Tagged: kickstarter

June 18, 2014 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the work he has done for both of the UK’s video game and computer industries,  founder of developer Frontier David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birth Honors List. OBE stands for honor officer for the Order of the British Empire. It… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The search for small, wireless headphones is over! Sweden-based Earin earbuds launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last week. Within a week, the campaign surpassed its initial goal of £179,000 and raised £415,687 from 3,818. Earin’s nearly invisible earbuds function as one Bluetooth headset. There’s… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a little over 24 hours until the closing of its crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter, PLX Devices’ Legion Meter has raised $409,852 from 8,072 backers. The campaign launched last month with a goal of only $10,000 and quickly gained popularity on the crowdfunding giant’s platform… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

June 17, 2014 @ 8:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards based crowdfunding giant Kickstarter crossed the one billion mark today for “successful” funds raised. These are pledges for campaigns that have hit their goals and the funds have been collected by the project creators.  Kickstarter announced earlier this year having surpassed $1 billion in… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is something that doesn’t happen to often. The MBLOK campaign on Kickstarter hit their $120,00 CAD crowdfunding goal last Thursday, June 12th – only to see backers abandon the project as questions arose to the viability of the device. MBLOK, a hardware device we… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for Consumer Physics’ SCiO fans! Its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter raised $2,762,571 from 12,958 backers. Last week the company announced that it had reached $2.1 million and is now considered in the top 25 most funded campaigns ever on Kickstarter. Consumer Physics, an OurCrowd portfolio company,… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GIROPTIC today announced that the Kickstarter campaign for 360cam, its innovative 360º, high-definition camera, has raised more than $1,000,000 in less than 30 days and from more than 3,000 backers. After reaching its initial goal of $150,000 in the first 24 hours, the 360cam is… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 9:44 am By Tessa MacDougall  |  

Large companies operate differently than startups and entrepreneurs, but can still use the same tool – crowdfunding. There is a global push towards Corporate Social Responsibility and creating shared value, which has been embraced by many companies like Cisco, Nestle, and Intel (to name a… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Before we jump into this week’s crowdfunding campaigns I would like to point out that Kickstarter is on the cusp of hurdling past the $1 billion mark for total funds “successfully” raised. This is a pretty awesome accomplishment.  Think about it – only a few… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It seems, every year, kids young and old run to the store to find something special for their dads, but end up just giving him a tie or a sports-related item. This has even turned into a ritual of unfortunate and painful gift giving. Here… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform that has become synonymous with the term crowdfunding, is fast approaching another milestone in their ongoing march to fund creative projects.  While the portal just surpassed the billion dollar mark in total pledges this past March – the service is just… Read More

June 11, 2014 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Print and online stalwart the Guardian has partnered up with global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter as part of a push to boost the world of journalism.  The media industry has obviously experienced gobs of change over the past decade as print, as well as other types… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after the closing of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Harmonix announced over the weekend its already hard at work on the new version of the game “Amplitude,” which is set to hit PS3 and PS4 in March 2015. Art director and project… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter has launched a brand new “Creator Handbook” to help more entrepreneurs successfully hit their campaign goals. On Monday (June 9), the crowdfunding giant announced the new tip and tricks handbook that offers advice on campaigns, including what sort of rewards should be offered to… Read More

June 8, 2014 @ 9:27 pm By Kendall Almerico  |  

Kickstarter recently announced major changes to the way they approve campaigns on their site. The first change is a creation of a “Launch Now” button where a project, if it successfully passes through an algorithm, can be immediately posted on the site. This removes the… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

After a busy week hearing all about the future of wearable tech at Glazed, I am all geeked up about the  huge power of crowdfunding and how the hardware space is being transformed by the crowd.  Definitely a forthcoming article on this revolutionary shift that… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 4:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter maintains a page on their site listing prohibited items from their platform.  Apparently they recently tightened up their restrictions on health devices, apps etc.  As pointed out by MobiHealthNews, Kickstarter now prohibits anything that is “heavily regulated”.  Think health – FDA etc.   Below… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over week since the launch of his crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, LeVar Burton’s “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere” project has surpassed its original $1M goal and is now seeking $5M. Not only has it continued to be successful, the… Read More

May 31, 2014 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Four campaigns this week’s mailbox.  We have had a good number of email submissions these past few days – keep them coming. A suggestion for campaign creators – if you are emailing about campaigns that have not yet launched – please send a follow-up email… Read More