Crowdfunding helps Colorado State students fund businesses and other projects – Rocky Mountain Collegian
Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have helped thousands of entrepreneurs and creative minds get their projects off the ground thanks to donations from mostly anonymous contributors over the internet. In April, Colorado State University alumni-founded Wild Gym Company raised $111,178 with their Kickstarter campaign for monkii bars, a portable suspension training tool. TurfToes founders Braxton Norwood and Tanner […]
Kickstart Seed Fund Launches $500,000 Student-Run Venture Fund
Kickstart Seed Fund is launching a $500,000 student-run venture fund aptly named the Campus Founders Fund.
UCLA launches crowdfunding platform to support research
UCLA has launched UCLA Spark, an online crowdfunding platform aimed at providing critical fundraising support for innovative projects by UCLA faculty and official student organizations.
Hawaii college student using Kickstarter to fund ‘Airfoil’ company
A University of Hawaii Manoa mechanical engineering student is hoping to launch a new business to market his product called Airfoil, a unique ballpoint pen inspired by engineering design in aviation, through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
Scientist to crowdfund their salaries
In what might be a first for a British university, a new researcher will have the chance to practice what they preach by crowd-funding their own salary. The researcher will effectively be among the first to understand how the research landscape might change in the wake of crowd-funding.
SEC releases “crowdfunding” rule
The “crowdfunding” proposal, if adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, would be a major shift in how small U.S. companies can raise money in the private securities market. Private companies are currently allowed to solicit only accredited investors – those with a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding the value of their […]
Colorado State University Takes Crowdfunding To the Next Level
Colorado State University, the first university in the state to open a web-based crowdfunding platform to potential donors, is taking its beta test to the next level. After a successful initial test of the Charge platform with 10 student businesses over the summer, Colorado State University is now piloting community-based fundraising for projects in the […]
Crowdfunding campaign from University of California enlists movie stars, politicians
In an unusual effort to bolster financial aid for undergraduates, UC on Wednesday publicly launched an online crowdfunding campaign that has movie stars, politicians, students and faculty pledging to host parties, lead hikes, sing rap songs and work in soup kitchens to win donations.
Georgia Tech launches a crowdfunding site
Allison Jo Mercer, a researcher at Georgia Tech, is developing an adhesive based on a brilliantly sticky fish. Her work could some day translate into Band-Aids that don’t pull your hair out when you rip them off, safer bandages for serious wounds, or just a better way to stick your GPS unit to your car window. […]
Scientists calling on the crowd for funding
Before environmental biologist Kenly Hiller submitted her latest research proposal for funding, she sent it out for one final review. She wanted her grandmother’s opinion. Hiller’s grandmother was the perfect critic — not because she is a scientific expert, but precisely because she is not. Facing a stark federal budget to support scientific research, Hiller and […]