Tagged: iphone

Kickstarter Campaign Creator Accused of Scamming Backers; Runs Off With Over $54,000

Earlier this year, 20-year-old San Diego resident, Taylor Beck, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a mere $2,000 for his new tutorial called Le arn iPhone App Development. Not only did the project surpassed its initial goal super quickly, it reached well over… Read More

Prong “Charges Up” with Capital Infusion from Georgia Oak Partners

Prong, Inc., the fast growing company that is changing the way that smartphone users keep their devices charged, announced today that it has closed a $1.6 million Series A financing led by Georgia Oak Partners. Prong’s flagship product, the PocketPlug iPhone case, introduced the world… Read More

Taiwan Startup Hits Kickstarter To Raise $50,000 For New iOS Free Space & Photo Organizer Gadget

Maktar, Inc., a developer of software and hardware products, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds that will be used to launch Piconzier, a pocket-sized storage device for organizing photos and videos on iOS devices. Piconizer is the first ever application with a corresponding iOS… Read More

Domino’s Pizza Teams Up with Kickstarter-Success Pebble to Put Its Pizza Tracker On Your Wrist

When Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, launched its fan-favorite Domino’s Tracker nearly seven years ago, smartwatch technology was likely never a part of the plan. It is now. The pizza tracker, which allows customers to trace their order from the time it is taken,… Read More

BitBite Launches $60,000 Indiegogo Campaign to Promote Healthy Eating Habits; Scores Over $16,000 First Day

On Tuesday (November 11th), BitBite, which has been dubbed the “first” hearable/wearable device that automatically tracks a user’s eating habits and provides real-time dietary suggestions, launched its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $60,000 for the development of its innovative wearable technology. BitBite is an Automatic Dietary Recording… Read More

Chicago Startup Launches New Indiegogo Campaign For iPhone 6 Waterproof Cases

Chicago-based tech startup and creators of the Kickstarter-success TAKTIK, LUNATIK has launched a $100,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its new iPhone 6 waterproof cases TAKTIK 360 + AQUATIK. Within the first few hours, the project raised over $31,000 thanks to nearly 375 backers. LUNATIK… Read More

MIPOW PLAYBULB Candle Jumps Over $155,000 on Kickstarter

San Jose-based company, MIPOW USA, launched a Kickstarter campaign about two weeks ago for its project, the PLAYBULB candle. This new device not only offers an app, it wants to “liberate” the user’s imagination over colors. MIPOW USA stated, “We invented PLAYBULB candle simply because… Read More

Want to make your App Idea a Reality? New Crowdfunding Platform AppVested is Here to Help

Now you can.. Yes one of the worlds first equity crowdfunding portal for the mobile app sector has emerged. Earlier this spring WSJ.com shouted that the Apps market was rocketing towards $25 billion in sales.  A pretty incredible amount when you consider the app market… Read More

iPhone Backup Charger Oivo Over $17,000 First Week on Kickstarter

Putting an end to the frustration of dead batteries everywhere, Slovenia-based company Oivo has raised $17,054 from over 400 backers for its self-titled iPhone backup charger during its $50,000 crowdfunding campaign’s first week on Kickstarter. The Oivo is a iPhone charged disguised as a key… Read More

Crowdfunding Now: 5 Awesome iPhone Projects

From chargers to stands, iPhone users everywhere are constantly looking for the next “big thing” for their smartphone. Here at Crowdfund Insider, we’re always checking out the latest technology, especially for our on-the-go devices. Below are 5 very cool crowdfunding campaigns which can be used… Read More

Vaavud Launches Second Kickstarter For Wind Meter V 2.0

Setting out for yet another Kickstarter success, Denmark-based Vaavud launched a campaign on the crowdfunding giant Thursday (July 10) for its product, Vaavud Wind Meter V 2.0. It is currently seeking £20,000. In March 2013, the company raised £27,598 from 915 backers for the first version of… Read More

Two Crowdfunded Products Come Together: Misfit Shine & Pebble Join on Activity Tracker

Misfit Shine, the popular activity tracker, raised over $840,000 on Indiegogo in 2013 – placing the campaign in the top ten campaigns on Indiegogo that year.  Pebble Watch raised over $10 million way back in 2012 on Kickstarter (the Jurassic period in rewards based crowdfunding) and… Read More

iStick USB Flash Drive For Apple Reaches $1.1 Million Dollar Stretch Goal on Kickstarter

Fresh off the closing of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, HYPER by Sanho Corporation‘s iStick reached well over its original goal of $100,000 and raised $1,100,629 from 7,495 backers. iStick is a USB drive with integrated Apple Lighning connector that was made for iPhone and iPad.  According to… Read More

GOkey Raises 1,100% of Its $40k Crowdfunding Goal on Indiegogo

GOkey, the multi-purpose electronic keychain accessary has reached the midpoint of its campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo and has currently raised over 1,100% of its $40,000 funding goal. Now, in order to incentivize backers for their ongoing support, they have instituted a series of campaign… Read More

Ex Googlers Launch Super Cool iPad Gaming Device “Osmo”

Osmo Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Educational & Entertaining  Kids Game. Most parents with young children understand this challenge.  Young kids need to be comfortable using technology but you don’t want them transformed into “digital zombies” playing pointless games (do you hear me angrybirds?) or drooling… Read More

GOkey Scores $270k on Indiegogo in First Days of Campaign

A little less than two weeks since the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, the GOkey has surpassed its $40,000 goal and has even reached $238,454 with 3,413 backers. The device is small and charges smartphones on the go. It is capable of charging… Read More

Zuli Plugs into Fundable for their Second Round of Crowdfunding

For their next round of funding, Zuli has shifted from rewards-based crowdfunding to equity-based crowdfunding on Fundable in order to grow its micro-location based automation. With the help of 925 backers,  Zuli’s Smartplug raised just over $175,000 on its electric Kickstarter campaign which ended this… Read More

Amazing Lenses for Mobile Photography Crowdfunding on Kickstarter

I take a profound numbers of photos. Like many of you, I have long since given up on the “point & shoot” cameras and I just cannot lug around a DSLR camera.  I take take really great images too (honest!).  My iPhone 5 does a… Read More

Crowdfunding Mailbox: Bens Friends, Printvid 4D Printing, & SmarterParis App

Happy Holidays to everyone from Crowdfund Insider.  I would like to encourage you to be certain to give the gift of crowdfunding this Holiday Season. Yep – I know there may be a delay in receiving the gift but there is nothing wrong with giving… Read More

CrowdWatcher Hits Apple App Store, Helps View Campaigns Across Platforms

An app called CrowdWatcher recently launched on Apple’s App Store. CrowdWatcher wants to put all of the notable platforms in one environment and allow users of the app to keep up-to-date with the most recent happenings with each app. The Amsterdam-based team behind the app… Read More

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