Tagged: new york

July 28, 2015 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tripping.com, a search engine for vacation homes and short-term rentals, announced it has raised $16 million in Series B financing from investors across New York, Silicon Valley, Asia, and Europe. This news coincides with the unveiling of significant growth statistics, including a 2,918% increase in… Read More

July 13, 2015 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to honor one of the most popular scientists in the world, New York City producers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg have hit Kickstarter to raise $650,000 for a new documentary dedicated to Bill Nye. While sharing details about the project, the duo wrote: “Bill Nye is on a… 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

July 9, 2015 @ 4:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jewelbots, a New York City tech startup, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign with a mission to raise $30,000 for its self-titled friendship bracelet. Jewelbots is described as a technology-enabled jewelry for tween and teen girls. It is not only a great way to show off… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 7:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter has achieved a major victory in federal court today, marking the end of a four-year-long patent dispute. In 2011, ArtistShare, which was founded Brian Camelio, was issued a patent for “Method and Apparatuses for Financing and Marketing a Creative Work,” claiming “a system and method for… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ShapeShift AG, an exchange service for digital assets, has suspended service to all residents of New York State, effective immediately, following the release of the “BitLicense” regulation by the New York Department of Financial Services. The company explained that New York’s new anti-competitive licensing scheme, which targets a… 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

April 29, 2015 @ 4:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, New York-based startup Tiko has captured over $2.8 million for its unibody 3D printer. The unibody 3D printer was designed to be high in quality and easy to use. Unlike other 3D… Read More

April 17, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

China Rapid Finance, a Chinese marketplace that specializes in lending and credit decisioning, announced that it has reached a new milestone – in the first two months since it launched the service, the company has provided more than 800,000 loans to Chinese borrowers over its… Read More

April 16, 2015 @ 12:46 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

StartUp Health, a New York-based technology accelerator, is now among the earliest accelerators to begin health-investing syndicates on AngelList, according to a recent story in Wall Street Journal’s blog, Venture Capital Dispatch. The accelerator also calls itself an “academy,” due to its multi-year involvement with digital-health startups. Companies… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, Inc., an online marketplace and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform that directly connects commercial real estate borrowers with accredited investors, today announced that is has secured $110 million to originate/purchase loans to borrowers through its online lending platform. The funds were secured through a $100 million loan purchase agreement and partnership… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bumper Bot, a Brooklyn-based startup, has announced that its unique bumper saving technology is now available for pre-order on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. An industry first, the Bumper Bot product is designed specifically to save drivers from bumps, scrapes, and more serious bumper damage through the use… Read More

April 8, 2015 @ 1:13 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Arthena is mixing crowdfunding and fine art to create a modern masterpiece. Founded by 27-year-old Harvard alumna Madelaine D’Angelo, Arthena offers casual investors to fund undervalued, modern artists who are creating art pieces that could quickly appreciate in value, as a recent story in Upstart Business Journal notes…. Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Buffalo, New York startup, Tiko, took to Kickstarter with a mission to raise only $100,000 for its innovative “unlike-the-rest” unibody 3D printer. Within the first two days, the project captured its initial goal, and now, just four days into the campaigning, the printer… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 20th), New York-based tech startup, Canary, announced former Google and Quantcast executive, Julio Pekarovic, as the new Chief Operating Officer at Canary. Julio brings over twenty years experience in leading finance organizations and business operations in hyper-growth technology companies. At Canary, he’ll… Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, a friend of Warsaw, New York resident, Holly Todd, launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $50,000 so she may receive proper treatment against a mysterious illness she acquired on missions trip to Haiti earlier this year. According to the campaign’s creator, Justin Jones,… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give aspiring filmmakers a chance to see the ins and outs of crowdfunding, global platform Kickstarter has announced its upcoming workshops and discussions for film campaigning. The crowdfunding giant’s team explained,”Kickstarter has played a pivotal role in uniting audiences and filmmakers. Since it launched in… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The crowdfunding industry has been frequently highlighted in the media over the last few years because of the high profile projects that have been brought to market using this new model. The industry is also expanding at a brisk pace with impressive year over year revenue… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WeCareCard, a crowdfunding platform that empowers fundraising for a variety of life-changing causes, introduces the first-ever prepaid debit card tied to a fundraising website this week at Money 20/20. The first-of-its-kind patent pending technology will fulfill a campaign’s financial component by loading funds onto a WeCareCard… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 7:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (September 15th) Brooklyn resident Ryder Carroll launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $10,000 for his product, Bullet Journal. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project hit the initial goal and raised $23,000 within 24 hours. The Bullet Journal has the ability to… Read More