Tagged: entertainment

January 29, 2022 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Unblocked, aka The Non Fungible Token Company (NFTCo), says it has finalized a $10 million seed funding round at a post-money valuation of $90 million.  Unblocked adds that it previously raised $5 million in pre-seed funding in 2021. Investors include Tiger Global, Penske Media, Electric… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an attempt to improve the movie industry, NFT Community Arabian Camels and Swapp Protocol have introduced the “Antara Movie NFT,” which allows buyers to hold as much as 50% Intellectual Property rights to “Antara,” a $50M feature film based on the life of Arabian… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic, the financial services firm offering a full-stack investment crowdfunding platform, has introduced “Republic Music,”  which is described as a new type of investment product that aims to provide an innovative way to create, produce and share royalties acquired from music. The initiative has been… Read More

September 4, 2021 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TokenSociety.io, a platform for minting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the entertainment industry, reveals that they’ve completed their first NFT Drop for the pilot episode of “Men of the House,” a situation comedy TV series “written and directed by Levelle G. Benson starring Kareem Grimes, Erica… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital investment platform Robo.cash reveals that it performed a survey in order to examine the most common spending habits or patterns among consumers. According to an update from Robo.cash, the “overwhelming” majority of European investors plan to include summer vacation as a major part of… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has partnered with a Fintech-focused blockchain firm, called Chiliz, which provides various sports and entertainment services. Binance, which claims it was an early investor in Chiliz, has now extended the partnership with additional investments – which will focus… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 10:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Cauldron, a UK-based technology-led entertainment studio, has successfully secured its initial £325,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched in September and has already attracted more than 250 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, The Cauldron originally began… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Cauldron, a UK-based technology-led entertainment studio, is now seeking £325,000 through its recently launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2017, The Cauldron, which originally began as a Kickstarter project to open what it claims to be the world’s first wizard pub in… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Legion M, a U.S.-based fan-owned entertainment company, announced on Thursday its seventh round of fundraising. The company reported that in a little over four years, it has secured more than $10 million from over 250,000 fan-based investors. Like its other rounds, the latest Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Purely Capital, which is headed by prolific film financier and producer Wayne Marc Godfrey, announced Wednesday the launch of its “entertainment fintech” receivables platform, which is backed by a $150 million institutional funding line from Finch Capital, an early-stage fintech venture capital firm that invests… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 7:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Legion M continues to be a fan of fintech, having fundraised on Reg CF, Reg A+,  Reg D exemption to raise growth capital and self-hosted a campaign earlier in November. The San Francisco-based fan-owned media company has returned to crowdfunding — reportedly its fifth crowdraise–… Read More

August 4, 2017 @ 10:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Readers may remember that last March, after receiving keen investor interest for its Reg CF offer, Legion M launched a Reg A+ crowdfunding round to raise a minimum amount of $500,000 on Wefunder, the first Reg A+ offer to be listed on the prominent investment… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its latest entertainment initiative, #100DaysofDiversity, which is described as a movement that’s joining creators, audiences, brands, festivals, and organizations to actively increase representation in entertainment in 100 days starting January 20th. The crowdfunding platform… Read More

December 28, 2016 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the deaths of iconic actress Carrie Fisher and musician George Michael, a South Carolina man named Demetrios Hrysikos launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise funds to protect 94-year-old entertainer, Betty White, from 2016. Fisher and Michael are the latest celebrities who passed away… Read More

November 20, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With equity crowdfunding on the rise, more and more companies from various industries have decided to use the funding method as a way to attract investors. Thanks to Title II (Reg D 506c), III (Reg CF), and IV (Reg A+) of the JOBS Act, accredited… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo alum OhMiBod announced its Lovelife Collection, named STOREROTIC AWARDS’ Luxury Line/Range of the Year. The tenth annual award show was hosted by adult trade journal STOREROTICA Magazine and was held late last month.  According to OhMiBod, the collection has received various awards since its debut, including the… Read More

March 9, 2016 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Legion M, the world’s first fan-owned entertainment company, launches today, offering fans one of the first opportunities to invest and have a voice in the creation of new films, TV shows and other entertainment projects according to the company’s press release. Using the fundraising superpowers recently… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Doppler Labs launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $250,000 for its new first in-ear system, the Here Active Listening System. The system is designed to let users instantly control and personalize your live audio environment. Here consists of two wireless, in-ear buds and a connected smartphone app that give… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Crowdfund Insider reported on Alchemiya, a premium online subscription-based video on demand platform for Muslim entertainment, which launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £60,000 so that it may expand its already growing services. It was known as the first Muslim media company… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 5:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alchemy Global, known as the first investment crowdfunding platform in the sports and entertainment market that matches accredited investors with growth companies, announced on Wednesday Storelli Sports, 110% Play Harder and Apera as its first three client companies on the portal. The three established companies will use… Read More