Tagged: self crowdfunding

September 19, 2013 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Owlet Smart Baby Monitor was rejected by Kickstarter and decided to go the Selfstarter route to crowdfund their product.  The goal was to raise $100,000 and as of today – with several days left in the campaign – the project stands at over $140,000… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

London based Mowjow, a social gaming company,  has announced it has closed their second of five tranches in their social fundraising effort. Mowjow is using their proprietary version of crowdfunding, to raise seed capital before their upcoming IPO.  The company was founded in 2008 by Norwegian… Read More

September 3, 2013 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

A wide group of champion skiers which include Olympic medalists among their ranks have joined together to launch a crowdfunding campaign to complete development of Ski Nation; a skier network and mobile application which they hope to launch in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics…. Read More

September 1, 2013 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Chris Roberts Sets New Stretch Goals of $18 & $19 Million. Stands as Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Ever. We just recently covered Star Citizen and their ongoing crowdfunding campaign as they had just passed $16 Million raised and now they have surpassed the next milestone… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 11:22 pm 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. KIND shave oil is crowdfunding an alternative to shaving cream.  Shaving is not something I have ever looked forward to doing.  But then I happened to… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

When we last reported on crowdfunding video game Star Citizen it stood at $14 Million.  This was back in early July.  The ongoing crowdfunding voyage now stands at over $15 Million supported by over 221,000 “Star Citizens”. For those who have not been following the… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent film crowdfunding site Seed&Spark, has announced the completion of a successful crowdfunding round for $32,500 on the Seed&Spark platform. Tthe Seed&Spark community of 198 supporters funded the campaign in 30 days, The goal was to raise $32,500 in cash, goods and services in order to… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog Brewery which has launched a crowdfunded equity offering on their web site attempting to raise £4 Million in new equity has been reported to have raised £1 Million in the first 24 hours of the campaign.  The offering, titled “Equity for Punks” is scheduled… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online clothing retailer Everlane has announced they are now shipping up North to Canada after their successful hybrid crowdfunding campaign.  Everlane had launched a strategic crowdfunding campaign not only to raise funds via a rewards based program, but to also gage interest in expanding their… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 4:49 pm By VentureBeat  |  

Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you’re Scout Alarm … with none of that money going through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo. In fact, Scout Alarm crowdsourced that cash all on its own. The Scout Alarm is a $120 “next… Read More

March 10, 2013 @ 8:43 am By Scottsman.com  |  

A FORMER member of the British sailing team has created his own crowdfunding website to raise £240,000 to build a biomass-powered brewery in Inverkeithing. Website designer Dave Robertson, 35, hopes to attract about 4,000 investors to back his project, which he will call Forth Bridge… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 6:18 am By Develop Online  |  

Introversion’s Prison Architect has raised an impressive $1 million through crowdfunding. The title is based around the concept of building a prison while at the same time attempting to keep the inmates from running riot and escaping.  More than 30,000 people have pledged funds to… Read More