May 18, 2013 @ 1:15 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

In this weeks edition of Crowdfunding Mailbox we have a interesting mix; Guns, Booze, Princesses and a Robbery film.   Somehow they all go together.  From the serious to the sincere, the creative to audacious, everyone at Crowdfund Insider admires what you do.  Please keep your crowdfunding submissions coming.  We do try and look at… Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged alcohol, crowned the web series, film, fund safe guns, glen flagler whisky, guns, indiegogo, kickstarter, shelby and the bread factory

May 18, 2013 @ 11:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

“I originally got the idea due to my interest in gardening. But when my son was born, I wanted to monitor the temperature and humidity in his bedroom overnight for health reasons, and I was surprised to find no low-cost, simple iPhone solution existed.”Marc Nicholas, creator of Motes Marc Nicholas is CTO of Wimoto and created Motes,… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged android, hardware, indiegogo, iOS, marc nicholas, motes, sensors, tech, wimoto

May 18, 2013 @ 10:52 am By Fort Mill Times  |  

NEW YORK – Keen Home Inc., developer of home automation products and services, has announced that it is in pursuit of raising capital to complete the development of its Keen Vent, a wirelessly networked home air vent system. The company recently launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign on the heels of being featured as one of the… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged indiegogo, keenvent, techcrunch

May 17, 2013 @ 5:59 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Gawker Media has raised some eyebrows with a crowdfunding campaign they launched this afternoon on Indiegogo. The campaign is in an effort to secure the rights to a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack. Can’t make this up. For those who aren’t familiar, Rob Ford is a highly controversial figure who has… Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged canada, gawker media, indiegogo, john cook, rob ford, scandal, toronto, toronto sun

May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 am By MoneyCentral  |  

India is abuzz with innovation and entrepreneurs seeking funds to float new ideas. Typically, entrepreneurs raise money for their fledgling start-ups from angel investors, venture capitalists and even banks.But getting cash from these sources is a tedious affair, and many small start-ups are not equipped to handle the paperwork. Crowd-funding is thus a great alternative to… Read More

Read more in: Global  |  Tagged india, indiegogo, kickstarter, priyanka agarwa, wishberry

May 16, 2013 @ 4:02 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

That’s right.  Crowdfunding $660,000,000 on Indiegogo to purchase the  Tribune Company which includes storied newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.  If nothing else, the effort is certainly a bold and audacious move on the part of the organizers as they attempt to “meet our lofty fundraising goal”. The campaign has been initiated by… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines, General News, Offerings  |  Tagged agit-prop communications, indiegogo, newspapers, the other 98%, the tribune company

May 16, 2013 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The purveyors of the ScreenJunkies YouTube channel have launched a campaign on Indiegogo to crowdfund a full-page advertisement aimed at telling celebrities like Zach Braff to keep their “vanity projects” off of crowdfunding web sites like Kickstarter. From the campaign page… Our “Don’t Back Zach” campaign was launched in response to the new wave of… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged celebrities, indiegogo, kickstarter, melissa joan hart, screen junkies, zach braff

May 15, 2013 @ 12:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Currently live on Indiegogo, the Button TrackR is a product that helps users track lost items. The product quickly reached a funding goal of $15,000 and still has plenty of time left in the campaign. The Button TrackR is a combination of small, quarter-sized tracking devices and a mobile app that works with newer iPhone… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged android, button trackr, hardware, indiegogo, iOS, stolen

May 14, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Very recently, new research is suggesting that nearly all the human plagues which emerged in the twentieth century, like common acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, female breast cancer, malignant melanoma and asthma, can be tied to some facet of our use of electricity. There is an urgent need for governments and individuals to take steps… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged computers, health, indiegogo, radiation, safesleeve

May 14, 2013 @ 10:28 am By The Herald Business Journal  |  

LYNNWOOD — When we first met the brains behind Autosport Labs in late 2010, racer Brent Picasso was working on the first version of a data-acquisition system, the company’s next product for budget-minded racers. Autosport Labs, with Picasso, his wife, Kelley, and business partner Scott Miller, had already developed Megajolt Lite Jr., a programmable electronic ignition module… Read More

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May 13, 2013 @ 11:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Keyprop: A Simple Stand For Your Smartphone We’ve all been there. You’ve got this awesome YouTube video you want to show your friends, so you pull it up on your phone and then… well, you awkwardly hold it in front of them and tilt it around until everyone can see. The Keyprop seeks to… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged energy hook, food, gaming, indiegogo, jamie fristom, keyprop, kickstarter, kuli kuli, manufacturing, video games

May 12, 2013 @ 11:10 am By HeraldScotland  |  

IT was once a case of hoping for a sympathetic bank manager to back the next big idea. Now everyone from scientists to artists is turning to crowdfunding – appealing on the internet for ordinary people to back their dream project with cash. One of the world’s largest crowdfunding websites launched in the UK just… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global  |  Tagged bloomvc, fundingcircle, indiegogo, kickstarter, scotland, sharein.com, zopa

May 12, 2013 @ 9:38 am By Indiegogo Blog  |  

Indiegogo is dedicating our Twitter feed to moms this Sunday. Tweet or Instagram a picture of you and your mom with the hashtag #gogomom and look out for it on@indiegogo Mother’s Day is an opportunity to sing the praises of the world’s often unsung heroes, to celebrate the women who have positively impacted our lives… Read More

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May 11, 2013 @ 6:26 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

The crowdfunding campaigns below are all very cool and interesting today.  These are just a selection of the few we have received recently.  A great western pilot on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, an amazing kids toy, a cool “video game in real life” and finally  drink Vita-V juice and help feed children in… Read More

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May 11, 2013 @ 11:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dr. Eva Sapi is a well-established name in the world of Lyme disease research. After contracting the condition herself she has dedicated her career to exploring ways to control and cure the disease, and she now has a campaign on Indiegogo to help further those efforts. Dr. Sapi was a cancer researcher who transferred to… Read More

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