Tagged: new york city

September 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) will release Kickstarter alum and award-winning film A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY on Friday, September 25th in the following cities: New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington D.C., Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Scottsdale/Phoenix, San Antonio, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as on Digital… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Women Who Tech, which is on a mission to showcase and fund women-led startups, announced it will host the second Women Startup Challenge in New York City on November 9th at Microsoft in Times Square. Women Startup Challenge NYC, in partnership with Craig Newmark of craigslist… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CityFunders, the real estate crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to offering properties in New York City, today announced the launch of the first investment in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn available to the crowd. The property, centrally located at 99 Scott Avenue, Brooklyn, is a 22,000 SF… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarlyShares, a crowdfunding platform that gives accredited investors direct access to commercial real estate opportunities, has launched an equity investment offering for East 3rd Street, a Manhattan investment opportunity from Magnus Capital Partners. The deal, featuring 14.46% estimated investor IRR and 7.0% preferred return, gives EarlyShares… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding platform CircleUp announced that it teamed up with media outlet Forbes to present the 25 Most Innovative Brands of 2015 list. Founder and CEO of CircleUp, Ryan Caldbeck declared: “We’ve teamed up with Forbes to celebrate the 25 most innovative consumer and retail brands… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until the Kickstarter comes to an end, Bill Nye Documentary is so close to raise its initial $650,000 goal! The project surfaced last month and has slowly (but surely) continued to gain funding momentum and popularity. New York City producers David… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

There is no stopping this bag! Late last month, creators of the Everyday Messenger, Peak Design, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise only $100,000. The accessory quickly hit the spotlight and secured its initial goal. Now, just a little over two weeks later, the… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Behalf, a payments platform targeted at small and mid-sized businesses, announced a Series B equity round and credit facility totaling $119M. MissionOG, an early to growth stage venture capital firm chaired by Gene Lockhart, the former CEO of MasterCard, led the equity round. Lockhart is joining… Read More

July 27, 2015 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Remedy Partners, a developer and manager of bundled payment programs for government and private health insurers, announced it has raised $50 million from Bain Capital Ventures during a Series B financing round. The capital will be used to support Remedy’s dramatic growth in new customers and partnerships…. Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 1:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for new solar technology to build an underground park in New York has exceeded its goal, making the Lowline one of the most-funded public art projects on the platform, according to the campaign’s page. Here’s how the Lowline team envisions the project: It turns out… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, Inc., an online peer-to-peer (P2P) commercial real estate lending platform, announced on Monday it has closed a $6.75 million commercial real estate loan in Chicago, which was funded by an institutional investor.  The two-year loan was made to an investment firm that focuses on operating… Read More

June 20, 2015 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, New York City couple Alex Daly and Hamish Smyth hit crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a mission to raise $29,800 for their “Big Apple” subway station posters. As a Kickstarter exclusive, the posters are 11 Pantone sport color limited and are licensed by… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in April, Star Trek legend George Takei debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for his project, Allegiance. As previously reported, The musical is described as an “epic’ multi-generational story about Japanese Kimura family (mainly the tale about the brother and sister Sammy and Kei). Their journey will take them… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Colin Broderick, an author and filmmaker from Northern Ireland, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for his upcoming film, Emerald City.  Emerald City is described as a dramatic movie about a hard-living crew of Irish construction workers in New York City who have reached the… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to bring public access TV to the Internet, former employees of VICE media recently launched a Kickstarter for a new independent video-only platform, NYC.TV. Alexandra Serio, Kareem Rahma, and Max Nelson met while working at VICE Media and decided to create the platform,… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 3:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Today, National Doughnut Day, New York City real estate adds yet another attraction to the likes of the Statue of Liberty and the Metropolitan Museum of Art: It’s home to America’s best doughnut, according to a recent survey from city guide app Foursquare. Not for nothing… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced some exciting news about certain films projects that have appeared on its platform. During a recent update, Kickstarter revealed: “One hundred and eight films across categories, from narratives to documentary shorts, from animation to experimental creations — it’s time… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCrowd Hotels, Inc., a real estate developer and investor with a groundbreaking hospitality strategy focused on the millennial market, announced today the launch of its new crowdfunding platform. The new platform, which is focused on hotel properties across the globe, answers the mounting demand for direct access… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, New York based startup, Tiko, took to global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise $100,000 for its brand new 3D printer. Within only an hour or so, the project captured over 80% of its initial goal from 600 backers. The creators… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two weeks ago, Smash fans received the exciting news that their beloved (but unfortunately canceled) series would find a way to get back into the spotlight. Now it seems as though, the show will be hitting the Broadway stage, thanks to crowdfunding. As previously reported, The… Read More