Another Seattle coffee startup wants to generate buzz through crowdfunding. Coffee subscription company Bean Box this week launched a crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine and raised more than $30,000 within a… Read More
Update: Artly has raised more than $518,000 as of Thursday morning. Seattle-based coffee robot barista startup Artly started trending on StartEngine after it raised more than $340,000 within just a… Read More
Recompose, the Seattle-based funeral services startup that specializes in human composting, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $5 million. The regulation crowdfunding round is being facilitated by Wefunder and… Read More
When Jane Park launched Julep Beauty back in 2007, she needed to raise capital the old fashioned way: pitching to venture capital firms and other institutional investors. But now Park… Read More
For years, Portland has been a significant hub for American comics, cartoons, and animation. A new project aims to establish a permanent art museum in the city dedicated to celebrating… Read More
Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen both worked on some of the most cutting-edge technology ever created at Amazon, with specific focus on helping to start the company’s cashierless Amazon Go… Read More
With a mission to bring its remote career platform to more people, Arc is also bringing the chance to invest in the startup to more people, raising almost $1 million… Read More
Here’s a garbage idea that’s worth almost $3 million. Pela, a British Columbia-based company that makes sustainable products such as compostable phone cases, has turned to Indiegogo for its latest… Read More
Austin Hirsh is ready for his next smoothie move: the young Seattle entrepreneur with a plan to turn potential food waste into a beverage powder is officially launching his product… Read More
Like warm beers around the campfire, the saga involving the infamous Kickstarter project Coolest Cooler took another sad turn over the weekend as the company announced it was shutting down… Read More
CrowdStreet, a Portland-based commercial real estate crowdfunding startup, has raised a big new funding round, with a twist. Instead of relying solely on venture capital investors, the startup turned to… Read More
Investors clearly want to hang with Heroclip. The unique hybrid gear clip that is part carabiner and part utility hook has attracted $1.1 million in new funding, the company announced… Read More
Beyond the obvious need to raise cash, crowdfunding solves a variety of issues for a young company with an idea and a dream. Whether figuring out who the customer is… Read More
There’s more to life than craft beer. That might be hard for some to swallow, especially in such a beer-crazy place as Seattle. But at PicoBrew, it was time to… Read More
The 20,000 Kickstarter backers who have been waiting two years for their high-tech Coolest Cooler to arrive learned they may have to wait another three after founder and CEO Ryan… Read More
Glowfolks — fans of 3D laser printer maker Glowforge — are sure to be happy about this. Shipments remain on schedule for July and August of this year, after they were delayed several… Read More
Marc Barros has spent three years building a team and a product and learning about his customer. Now, his Seattle-based startup Moment is ready to offer a second generation of lenses… Read More
Three years ago, Laura Malcolm and James Kocsis received the heartbreaking news that they were part of the one in five expectant parents whose pregnancies ended in a miscarriage. But… Read More
Crowdfunding is designed to help people who are low on cash bring their ideas to life and finance big ticket items they couldn’t otherwise afford. It’s a valuable resource for… Read More
Backers of the “social robot” Jibo received disappointing news last week as Jibo CEO Steve Chambers announced another shipping delay for customers who backed the project on Indiegogo in 2014.… Read More
At the 19th annual University of Washington Business Plan Competition in May, JikoPower had the hottest idea in the room and took home the $25,000 grand prize. Now the Seattle… Read More
Jibo is having trouble. The round, cute “social robot,” which raised more than $3.7 million on Indiegogo, was originally scheduled to be released “Holiday 2015.” Jibo still has not yet shipped. Now,… Read More
Amazon announced a partnership with Kickstarter Wednesday to sell more than 300 crowdfunded products on a dedicated Amazon.com page. Kickstarter Collection is a new addition to Amazon Launchpad, a portal… Read More
The Coolest Cooler Kickstarter is a long and winding saga with millions of dollars and thousands of backers along for the ride. When the all-in-one cooler, blender, charger, speaker and more finally arrived… Read More
Smart-garment maker Sensoria has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new line of sports apparel and updated version of its fitness app. Redmond, Wash.-based Sensoria says that the new training… Read More
Jeff Reifman has written a lot in recent years about Amazon, offering his opinion on what the company has done to Seattle with its explosive growth. Now he’s bringing that viewpoint down… Read More
Wearing the same shirt for multiple days would normally be an invitation to attract fewer friends. But a new Seattle clothing line called Ably promises that its technology makes its clothing… Read More
Not all innovation has to push the technological envelope. Sometimes a well-meaning individual with a good idea and an eye for detail just makes something simple that we want to put… Read More
Choosing the right music for the right occasion, or even the right emotional state, can be a delicate undertaking. Too fast! Too slow. Too loud! Too soft. The makers of Moodbox… Read More
If you’re not hot on beverage cooler Kickstarter campaigns right now, because of what’s happened with Coolest Cooler, the folks at Kulr hope you’ll chill for a second and give… Read More