Goodbye Restless Nights: New York Entrepreneur Launches Kickstarter For “Gravity” Sleep,Stress, & Anxiety Weighted Blanket

Posted 6th May 2017

Anxiety and stress sufferers – worry no more about sleepless nights. New York entrepreneur, John Fiorentino, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Gravity, a weighted blanket t...

Shut Down on Indiegogo, Pulled from StartEngine Only to Return. What Happened to the Aido Robot by InGen Dynamics?

Posted 6th May 2017

A couple of weeks back we received a tip from a CI reader informing us that the InGen Dynamics Aido Robot offer had been unceremoniously yanked from equity crowdfunding platform, StartEngine. N...

Set To Close Soon: Fizzics Achieves Indiegogo/Microventures Equity Campaign Funding Target

Posted 5th May 2017

Kickstarter, Indiegogo (rewards), and Shark Tank alum, Fizzics, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo/Microventures this Monday (May 8th). The initiative has successfully secu...

SEC Publishes Agenda for May 10th ACSEC Meeting

Posted 5th May 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published the agenda for the May 10 meeting of its Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC). At this meeting, ACSEC will discuss the ...

Kickstarter Alum Oculus Pulls the Plug on Virtual Reality Shop Story Studio

Posted 5th May 2017

In an effort to continue its creative development in virtual reality (VR), Kickstarter success Oculus announced it was shutting down its Story Studio. According to the company, Story Studio has create...

Update: BlueJay Music Surpasses £150,000 Funding Target on Invesdor

Posted 5th May 2017

With its Invesdor campaign set to close this upcoming Monday (May 8th), London-based music streaming service, BlueJay Music, has successfully secured its initial £150,000 funding target from nearly 2...

UK Fintechs Collaborate to Prevent Financial Crimes

Posted 5th May 2017

Since the 2017 launch of the United Kingdom Fintech Financial Crime Exchange (FFE), the group has accumulated seventeen Fintech market leaders. The Exchange allows for Fintech firms to share informat...

Crowd2Fund Announces New Venture Debt Product

Posted 5th May 2017

On Friday, crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund announced the launch of its new venture debt product, which is targeted towards established businesses that have a short term requirement to access cash to ...

Ping An Insurance Group Recuits Former Citi Global Head of Retail Banking Jonathan Larsen to Lead $1 Billion Fintech & Healthtech Fund

Posted 5th May 2017

China’s Ping An Insurance Group announced on announced on Thursday it has appointed former Citi Global Head of Retail Banking, Jonathan Larsen, as the new Chief Innovation Officer and CEO of Pi...

Americas Alternative Finance Research to be Revealed at CME Event

Posted 5th May 2017

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), will release their anticipated Americas Alternative Finance Survey at an event hosted by ...

Digital Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Delivery Service Love2Laundry Looks to Raise £150,000 on Crowdcube

Posted 5th May 2017

Love2Laundry, a digital laundry and dry-cleaning delivery service, is currently seeking £150,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube as it prepares to expand its platform. Founded ...

Renewable Hydrogen For Electric Vehicles Supplier HyGen Industries Seeks Funds Under Regulation A+ Rules on StartEngine

Posted 5th May 2017

HyGen Industries, Inc. a California-based company that supplies clean renewable hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles, announced on Friday it launched a crowdfunding offering on StartEngine to rais...