#CoolestCooler Tops #ThisWeek’s #TopTen & 2nd most #Funded @Kickstarter #Campaign

Coolest Cooler had been a top performer since it premiered on Kickstarter on July 8, 2014. This week it hits the top spot in Crowdocracy rankings. With $8.77 million already pledged, Coolest Cooler knocks out OUYA to become the 2nd most funded Kickstarter campaign ever. 

With 13 more days to go reaching the $10.27 million record currently held by the Pebble watch, isn’t impossible. If Coolest Cooler builds up the required momentum for creating a new crowdfunding record is something to be 
watched. Check us out next week to see how Coolest Cooler navigates the next few days.


Check out more at Crowdocracy.org:
1) Top 10 Crowdfunding Campaigns of this week
2) Top 10 Crowdfunding US Sites of this week
3) Top 10 Crowdfunding Global Sites of this week
4) The latest Reality Check from Crowdocracy

#Texas to become 13th state to allow #Equity #Crowdfunding in #US

Crowdfunding investments are coming to Texas in September.

The Texas State Securities Board is in the final rule-making phase of allowing small businesses in the state to solicit up to $1 million annually from unregistered and accredited Texas investors via online crowdfunding portals.

The investors, who can invest up to $5,000 a year in portal offerings, will receive equity shares in the companies in return.

Previously, crowdfunding over the Internet through websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo has been limited in the state to people who wanted to contribute to a company or cause without any financial return other than promotional items. Now they will receive shares in the company.

Texas will become the 13th state to allow such individual investments to be made over the Internet, Texas Securities Commissioner John Morgan said.

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Check out more at Crowdocracy.org:
1) Top 10 Crowdfunding Campaigns of this week
2) Top 10 Crowdfunding US Sites of this week
3) Top 10 Crowdfunding Global Sites of this week
4) The latest Reality Check from Crowdocracy

Crowdocracy Traffic Rankings This Week: Indiegogo edges out GoFundMe in Global Rankings

Last week's Crowdocracy global traffic ranking placed GoFundMe ahead of Indiegogo. This week's web traffic data moves Indiegogo ahead of GoFundMe. 

There are a few notable new players that debuted this week such as AngelList.

 

Check out more rankings here: Crowdocracy.org

 

JIBO Robot tops this week’s Crowdocracy Top Ten

In the last few days of its campaign, JIBO Robot finally reaches the top spot this week. 

 

It edged out COOLEST Cooler campaign, which is still going strong on Kickstarter. With $8.4 million already in its kitty, and 20 more days to go COOLEST is heading to a new record of sorts. 

 

JIBO scored over COOLEST mainly because of JIBO’s social media shares and video traffic.

Another odd and surprise entry into the top ten is the Fire Squadron card game campaign at number ten. Odd, because the campaign goal was only $5, and surprise, because at the time of writing it had already raised $1,296, a full 26,000% of its goal in its first 3 days. 
 

 

Fire Squadron enters top ten entirely on the strength of the disproportionately large amount raised, despite virtually non-existent social media shares. It will be interesting to see how this card game performs in the remaining 27 days.

Check out this week's rankings ar Crowdocracy.org

  

A Million In 3 Minutes

Last week we updated our list of top Five Fastest Crowfunded Million campaigns. It was widely reported CrowdCube raised £1.2 million in a crowdfunding campaign hosted on their own website. CrowdCube’s campaign goal was reached in just 16 minutes, setting a new world record. CrowdCube, therefore, topped our list of Fastest Crowdfunded Million.                          

 









However, subsequently in a Tweet CrowdCube clarified that $1 million was actually reached in just 3 minutes.

We actually hit $1m in 3 mins! #Fastest ever #Crowdfunded #million record drops down to 16 minutes. http://t.co/fMT9qXihTh via @CROWDOCRACY
— Crowdcube (@Crowdcube) July 31, 2014

Our list of the Five Fastest Crowdfunded Million Campaigns, therefore stands corrected:
      

 








 
Wonder a million in 3 minute is a world record that can ever be beat? Well, in crowdocracy anything is possible!!!