Tagged: self crowdfunding

March 18, 2014 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sweden Based Crowdfunding Platform Raises Capital for Expansion. Stating that 2013 has been their best year to date, equity crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is now inviting the public to own shares in their Northern European investment platform by launching a self-crowdfunding campaign.  Based in Sweden, but… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Moov, a new fitness wearable device, launched pretail crowdfunding campaign two weeks ago besting the $40,000 initial goal in 90 minutes.  The company has now stated they have successfully raised close to $1 million over the course of its recent campaign, claiming the title of… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In what is probably the most overdue thing in the toy space, someone is trying to disrupt Mattel’s Barbie doll, often criticized for presenting a completely ridiculous and unrealistic image of the female body. The campaign is for Lammily, and it’s Barbie’s more realistic doppelgänger; a… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Play-i was founded by Vikas Gupta, Mikal Greaves and Saurabh Gupta — inventors, designers, programmers and parents.  The company was created to  build delightful robots for children to program and learn, developing needed skills at a very young age.  Over 30 days the Play-i raised… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Food replacement drink Soylent which was originally rejected by Kickstarter and went on to become Crowdhoster’s very first crowdfunding offering raising over $1.7 million from more than 10,000 supporters, has delayed shipping by several weeks due to the need to alter some ingredients.  First shipments… Read More

January 10, 2014 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding portal software provider CommunityLeader has decided to show the ultimate validation of their platform;  the company is self-crowdfunding for equity in their business. In an email sent out to interested individuals,  CommunityLeader offered up their pitch: I am writing today to invite you to… Read More

December 30, 2013 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

There have been multiple crowdfunding initiatives looking to raise funds for space based technologies or ventures.  From new propulsion techniques to incredible space telescopes, crowdfunding is being used to finance the exploration of space.  There have been multiple crowdfunding campaigns focused on the red-planet of… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog’s investment crowdfunding campaign “Equity for Punks” is nearing a close. BrewDog has issues a last call for investors as they are down to the last 2% of shares available for this funding round. The Scottish craft brewery raised their funding amount in November to… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wareness.io Will Focus on Crowdfunding Hardware Startups, May also Provide Up to $6 Million in Investment Capital for Entrepreneurs. Vijay Chattha, the founder of Silicon Valley and New York based marketing firm VSC, has announced the launch of Wareness.io, a new studio division of VSC… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

For those of you who feel a need to be connected at all times and anywhere, the Vybe bracelet is for you.  The organizers have been running a self-crowdfunding campaign using Crowdhoster which is part of the CrowdTilt portfolio. This pretail campaign was originally scheduled… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 12:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed their self-crowdfunding round having raised a record amount of funds with 850 individual investors purchasing shares in the company amounting to £2,154,710.  While the round is closed to new money the amount may increase as in-process money may not be… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The self-crowdfunding round on Seedrs was originally pegged to raise £500,000. As the announcement was promoted to registered investors on the platform it was clear that interest was high so the amount offered was bumped up to £750,000.  Now after less than a week of… Read More

November 24, 2013 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs Becomes First Pan European Equity Platform. Simultaneously Enters Self Crowdfunding Round to Raise £750,000. One of Britain’s leading crowdfunding portals, Seedrs, has announced a major market expansion to offer cross-border equity crowdfunding in Europe.  The company had indicated market expansion was a priority earlier… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

All Your Cards Into One:  Coin. The one card to replace them all: Coin, has announced their crowdfunding campaign continues following their incredible success as they easily rocketed past their $50,000 campaign goal in just under 40 minutes.  In a discussion with CEO and Founder Kanishk… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

COIN CEO and founder Kanishk Parashar continues to make the media rounds with an interview on CNBC hosted by Carl Quintanilla and Kelly Evans.  COIN is clearly a crowdfunding success as it hit its relatively low goal of raising $50,000 in just 4o minutes.  With… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Single Card Replaces All Credit Cards, Debit Cards & Loyalty Cards. As hard as I try to minimize the number of cards I lug around in my wallet the number continues to grow.  Yes I have an app for loyalty cards which I regularly use,… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 8:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

JJ O’Brien is making apparel for a “life less ordinary” and he is self-crowdfunding his fascinating design using Crowdhoster by Crowdtilt. This former finance guy who has a Stanford MBA,  just wanted a cool costume for burning man (of course) and has turned this need… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Team Includes Veterans From Google, Frog Design and Apple Play-i has announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign to produce robots that children can play with and program. The crowdfunding initiative hopes to raise $250,000 over the next 30 days.  Play-i’s mission is to give young children… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 6:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Social gaming company Mowjow has announced they are in the final process of successfully self crowdfunded their company.  The London based business had previously stated their intent to use their proprietary version of crowdfunding to raise capital.  The social gaming company is creating innovative money… Read More

September 21, 2013 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Update: Since publishing, KIND* Shave Oil has changed its name to TICO* Shave Oil, and can now be found at www.ticoshaving.com. This past Wednesday KIND Shave Oil ended their crowdfunding campaign having beat their $15,000 goal.  KIND had decided to go the self-crowdfunding path as we… Read More