Tagged: craft

May 4, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stevens Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced their first industry members, “including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and initial research projects for the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies (CRAFT).” An industry-university cooperative research center, “backed by a grant from the National… Read More

August 14, 2021 @ 6:09 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

US-based venture capital firm Craft Ventures has announced its latest $1.12 billion funds for SaaS and Marketplace founders. The fund is divided into Craft Ventures III ($612 million) and Craft Ventures Growth I ($510 million), bringing Craft’s total assets under management at $2 billion. The… Read More

January 5, 2017 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Massachusetts craft brewery Hopsters has successfully secured $1 million during its equity crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder. The company, which was founded by Lee and Karen Cooper, launched the initiative at the end of November and quickly captured its minimum $300,000 target goal in 48 hours…. Read More

November 25, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than one week until its Pico Kickstarter comes to an end, creator of the already popular craft beer appliance, PicoBrew, announced new backer perks: Pico Ltd Edition, Pico Brewvana, and a novel end-to-end integration package with a smart kegerator-fermentor. The Pico is described as… Read More

October 28, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PicoBrew, Inc, creator of the PicoBrew Zymatic automatic beer brewing appliance, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for its latest product, the PicoBrew Pico. Within 9 hours, the new device successfully crushed the $200,000 goal. While PicoBrew’s Zymatic product targets beer brewing… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 4:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based craft brewery Honest Brew finished its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Originally looking to raise £300,000, the startup managed to capture over £400,000 from nearly 450 backers. Now, Honest Brew’s founder, Andrew Reeve is ready to share his thoughts on using the funding method.  During… Read More