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August 17, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after the devastating announcement of Dez Cadena being diagnosed with throat cancer, a group of the rocker’s devoted fans launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help pay for his health expenses. The former Black Flag and Misfit member previously wrote:… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Misfit Shine is a wearable activity tracker that successfully raised funding on Indiegogo in early 2013.  The company went the crowdfunding route not for the money but for the marketing exposure for the sleek device.  The product closed its crowdfunding campaign with just shy of… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Misfit Shine, the popular activity tracker, raised over $840,000 on Indiegogo in 2013 – placing the campaign in the top ten campaigns on Indiegogo that year.  Pebble Watch raised over $10 million way back in 2012 on Kickstarter (the Jurassic period in rewards based crowdfunding) and… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Misfit Wearables CEO Sonny Vu recently spoke at Seattle Pacific University, and as a part of his visit he sat down and was interviewed about his experience in running Misfit Wearables. He shares revelations including the fact that Misfit had VC backing before they launched… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 9:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Misfit Wearables has raised $15.2 million in a round led by Horizons Ventures. According to an article in TechCrunch, all previous investors in Misfit Wearables also participated in the round. It’s a big vote of confidence for this emergent wearable tech company from Silicon Valley…. Read More

December 2, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Misfit Wearables launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in November of last year for the Misfit Shine, a wearable activity tracker that aimed to compete with other stalwarts in the space like offerings from Nike and Fitbit. The campaign raised over $800,000, which makes it… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 9:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Starting on October 27, 2013, the Misfit Shine will be available through Best Buy stores and at BestBuy.com. The crowdfunded activity tracker was previously available through Misfit Wearables’s web site and at Apple stores. The Shine will join an ever-growing list of crowdfunded hardware projects… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Indiegogo where the “Activity Tracker” hit its goal on first day of crowdfunding, Misfit Shine has announced official launch of device in the United States, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong. The activity tracker will also be in Apple Stores in Europe and Australia… Read More

May 25, 2013 @ 8:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Sonny Vu and the team at Misfit Wearables are not starting the holiday weekend on a strong note. Misfit Wearables spokesperson Sophia Ouyang posted the following message early Saturday morning… Big update guys: we have some good news and bad news. The good news is… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, which claims to be the leading provider of holistic banking solutions designed for small businesses and Heard, the financial back-office for therapists in private practice, announced a partnership in order “to provide business checking to mental health professionals.” COVID saw “a twenty percent rise… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 1:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Business Bank has published a list of 158 companies in which it holds equity following the Future Fund COVID support program. The Future Fund was established to backstop UK early-stage ventures that did not qualify for other COVID relief programs. The Future Fund… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marshall Hayner, CEO and founder of Metal Payments, and early Bitcoin adopter Erik Finman are launching a new investment fund, called Metal VC. The $1 million fund will mainly focus on micro and angel investments made in early-stage ventures involved in banking and decentralized finance (DeFi)…. Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mychal Simka, the writer and producer of 14 animated feature films to date including “Adventures of Bunny Bravo,”and Barry Katz, an Emmy and Grammy-nominated producer of over 100 specials, albums, documentaries, reality and scripted tv shows and films, have teamed up to launch a Reg CF… Read More

June 16, 2017 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Producer Mychal Simka and Executive Producer Bart Baker have recently launched a Reg CF campaign through Indiegogo/Microventure’s equity crowdfunding platform for the new animated feature films, Adventures of Bunny Bravo and Un Conejo de Huevos, which are films about a loveable misfit rabbit who journeys to… Read More

March 22, 2017 @ 5:07 pm By Timothy Li  |  

The first FinTech Fraud Summit 2017 hosted by E&Y and San Francisco Association of Certified Fraud Examiners took place on March 17th, 2017. Keynotes by Prosper’s President Ron Suber. Financial Technology, or Fintech,  has experienced what can only be described as explosive growth. Fintech is… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, announced on Monday its new social media photo contest. This event encourages users of the funding portal to show off their creative side. The Indiegogo team shared: “The Indiegogo community has come up with so many amazing ideas, and it’s been incredible to… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following an exciting few days at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Indiegogo team took to global crowdfunding platform’s blog and shared some details about the big event. The team stated: “CES 2016 has officially come to a close, and this year’s show was bigger and… Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Fig comes to an end, Double Fine’s highly anticipated video game Psychonauts 2 has successfully secured over $3.7 million from 23,600 backers. The original game follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin in his… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its crowdfunding campaign on Fig ends, Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 has successfully secured its initial $3.3 million target. According to the video game developer, The original game follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin in his quest to join… Read More

December 29, 2015 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one month after launching its crowdfunding campaign on Fig, Double Fine has officially captured its initial $3.3 million from over 18,000 backers for its new game, Psychonauts 2. The description of the new game reads: “The original game follows the story of a young psychic named… Read More