Bolstr
| Website | https://www.bolstr.com/ |
| Executive Team | Larry Baker Charlie Tribbett |
| Employees | 1-10 |
| Capital | 2,330,000 |
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Founded | 2011 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/1238587/ | |
| https://www.facebook.com/bolstr | |
| https://twitter.com/bolstr |
Bolstr is a marketplace where emerging consumer, retail and manufacturing businesses can raise funding for expansion from real investors. We use a unique revenue share investment structure, designed to help businesses raise growth funding from investors, while maintaining equity, and making monthly payments that are proportional to gross sales volume. This means that businesses never get squeezed during seasonal sales cycles.
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Avondale College NewsGo fund me . . . please
Avondale College News
Ashlee Bennetts and Callan Bolst, also arts/teaching students, proposed purchasing a fridge to store leftover food from the cafeteria on Avondale's Lake Macquarie campus. The food would go to families in need. “I was shocked to discover there were ...and more »
Gazette ReviewDa Lobsta Update – What Happened After The Profit
Gazette Review
After this, and while still owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to his family, he ended up using the business loan crowdsourcing platform Bolstr to raise enough funds for first a food truck, which he paid off in seven months, and another permanent ...and more »
Crain's Chicago Business (blog)Chicago crowdfunding site Bolstr raises $1.7 million
Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
Bolstr, a crowdfunding site with a twist, has raised $1.7 million from several high-profile investors in Chicago and on the West Coast. Backers include Don Wilson's DRW Ventures; Michael Ferro's Merrick Ventures; Lotus software founder Mitch Kapor's ...and more » - Small Business Marketplace Lending Platform Bolstr Raises $1.7m in VC Funding
PR Newswire (press release)
CHICAGO, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolstr, a marketplace where emerging consumer, retail and manufacturing businesses can access growth capital from accredited investors, has raised $1.65 million in series seed funding, an amount that was recently ...and more »
TechCrunchThe Bolstr Bag Is A Gadget Toter's Best Friend
TechCrunch
We rarely talk about bags on TC these days (except during Bag Week) but here's a crowdfunding project that I think would be perfect for all of us multi-phone, laptop-toting nerdotrons. Call the Bolstr, this U.S.-made bag is small enough to be ...and more » - Small Business Success Story: Magnolia Brewing Co. Raises $150000 With Bolstr
NerdWallet (blog)
To help them accomplish the expansion, McLean and Magnolia Brewing Co. have turned to Bolstr, a marketplace lender that helps consumer, retail and manufacturing businesses raise growth capital from private accredited investors (those with at least $1 ...and more »
Small Business TrendsBolstr Targets First Time Investors With Low Risk Opportunities
Small Business Trends
Not all investors are looking to take a gamble on the next Silicon Valley novelty. While those investments can lead to huge success, they can also be incredibly risky. For those investors that would rather help proven businesses than roll the dice ...and more »
The GadgeteerKoyono Bolstr Small Carry EDC Bag review
The Gadgeteer
Some of them date back a ways…I still have and use both a Roadwired Pod and Podzilla! I am always on the lookout for that next bag that will hold what I need when I go out for the day. The opportunity came to review the Koyono Bolstr Small Carry EDC ...and more »
FinSMEs (blog)NewGen Capital Launches €75m Second Venture Capital Fund
FinSMEs (blog)
To support backed companies' growth, the firm leverages the team's connections into and knowledge of Asian markets. Portfolio startups include Agridata, Ampy, Bluefox, Bolstr, CodeSpark, Cuseum, Eucled, Naya, Paperspace, Paradromics, Roost, Tradezby, ...and more »
ForbesIf You Want to Really Raise Capital, Try This Company and Not KickStarter
Forbes
Bolstr is a company that is changing the small business fundraising game. It's one of the best crowd funding platforms I've seen for raising real money for small business finance needs. And it's going to disrupt the Reg D private placement market ...and more »