Tagged: kickstarter

August 7, 2015 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Taking time away from the production of  Zombicide: Black Plague the team at game developing studio CoolMiniOrNot shared details about the Kickstarter-success’ experience at GenCon in Indiana this past weekend. Zombicide: Black Plague is described as a standalone cooperative boardgame for 1 to 6 players that… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

There is no stopping this bag! Late last month, creators of the Everyday Messenger, Peak Design, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise only $100,000. The accessory quickly hit the spotlight and secured its initial goal. Now, just a little over two weeks later, the… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Irish-startup, Thermo Tent, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to expand its business. The startup went to Kickstarter earlier this year with a mission to raise funds for its revolutionary tents. The company created the tents to be the “world’s first” correctly insulated camping quarters. It shared: “We… Read More

August 6, 2015 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to clear the air of any confusion in regards to the latest Mighty No. 9 delay announcement, video game studio comcept USA revealed more details to the highly anticipated game’s new release date. Last week, multiple sources announced that Mighty No. 9’s debut date was pushed back again from Fall… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 4:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Monte Cook Games, the Kansas City-based studio behind various Kickstarter successes, returned to the crowdfunding giant’s platform earlier today to raise only $20,000 for the game, Numenera: Into the Ninth World. Within only mere of hours of its launch, the project quickly surpassed its initial goal and is currently sitting at… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

There’s no stopping these jackets! Last month, Chicago brand Baubax hit Kickstarter with a mission to raise only $100,000 for its Travel Jacket. Within only a few days, the project surpassed its initial goal and quickly reached over a million dollars. Now, half way through… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a little over three weeks until its Kickstarter comes to an end, Jide Technology’s new device, Remix Mini, has successfully surpassed $1 million thanks to over 13,600 backers. The Beijing-based startup described Remix Mini as a simple to use computer that connects to any screen, keyboard and mouse, allowing… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A little over a year ago, Harmonix, the studio behind the forever addicting video game Guitar Hero, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for Amplitude. The video game is known as a “rhythm-action music game” for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation that is based on… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the previous announcement of Exploding Kittens being shipped to its backers, co-creator Elan Lee reveals a bit of an insight of the famous Kickstarter project. While sharing details about the funding process, Lee admitted to CNN: “The biggest lesson for me is that Kickstarter is a… Read More

August 2, 2015 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Back in May of 2014, Crowdfund Insider reported on the first state Attorney General to file suit against a rewards based crowdfunding campaign that had failed to deliver on its crowdfunding promise. This was no big, multi-million dollar crowdfunding project either. It was for a… Read More

August 1, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

And… the wait continues for backers of highly anticipated Kickstarter Alum Mighty No. 9. Multiple sources have revealed that the game’s release date has been pushed back once again from Fall 2015 to … sometime in 2016? The creators, Comcept USA and video game developer Keiji Inafune, took… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to gain more support for its Neil Armstrong spacesuit project, the Smithsonian has successfully raised nearly $600,000 on Kickstarter thanks to over 7,500 backers. The project hit the crowdfunding platform last week with a mission to raise $500,000 to bring the famous spacesuit back… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Playtonic Games, the creators of the Kickstarter success Yooka-Laylee, announced it has teamed up with Team17 to publish the highly anticipated video game. Yooka-Laylee is an all-new 3D platforming adventure for consoles and PC. During its run on the crowdfunding giant’s platform, the video game successfully… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 4:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only three more days until Red Ash’s Kickstarter comes to an end, it looks like the game will not receive its full $800,000. But no worries Keiji Inafune fans, the project will still get off the ground thanks to Chinese digital entertainment company FUZE Entertainment. The game, which… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While backers continue to wait for the highly anticipated Kickstarter project, Exploding Kittens, the creators of the project have announced exciting news. Exploding Kittens is a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, San Francisco brand, Peak Designs, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new product, the Everyday Messenger. During the first few days on the platform, the accessory successfully captured its initial goal quickly and is now sitting at $1.2 million… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

MakerBot, a 3D printing company, was a vital part of the production process in creating the Coolest Cooler.  Founded by Ryan Grepper, Coolest Cooler was the most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time until it was topped by Pebble Watch earlier this year. Coolest raised… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 1:38 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

You might not have the time to thoroughly read a fact-check of a politician’s statements, but a 90-second animated video with what appears to be an adorable and clumsy chicken might be harder to resist. That’s what the young professionals behind Pagella Politica, an Italian independent fact-checking project… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Payments startup Stripe landed a new round of funding from investors including American Express, Visa and Sequoia Capital, valuing the San Francisco-based company at $5 billion. According to the announcement, Stripe signed an agreement with Visa to work on digital transactions such as website ‘buy… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 9:04 am By Rodrigo Niño  |  

  It was not that long ago that the term “crowdfunding” entered into the common lexicon. Today we regularly watch, or read about, multi-million crowdfunding campaigns delivering the next big thing to supportive consumers who are willing to wait a bit longer to receive a perk,… Read More