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Crowdfunding Darling Soylent Nets $1.5 Million In VC Funding

October 22, 2013 @ 1:53 am By Charles Luzar |

One year ago, Rob Rhinehart was a computer scientist and YC-backed entrepreneur who happened to be sick of cooking his own food. Today he’s an entrepreneur with a disruptive startup aimed at creating the perfect meal replacement drink. After netting over $1 million in a… Read More

Read more in: Offerings | Tagged andreessen horowitz, crowdhoster, crowdtilt, lerer ventures, ouya, pebble, pretail, rewards, rob rhinehart, soylent, venture capital, y combinator

Crowdfunding Hardware: Dragon Innovation Launches New Crowdfunding Site

August 8, 2013 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois |

Manufacturing service firm Dragon Innovation has launched a new crowdfunding platform dedicated to funding hardware companies – exclusively. The new platforms announcement comes after a succcessful round of funding from Flybridge Capital Partners, the Foundry Group, the Box Group, Lerer Ventures and Undercurrent Ventures. The… Read More

Read more in: Global, Investment Platforms and Marketplaces | Tagged box group, dragon innovation, flybridge capital partners, foundry group, hardware, lerer ventures, scott n. miller, technology, undercurrent ventures

Four Crowdfunding sites Competing on “The Pitch”

March 26, 2013 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois |

Season 2 of “The Pitch” has just started and four crowdfunding sites are in the mix. Seed&Spark which has been making waves in the Independent Film scene; Funderverse – which is getting ready to launch their first niche crowdfunding vertical site ExplorationFunder; FundingCommunity connects small businesses with… Read More

Read more in: General News, Investment Platforms and Marketplaces | Tagged explorationfunder, funderverse, fundingcommunity, lerer ventures, mealtics, seed&spark, softbank, the pitch