.   While describing the new book, Green stated: “Good Taste is filled with… Read More

April 7, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to make a few changes to the kitchen’s number one appliance, Seattle startup Meld recently hit Kickstarter with a mission to raise $50,000 for self-titled temperature controlling stovetop knobs. The company, which consists of former Amazon, Pinterest, and RichRelevance employees, is promising that the knobs upgrade existing cookware and… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FirstBuild, GE Appliances’ new global co-creation community, will showcase its Indiegogo project Paragon Induction Cooktop along with Chantal cookware at the International Home + Housewares Show on March 7th-10th at McCormick Place in Chicago. FirstBuild and Chantal have partnered to bundle cutting-edge mobile technology with… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FirstBuild, GE Appliances’ new global co-creation community of designers, engineers and appliances users dedicated to developing and manufacturing the next generation of home appliances, launched the Paragon Induction Cooktop earlier this week with discount pricing through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Paragon enables home cooks to achieve restaurant… Read More

November 23, 2014 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

I continue to be amazed and awed by the creativity and innovation exemplified by crowdfunding campaigns and the creators that launch them.  Crowdfunding has become a catalyst for young businesses and startups that are seeking not only capital but market validation.  This week for the… Read More