Soylent Launches Crowdfunding Campaign On Crowdhoster Today

May 20, 2013 @ 9:47 pm By Charles Luzar |

Who’s hungry? Soylent is launching on Crowdhoster (a project by @crowdtilt) tomorrow! — Rob Rhinehart (@robrhinehart) May 20, 2013 It appears Rob Rhinehart has settled on Crowdhoster as the platform of choice for his crowdfunding campaign for Soylent. We wrote about Soylent in the past, a meal replacement drink that garnered both praise and criticism… Read More

Shopstarter Allows Preorders After A Crowdfunding Campaign

March 23, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar |

Shopstarter is an easy-to-use online platform that allows anyone to accept pre-orders for a product after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Shopstarter was created by co-founders Alex Kennberg and Brian Park, two ex-Googlers from Toronto. According to their web site, the pair have experience working on Gmail and Google Docs. As is so often the case… Read More

How Scout Alarm crowdfunded $160K — without Kickstarter or Indiegogo

March 11, 2013 @ 4:49 pm By VentureBeat |

Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you’re Scout Alarm … with none of that money going through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo. In fact, Scout Alarm crowdsourced that cash all on its own. The Scout Alarm is a $120 “next generation” alarm system that is designed for renters as well… Read More

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Crowdfunded Project Lumawake in Dire Need of $250K

February 28, 2013 @ 8:44 am By CFI Correspondent |

Lumawake, a widely covered crowdfunding project announced in a backers update that their project was in peril due to lack of funds. The universal Apple iPhone dock was widely hailed as a unique product with revolutionary design and incredible features. Originally the Lumawake team was turned away by crowdfunding trail blazer Kickstarter. Undeterred Lumawake… Read More

Read more in: Offerings, Strategy | Tagged apple, iOS, iphone, kickstarter, lumawake, selfstarter

White Label Crowdfunding Platforms

February 5, 2013 @ 7:00 am By CFI Correspondent |

As crowdfunding quickly evolves as an accepted form of financing for your business, project or whatever compels you – it is inevitable that alternatives to the Kickstarter / Indiegogo duopoly evolve. There is something to be said for being first, but over time, competitors will slowly appear. The current crowdfunding leaders are revolutionary and great…. Read More

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Want To Keep All Your Kickstarter Money? Use These Services Instead

February 1, 2013 @ 1:01 am By BusinessInsider |

The two big names in crowdfunding are Kickstarter and Indiegogo, but it turns out that you have plenty of other options that grant you a degree of control over your campaign that the bigger names don’t. The advantages here are huge – keep all the money you raise, tweak your page to look exactly the way you… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, General News | Tagged crowdhoster, mimoona, selfstarter

Crowdtilt’s latest product helps those who can’t code – crowdfund

Launch Your Own Crowdfunding Site Without Touching a Line of Code

January 30, 2013 @ 9:11 pm By VentureBeat |

Crowdfunding is as hot right now as English-Irish boy band One Direction and everybody wants a piece. Crowdtilt has released a new product called CrowdHoster that makes it easy to build a custom crowdfunding site without having to write any code. This popular Y Combinator startup provides an online place for friends to pool their… Read More

Selfstarter Crowdfunding Success Lumawake Hits Hurdle

January 11, 2013 @ 7:45 pm By CFI Correspondent |

Widely covered crowdfunding success Lumawake – dubbed the first docking station compatible with all iphones – recently indicated in their first backer update that they hit a hurdle. In contrast to the Kickstarter approach where funds committed are available for the project upon successfully attaining the stated goal, Lumawake decided to access the funds only… Read More

Failed Kickstarter “Light” Attempts SelfStarter Crowdfunding

December 23, 2012 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois |

Light by Moore’s Cloud launched a crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign earlier this year but failed to reach it’s goal. Attempting to raise $700,000 they only reached slightly over $275,000 funded by over 1900 backers. Light is described as; The Light that turns you on Fifty-two LEDs in two million colors add up to infinite possibilities of… Read More

Lumawake Nails Crowdfunding Goal

December 20, 2012 @ 10:27 pm By JD Alois |

Lumawake, an iPhone dock which was originally turned away by kickstarter, nailed there goal today. Earlier in the day, with on a couple hours left according to their site, they will still a couple thousand dollars shy of their $150,000 funding goal. But success waited to the final moments of the day to reach their… Read More

CYBER MONDAY: 10 Cool Products Being Crowdfunded Now

November 26, 2012 @ 6:00 am By Charles Luzar |

In the spirit of Cyber Monday, here are 10 crowdfunding campaigns that you can contribute to now to support innovative new products. Puzzlebox Orbit: Brain-Controlled Helicopter A toy helicopter you can control with your mind? A toy helicopter you can control with your mind! The Puzzlebox Orbit can be controlled from your smartphone, or you can… Read More

Lumawake Launches Crowdfunding Campaign, Could Light the Way for Product Designers

November 19, 2012 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar |

Today Lumawake launched their crowdfunding campaign to allow customers to reserve their revolutionary iPhone dock. Their approach may provide insight to how future product designers should consider approaching crowdfunding. Lumawake Features Lumawake is an iPhone dock that does much more than just charge your phone. It uses a passive infrared sensor (PIR) to detect movement… Read More

Crowdfunding Poised to Streamline Relief Donations After Major Disasters

November 5, 2012 @ 8:15 pm By Charles Luzar |

It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US. Dozens are dead. New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm. The FEMA trailers made famous in the wake of Hurricane Katrina could be on their way back… Read More

Hayduke Labs Offers White Label Crowdfunding Solution

October 16, 2012 @ 11:01 am By Charles Luzar |

Here come the developers. Hayduke Labs has announced an affordable white-label crowdfunding platform for accredited investors. Pricing stands between $1000-3500 for your own crowdfunding web site. Hayduke was started by Florida-based Ruby developer Mike Pence, who was an original team member at Kickstarter. From Hayduke Labs: We can build a crowdfunding site for… Read More

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Rejected by Kickstarter? ‘Roll your own’ with Selfstarter instead

October 13, 2012 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois |

There’s been no shortage of controversy surrounding Kickstarter this year as the crowdfunding platform has gained popularity, prompting the institution of new rules and belt-tightening measures in recent months. Now, however, there’s a brand-new alternative: Meet Selfstarter, an open source platform that lets anyone “roll their own” crowdfunding effort by simply forking its code. “Hardware… Read More

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