Tagged: google

December 31, 2014 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Andromium, a company that specializes in Android smartphones, hit Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for a new software that transforms cellular devices into a compact desktop computer. According to the campaign, Andromium’s key mission is to democratize the desktop by making it more affordable and highly accessible…. Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (November 20th), Internet giant, Google, announced the launch of its new crowdfunding tool for publishers known as the Contributor. The new website is designed to allow users to pay sites that they often visit a monthly fee. In return, they will no longer… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 12:32 pm By Farah Bashir  |  

  It was only a few weeks ago that CrowdFundHerLive, organized by Woomentum, hosted a live crowdfunding campaign for start-ups led by women. Founded by Mouna Lagendorf, the event attracted a crowd of over 100 women to the site of the event – the MCCAAN offices… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 12:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Atlas Wearables, a wearable device that tracks the user’s body on the x-, y- and z- axes as well as detects and logs exercises performed by users, has closed its campaigns on SeedInvest, Fundable  and Crowdfunder.  After successfully raising over $629K on its pretail Indiegogo campaign,… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Osmo, the interactive hardware game that connects to any iPad has announced that Apple has accepted their product to be retailed across their 284 locations in North America capturing high profile shelf space in the most successful retail store ever. Simultaneously Osmo shared that it has closed… Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 5:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Com1 launched a crowdfunding campaing on Indiegogo to raise funds for its “first Android Wear” smartwatch. The plan was for the watch to be sold for a price of $125 ($175 for the stainless steel or aluminum), the project wanted to raise… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google strikes again! Mayor Ed Murray announced on Monday (September 15th) that the Internet giant has fully funded the classroom requests of every teacher in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $338,542 donation, 295 teachers will receive materials for their 36,000 students –… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 8:26 am By Oscar Jofre  |  

Now you can.. Yes one of the worlds first equity crowdfunding portal for the mobile app sector has emerged. Earlier this spring WSJ.com shouted that the Apps market was rocketing towards $25 billion in sales.  A pretty incredible amount when you consider the app market… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google is at it again now by funding Los Angeles schools.  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that Internet search giant Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Lift Labs, the creator of Liftware; a device that actively stabilizes hand tremor, ran a small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this past March to help fund a purchase of the technology for people in economic hardship.  People who have Parkinson’s Disease struggle daily with effects… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Popular Internet search engine, Google, announced on Wednesday (September 10th) it has fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Kansas City area teacher on the education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $194,370.90 donation, 152 Kansas City area teachers will receive materials for their 13,842 students — ranging from paper,… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

For the second time in a week, search giant Google has swept into crowdfunding site DonorsChoose and fully funded requests for every teacher – this time in Austin.  Last week, Google did the same for teachers in Washington, DC funding over $230,000.  Google has done… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Former head of Google’s consumer-product marketing, Brett Crosby has teamed up with once lawyer of VirtualTourist, which was acquired by TripAdvisor Inc., Brew Johnson to launch a new Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding platform called Peer Street Inc. According to Bloomberg News, Crosby and Johnson are… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 11:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (September 4th), famed search engine Google announced it is fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Washington, D.C. area teacher on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of the $232,009 “flash funding,” 276 D.C. area teachers will receive materials for their 31,362 students —… Read More

August 8, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, announced on Thursday (August 7th) that Google and Staples have fully funded every Windy City- based project on the education crowdfunding platform, DonorsChoose. As a result, 363 teachers will receive $383,868 worth of classroom supplies ranging from paper, pencils and books… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sproutling is launching a preview campaign for its Sproutling Baby Monitor, that claims to be the “world’s smartest baby monitor”.  Sproutling is aimed at helping parents navigate this “new adventure” and better understand their baby’s well-being.  There are 130 million babies born each year around the… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Google spawn YouTube made a major announcement today about their future product roadmap.  As part of the announcement where they discussed forthcoming new tools, apps and more, they recognized the importance of advertising revenue generated by the global video megalith (of which they make tons… Read More

May 22, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Osmo Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Educational & Entertaining  Kids Game. Most parents with young children understand this challenge.  Young kids need to be comfortable using technology but you don’t want them transformed into “digital zombies” playing pointless games (do you hear me angrybirds?) or drooling… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video Motley Fool analysts David Hanson, Tyler Riggs, and Matt Koppenheffer debate peer-to-peer lending. Interestingly, about halfway through the video the trio begins to discuss Google and Facebook getting into the peer-to-peer lending space. Will they? It bears mentioning that Google Capital is an… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Every day we scour the web for crowdfunding-related content in hopes of surfacing the most important news and tips. This small tip is exhibit A in why we do this. Sometimes the most important points aren’t made on huge news sites. On the blog Games… Read More