Tagged: crowdfunding

April 23, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Closing in on the £400,000 goal of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Chupamobile Limited announced its website Chupamobile has reached £354,060. The site is described as the “Amazon for buying and selling Apps and Games.” According to its idea statement, Chupamobile is “an online… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 5:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending his hand to help the film industry, Ben Affleck signed on to appear in the film “LADDIE.” The documentary made headlines earlier this month when it announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. It is an “exclusive look at the most influential… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 6:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the announcement of The Eisner Awards nominations, Kickstarter announced three of its crowdfunding campaigns made the list. The projects were Dax Tran-Caffee’s “Failing Sky;” Brandon Perlow and Paul J. Mendoza’s “Watson and Holmes,” which was nominated twice; and Ben Acker and Ben Blacker’s… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 5:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to raise capital through equity crowdfunding, Fresh2O is seeking  £50,000 for its clean water campaign.  Founded by Oscar award-winning photographer Candice Farmer, the company sells and distributes a range of water filters with an aim to “reduce poverty, improved health and prevent death by… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It may have reached its goal of $50,000 through its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, but it seems the Jet-Getters’ developer tinyBuild may have found an investor afterall. While the project will move forward and spend time bringing those partners up to speed and hiring additional… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Helping music artists through crowdfunding campaigns, musician-owned startup Payola.fm announced its offering bands a new way to raise funds.  Similar to giants Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the new musician crowdfunding website is focused exclusively on independent musicians.  While some bands are able to reach and attract… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Teaming up with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, founder and design engineer at Orsto Paul Gill is seeking to gain £60,000 for the launch of his new smartwatch X3 model. According to Mr. Gill, the watch was built with the capability of a computer in the… Read More

April 20, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing a story about one of its successful crowdfunding campaigns, Indiegogo recently connected with with Kyson, Joanna and Stephanie of Bamboo Lota to provide a special insight for future campaigners. Now Bamboo Lota was not a high profile, big dollar campaign but certainly a project… Read More

April 19, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to change crowdfunding as we know it, a new Vancouver-based platform Dana.io is ready to take on the industry leaders Kickstarter and Indiegogo.  Dana.io is a crowdfunding website that charges entirely by donations and consider its practice to be “gifting forward” or “unconditional gifting.”… Read More

January 29, 2014 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Concierge Health for the Masses, PlushCare Looks to Innovate Primary Medical Care. Ryan McQuaid, a former head of product at AT&T mHealth, is launching a company to allow anyone to consult with Stanford trained Medical Doctors by mobile video, email or phone.  PlushCare wants to… Read More