Tagged: indiegogo

September 17, 2014 @ 6:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Malaysia-based FOBO launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for what is dubbed as the world’s first ever Bluetooth tire pressure monitoring system. Originally seeking only $28,000, the project not only surpassed the initial goal but continues to be a huge success on the crowdfunding… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 7:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to expand its international presence, crowdfunding giant Indiegogo is preparing for the opening of a new office in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to Jewish Business News, last year rumors began to surface that the famous funding platform was flirting with the idea of moving… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 8:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give the world an inside look at the unaccredited teaching organization, Singularity University, a group of filmmakers have launched their own crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a new feature documentary, The University. According the campaign’s description, The University tells the story of the… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a week and a half into its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Mass Fidelity‘s compact wireless speaker system, The Core, continues to be a huge hit on the platform. Originally seeking only $48,000, the project has raised over its stretched goal of $300,000… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this summer, the “first ever” family robot, Jibo hit crowdfunding site Indiegogo. Cynthia Breazeal’s project immediately hit the spotlight and has now been declared as the most successful technology campaign on Indiegogo ever. Originally seeking only $100,000, the project reached its initial goal in just a… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

As Indiegogo describes it, this is the crowdfunding campaign “everyone is talking about”:  How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town. So the organizers launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $70,000 CAD to fund this feature film by Jeremy LaLonde.  The team promised to… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 7:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

There are certain things that I refuse to leave the house without: car keys, cellphone, wallet, purse… the number one essential item, even if it’s a cloudy day? My sunglasses. Even when I have numerous pairs of sunglasses just sitting in my car – trust… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bonaverde is described as the “worlds first roast-grind-brew coffee machine”.  The company founders have run two rewards based crowdfunding campaigns – one each on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Bonaverde is equity crowdfunding now back on their home turf in Germany where they have nearly raised 1… Read More

September 13, 2014 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a growing amount of overlap between rewards based and investment based crowdfunding. A growing number of small companies are using crowdfunding to promote and boost their business.  Or to simply test a new product.  Of course there is an increasing amount of startups… Read More

September 13, 2014 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, California-based company Equil launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its second generation self-titled smartpen. Seeking to only raise $50,000, the project has already raised over $150,000. According to its description, the Equil Smartpen 2 allows the user to seamlessly create, capture,… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Old School star, Will Ferrell, is staking his claim on the gaming world, for a cause. After successfully proving his “world dominance” in activities ranging from drum battles to anchoring the news, the actor is now ready to challenge video gamers far and wide, to raise… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creating a new way to listen to music, Toronto-based company Mass Fidelity launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo earlier this month to raise $48,000 for its new device, the Core. It is a wireless speaker system that has a reputation of having a “better than… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Lift Labs, the creator of Liftware; a device that actively stabilizes hand tremor, ran a small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this past March to help fund a purchase of the technology for people in economic hardship.  People who have Parkinson’s Disease struggle daily with effects… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just before its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo came to an end on Tuesday (September 9th), SKULLY Systems, the creators of the “world’s smartest” helmet, SKULLY AR-1, announced it is officially extending the project on the platform for another 30 days. During a recent update, Chairman and CEO… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Trackr Bravo raised over $1.2 million crowdfunding on Indiegogo this past August.  The “thinnest item tracking device” joined a growing list of successful item finders that was rocketed into the public eye with the hugely successful Tile pretail crowdfunding campaign.  As an owner of several… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly two weeks since its crowdfunding campaign launched on Indiegogo, the 2D film Hullabaloo has reached its initial $80,000 goal and has already raised nearly $240,000 from close to 6,000 backers. Crowdfund Insider previously reported that the film’s creators, who are a group of veteran… Read More

September 6, 2014 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we move into the fall it seems like crowdfunding campaigns are picking up. We have recently received many cool crowdfunding campaigns and I would just like to remind everyone that data shows that your probability of success jumps dramatically if you have over 30%… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 4:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple months after its controversial crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo broke records, the production team for the film Gosnell has announced they have hired bestselling novelist Andrew Klavan to write the script about the infamous abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell. According to the Hollywood Reporter,… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 6:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Although 2D films are a thing of the past, according to Disney, a group of animators from the production giant have launched a $80,000 crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for their steampunk-themed short film Hullabaloo to life. Within a few days, the project surpassed its initial goal and… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo is doing their annual pilgrimage up north to Canada hitting the streets of Canada’s largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival or TIFF. As the cottagers slip back into their Fall routines one thing they may look forward to are the cool films… Read More