Tagged: kickstarter

November 5, 2014 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring the first ever New York City LGBTQ Comic-Con to life, an organization called Geeks OUT! has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its new fest, Flame Fest. According to Mary Sue, Geek OUT! stated in a press release, “Since 2010, Geeks… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (November 4th), Chai Biotechnologies launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its Open qPCR, the dubbed   world’s “first open source Real-Time PCR Thermocycler.” The instrument, which is capable of genetic genotyping, pathogen presence/absence detection, and relative DNA quantification. Real-Time PCR is used in diagnostic applications ranging… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Del Marth LLC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for a new bluetooth tracking device called StoneTether, that operates with a real-world range of 500 feet. Providing the first micro-device that provides this massive distance with a tracker that is just about… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fuel3D, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, today announced that it has closed a funding round totaling$6.4 million (£4 million). This funding builds on the company’s initial $2.6 million (£1.6 million) funding secured earlier this year and paves the way for the commercial launch of the company’s consumer… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 3:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Griffin Dunne and his co-director, Susanne Rostock, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $80,000 for a documentary dedicated to Joan Didian called, We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live. The project immediately hit the spotlight and quickly surpassed its initial… Read More

November 2, 2014 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

There were lots of campaigns emailed in this past week – some really incredible ones too.  We received more than a few that have not yet launched but are in preview mode but you can already tell they are going to be crowdfunding hits.  It… Read More

November 1, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, country singer and gay activist, Chely Wright, closed her upcoming album’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. By the time the campaign finished its run, not only did 2,265 devoted fans helped raise the initial $200,00, it became the sixth most successful music campaign in Kickstarter’s… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, CEO and co-founder of global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, has been a consistent and vocal advocate for equality in internet service.  He has joined a broad coalition of voices confronting internet service providers who are determined to denigrate service for some.  Broadband providers want… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year in Australia and New Zealand, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter shared its favorite video game campaigns from the land down under. On Thursday (October 30th), Kickstarter’s Luke Crane took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “It’s been nearly a year since… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looks like New York City fans of Top Chef sensation, Carla Hall, are going to be able to enjoy her delicious southern cuisines! The American chef and television personality hit crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, earlier this month to raised $250,000 so that she may open her Southern Kitchen restaurant… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As its crowdfunding campaign nears $450,000 on Kickstarter, which has been attracting more than 230 backers a day, GrowlerWerks‘ uKeg enjoyed a bit of Bavaria this month, showing off at Leavenworth’s famous Oktoberfest. Now the game-changing growler that keeps oxygen away from beer, maintaining perfect carbonation… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Who stole the soap? The robber ducky! Well, that ducky has a new name, and it’s Edwin. pi lab, a company consisted of inventors who specialize in intelligent product and application creation, announced on Wednesday (October 29th) the launch of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Edwin… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 4:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, shut down another tor router project, by the name of TorFi, just a few days after nixing the almost successful, anonabox campaign. According to Ars Technica, TorFi, a project by Jesse Enjaian and David Xu of Berkeley California, aimed to create home routers… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (October 28th), San Francisco-based Nimble VR, a virtual reality technology company, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Nimble Sense, the first depth sensing camera designed to enable the use of hands in virtual reality. The Nimble Sense creates the simple experience of having hands in VR by applying time-of-flight… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, Irish filmmaker, Phelim McAleer, and his wife, Ann McElhinney, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for a film about the life of infamous abortionist, Kermit Gosnell. During its run, the campaign raised $2.2 million and became one of the… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Oculus Rift is one of the most well known rewards crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The VR headset that is a gamers dream raised over $2.4 million on Kickstarter as thousands backed the campaign.  Oculus went on to raise many millions from VCs – only to… Read More

October 26, 2014 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Three super practical products for this weeks #CrowdfundingMailbox.  We have the Packed Pixels “Extra Monitor” for your laptop when you are on the go, Sonic Decanter for all of the wine lovers out there, and Tespack solar panels that may be the solution to your… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s FINALLY happening! On Tuesday (October 21st),  an ACTUAL hoverboard officially hit the crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter! Not only has it become super popular with the Back to the Future fans (myself included), it has also achieved its initial $250,000 campaign goal within only two days! For those who have seen Back to… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 5:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a whole new series to its channel, National Geographic announced on Tuesday (October 21st) it has added Kickstarter-success Chug to its Monday evening schedule. The project, which hit the crowdfunding giant’s platform last year, is created by rum company owner, Zane Lamprey, who is… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Toronto-based Massuni, manufacturer of customized furniture, announced this week the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to complete development of new technology and an interface that allows users to design custom furniture online. Massuni’s intuitive configurator allows anyone to easily create unique furniture that fits their individual… Read More