Tagged: yoga

January 2, 2018 @ 11:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Originally launched in 2013 as a yoga directory, YogaTrail joined 500 Startups in 2014 and evolved from a yoga directory to including schedules, increasing capabilities, and started developing content.  By late 2016, YogaTrail started the marketplace for bookings, calendars and events. Now the platform is looking to raise… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 9:12 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Suffolk University in Boston celebrated by organizing experiential courses on crowdfunding.  During Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 14, students partaking in the programs launched campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo to support their startups.  Seven startups and campaigns have launched… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This Friday (July 29th), Crowdcube #FundedClub member, Ethos is set to officially launch to the public in London’s Old Spitalfields Market.  The company, which was founded by Cambridge graduates Dr. Theo Koutroukides and Jennifer Hersch, is described as a chain of boutique yoga & fitness hybrid studios… Read More

February 13, 2016 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than five days until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, yoga and fitness studios, Ethos have successfully secured nearly £800,000 thanks to over 300 investors. Ethos, which was founded by Cambridge graduates Dr. Theo Koutroukides and Jennifer Hersch, is described as a chain of… Read More

January 19, 2016 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Cambridge-based Ethos launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £500,000 so that it can continue expansion of its yoga and fitness hybrid studios throughout the UK. Ethos, which was founded by Cambridge graduates Dr. Theo Koutroukides and Jennifer Hersch, is described as a chain… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Swedish native Rachel Brathen, who is an author, motivational speaker and international yoga teacher, launched a crowdfunding initiative on Kickstarter to raise $108,000 for oneOeight, her new online platform that is dedicated to “healing with a foundation in yoga.” The new platform will feature high quality video… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 2:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UNYTE: Yoga for everyone! launched its Companisto equity crowdfunding campaign, quickly raising over 101,470€ of its 200,000€ goal with the help of over 73 backers. Funding will be used to open the first UNYTE flagship studio in Berlin. Additional funding will be tapped by several sources, including the initiators’ own… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yoga lovers, you might want to check out this crowdfunding campaign. An Venice, California-based startup SmartMat has turned to Indiegogo to raise $110,000 for what’s been named the first ever intelligent yoga mat.  Just a few hours after its debut on the crowdfunding giant, the campaign… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

“Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” the first exhibi­tion about the visual history of yoga explores yoga’s rich diversity and historical transformations during the past 2,000 years.  These programs are made possible in part due to the Smithsonian’s first major crowdfunding campaign, “Together We’re One.”  Launched… Read More

May 15, 2013 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” will be on view  at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery October 19th  through Jan. 26, 2014.  This is the world’s first exhibi­tion about the discipline’s visual history and will reveal its fascinating meanings and histories over the past 2,000 years.   To… Read More