Tagged: kickstarter

August 23, 2014 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

In a posting on the Diaspora blog entitled, “Islamic State Fighters on Diaspora*”, the site operators have clarified they cannot prevent anyone from using their software as multiple reports have been released indicating ISIS is actively using their platform. ISIS, or Islamic State of Iraq… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Not letting a little speed bump get in the way of his automobile dreams, Australian native Matt Thomas launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring his small supercar startup, JOSS, back to life. According to Motor Authority, Thomas founded JOSS in 1998 with a… Read More

August 22, 2014 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

So the Food Category on Kickstarter is not their biggest category by far.  In fact Food sits in 7th place with a below average success rate of a bit over 34%. The largest category on Kickstarter is games (both video and board games) representing about… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During the remaining hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Piano, Texas-based company Tinnus Enterprises raised $929,160 from 21,455 for its fun-for-all product, Bunch O Balloons. As previously reported, founder and father of eight, Josh Malone, took to the crowdfunding giant to raise only $10,000…. Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a day to go crowdfunding on Kickstarter, San Francisco-based Hello’s sleep-monitoring system, Sense, has raised $2,310,841 from over 18,500 backers. The device’s campaign launched on the crowdfunding giant last month and immediately caught so much attention due to its exciting features. As… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 6:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a highly addictive game to toy stores everywhere, Baltimore, MD-based Gnarwhal Studios has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Slap .45. The new card game is considered a “wild west slap duel” for three to seven players. Slap .45 capture the… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter was pretty amazing the equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder has rocketed through expectations.  PonoMusic, the vision of famed recording star Neil Young, took only 7 days to raise $6 million in equity.  On Kickstarter it took 35 days to… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Project Perception Neuoron: Motion Capture, VR and VFX quickly raised over half of their crowdfunding campaign goal on Kickstarter as the professional community recognized the potential for the project. It is the goal of creating company Noitom to turn motion capture into a common tool even… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking to others after an unfortunate budget situation, University of Connecticut second-year Ph.D. student, Sarah McAnulty, has decided to launch a new crowdfunding campaign for her studies of the Hawaiian bobtail squid. The nocturnal animal has developed a keen relationship with glowing bacteria known to… Read More

August 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Square Enix Collective and Kitfox Games are delighted to announce that Moon Hunters, the pixel-art mythology-building RPG, will begin crowdfunding on Kickstarter next Tuesday, August 26th. Square Enix Collective is a curated platform that enables creators to post ideas, and gamers to judge whether those ideas… Read More

August 19, 2014 @ 1:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just five days until OwnPhone’s crowdfunding campaign comes to an end on Kickstarter, the revolutionary wireless 3D earbuds has managed to raise $648,466 from nearly 3,000. Initially setting out to raise $250,000, the project reached its goal within the first few days. Crowdfund Insider previously reported that OwnPhones… Read More

August 18, 2014 @ 8:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few hours after its crowdfunding debut on Kickstarter, FŪZ Designs‘ Noke has raised over $64,500 from 660 backers. The device is described as the “world’s first” Bluetooth padlock that will keep your possessions easily and safely secured without any worries. Stating the importance of this new… Read More

August 18, 2014 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A few days after a very awkward phone interview with gaming website, Kotaku, Night Trap’s executive producer and Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign creator, Tom Zito took to his own blog to post his thoughts about his past conflict with Nintendo. As previously reported, when asked by backers… Read More

August 17, 2014 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring its stylish technology to wrists everywhere, New York-based company elemoon launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter earlier this week for its new self-titled technology bracelet. Not only does the device change colors to make any outfit, it alerts the person wearing it… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 8:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just saw the coolest Kickstarter project.. Mind. Officially. Blown. SmartThings will let you run your world by Smartphone. The above are some of the accolades piled upon SmartThings, a young company seeking capital and market approval just 2 years ago.  Crowdfunding out of Minneapolis, Minnesota,… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 4:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Thank you to everyone who emailed in their crowdfunding campaigns this past week.  We had a lot of emails with some really creative projects.  I expect things will pick up even more after Labor Day as everyone gets back into the swing of things after… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Blue Mountain State: The Movie – ran a widely popular crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  The project closed in May having raised over $1.9 million from about 24,000 supporters. Blue Mountain State is a fabled comedy television series that ran on Spike TV for three years…. Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based Scribble launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its self-titled pen. After immediately surpassing its initial goal and reaching $366,566 from 1,959 backers, the project was shut down. Now speculation has finally surfaced as to what really caused… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring another go-to appliance to the market, San Francisco-based company, Nomiku, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its self-titled sous vide. The device is a WiFi-connect sous vide immersion circulator brings top chefs and community into anyone’s kitchen. The new Nomiku is considered… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 9:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kickstarter’s first synthetic biology project, the Glowing Plant, which was launched April 2013 by Antony Evans, Fulbright Stanford post-doc fellow Omri Amirav-Drory, PhD and Kyle Taylor, PhD (from Stanford) has made the news again for its syncing with Y Combinator.  The Silicon Valley venture capital firm… Read More