Tagged: kickstarter

July 10, 2014 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

July 10, 2014 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The Coolest Cooler crowdfunding campaign is funding now on Kickstarter.  The campaign blasted past the $50,000 target on day two of the campaign (the project launched on July 8th).  Today the project stands at over a whopping $533,000 supported by almost 3000 backers.  At this… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

California-based company Arkami, Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in February 2013 to raise funds for its innovative product myIDkey and raised close to $475,000 from over 3,900 backers by its closing on March 22, 2013. myIDkey is  is a voice-activated, fingerprint secure Bluetooth /… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to be a huge hit on Kickstarter, Zack Danger Brown’s “Potato Salad” crowdfunding campaign has surprisingly reached $59,618 from 4,839 backers within 6 days of its launch. As previously reported, the project struggled a bit after a lofty fundraising amounts tens of thousands of dollars… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 7:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New York-based company Electric Objects has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for its new computer that is made for art, EO1. The company originally decided to raise $25,000 and within 24 hours, it received well over $140,000 from 446 backers. The EO1 is… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 8:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding Campaign for Potato Salad Rockets to Over $40,000 – Only to Drop Back Down to a Still Incredible $27,000. Columbus, Ohio resident Zack Danger Brown certainly never expected this type of success when he launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds to… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zuvo Truth Site Launched Seeking Answers and Accountability on Failure to Deliver Promised Crowdfunding Rewards. Stratus by Zuvo Water ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that closed in March of 2013.  The goal of raising $50,000 was achieved, financed by 267 backers.  Zuvo –… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taiwan-based company mininch has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its brand new project, the Tool Pen. The campaign was launched last week with an initial funding goal of $7,000. According to the campaign’s page, the Tool Pen is a smart and versatile multi-tool… Read More

July 6, 2014 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a week after the launch of its twelfth Kickstarter campaign, CoolMiniorNot’s “Zombicide Season 3: Rue Morgue” has reached $1M from over 6,600 backers. The game is an installment of the popular series and has new zombies, survivors, mechanics, weapons, and even PvP rules! As… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Happy 4th of July to all of our readers in the United States.  Hopefully everyone is enjoying a fabulous summer weekend – something I intend to do myself in a bit.  The past week we have received a flood of really cool campaigns.  It has… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 7:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PS Audio’s Sprout is continuing to be a huge success on Kickstarter! The exciting new integrated amplifier not only surpassed its initial goal of $36,000 within one hour, it has managed to raise $291,102 from 640 backers. Sprout is described as the link between your music… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, it’s OVER! The “Bring Reading Rainbow For Every Child, Everywhere” campaign has finally reached the finish line on Kickstarter and raised a total of $5,408,816 from 105,857 backers! Just days before it reached the stretch goal, the campaign’s organizer and former host, Mr. Burton stated, “If… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creator of the highly addictive “Zombicide,” CoolMiniOrNot, has launched their twelfth crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for “Zombicide Season 3:Rue Morgue” on July 27th. After just four days, the campaign not only surpassed its original goal, but has scored well over $860,000 from 5,544… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to a close, “Reading Rainbow” has broken the all-time record of backers on the crowdfunding giant’s platform.  On Tuesday, the campaign reached over $4.8 million and has a total of 98,298 backers, which beats… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 6:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Switzerland-based Dacuda has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its invention, the PocketScan. Although the original funding goal was only $50,000, the campaign has raised $321,471 from 2,898 backers since its launch on June 16th. According to the campaign website, the PocketScan is considered… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow” crowdfunding campaign is now in the top five most successful Kickstarter projects of all time. The project is receiving the latest round of support from unexpected sources – the top four highest earning campaigns ever.  Pebble, OUYA, Pono and “Veronica Mars” announced that they… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

iFind was running a highly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter when the ban hammer slammed down.  Multiple commenters on the crowdfunding campaign page questioned the technology behind the device described as the  “next generation item locating tag”.  As most in the crowdfunding industry know, finder /… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ohio-based Momentum Labs LLC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter seeking funds for its new product, Moment Smartwatch. By attracting attention with its unique description, the Moment Smartwatch has raised $142,813 from 814 backers within the first three days. According to its campaign website, the Moment Smartwatch was… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Two tech campaigns, and one truly independent film, our part of  this weeks’  mailbox. First up is Discov3y Extruder “Do more than ever with your 3D printer”.  Now I must admit that there is so much press these days on 3D printers that you start… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 7:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to bring the most comfortable shoe to the market, Unbelievable Testing Laboratory has managed to raise $112,951 from 1648 backers during THE NINJA’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company originally set out to raise $15,000 for the new line, which is noted as “impossibly… Read More