Offerings

January 16, 2014 @ 9:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

For every Pebble or Ouya there are hundreds of smaller Kickstarter projects that fight to be recognized and garner funding. One such campaign launched this week for Yes Man Watches, watches that aim to provide a reminder to relax. Yes Man isn’t used in the… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Belgium Based Equity Crowdfunding site MicroInvest Has Announced Successful Close 3X Initial Target. MyMicroInvest, the Belgian crowdfunding platform, announced that a total amount of €315,000 had been collected during the financing campaign supporting the creation of NewsMonkey, a Dutch-speaking news site. The funds that have been… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 11:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Star Citizen isn’t the only video-game-related crowdfunding campaign that is running in some state of perpetuity. The lesser-known but still successful Shroud of the Avatar has taken the same approach to funding, using the IgnitionDeck Wordpress plugin to facilitate pledges from the crowd. It has worked well… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 11:11 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Edit: two cards to rule them all. Coin aims to be the “one card to rule them all,” a credit-card-sized device that can store info from and act as any credit or debit card in the owner’s wallet. The associated crowdfunding campaign is still active… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Campaign Launched by Brad McQuaid’s Visionary Realms Games Studio. Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is crowdfunding on Kickstarter today and they have set a goal of raising $800,000 by February 22nd.  The much anticipated game and launch was leaked last… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

I take a profound numbers of photos. Like many of you, I have long since given up on the “point & shoot” cameras and I just cannot lug around a DSLR camera.  I take take really great images too (honest!).  My iPhone 5 does a… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ten crowdfunding campaigns. $1,420,000 in funding sought. Six weeks to go. One nonprofit with one goal: to put bike share stations all over Kansas City, Missouri. Civic crowdfunding platform Neighbor.ly is currently hosting ten crowdfunding campaigns that represent ten possible future locations for bike sharing… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 10:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Escapist : Jimquisition : Early Access The video above has resulted in a bit of a kerfuffle on the forums for Star Citizen. It features The Escapist video game review editor Jim Sterling going off about early access games, which are invariably linked to the… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 9:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

North Korea is known as the “hermit kingdom” in part for the regime’s general disdain for western culture. So, imagine my shock when I came across this music video from two Washington DC rappers shot in North Korea. How did they do it? It started… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 10:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The PowerUp 3.0 has officially crossed $1 million on Kickstarter, proving that any idea can raise massive amounts of money if the crowd sees it as worthy. Over 18,000 people have pitched into the project to date. This funding comes on a goal of only… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Food replacement drink Soylent which was originally rejected by Kickstarter and went on to become Crowdhoster’s very first crowdfunding offering raising over $1.7 million from more than 10,000 supporters, has delayed shipping by several weeks due to the need to alter some ingredients.  First shipments… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 11:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Pegasus Touch will eventually join the ranks of the Buccaneer, the Form 1 and other notable 3D printers to be fully-funded on Kickstarter. Full Spectrum Laser launched the campaign on December 31, 2013 and it took less than 24 hours for the campaign to… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The City of Portland wants solar energy and they are going to the crowd to raise the necessary funding.  After receiving grants in the amount of $100,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation’s Penstemon Fund, the city is looking to raise additional funding via contributions from area residents… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Interested accredited investors will have the opportunity to own a part of ByOwner.com.  The advertising site is seeking equity crowdfunding investors via AngelList to raise capital needed to advance its position as the safest online community to post free classified ads for over ninety categories of products and services. … Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tomorrow is a big day in the world of Kickstarter and video games. Double Fine Productions will release part one of Broken Age, the video game previously dubbed Double Fine Adventure. Haven’t shipped a game of my own in 4.5 years, an adventure game in 16, a… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Just in time for Valentines Day, the worlds first monument to love is crowdfunding now on Indiegogo.  Having raised over $20,000 in the first few days of their fixed funding campaign the global team wants to hit a minimum target of $175,000 to build their… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ever wish there were more hours in the day?  Yes that is a rhetorical question but it appears that Polish startup IntelClinic, and their founder Kamil Adamczyk, may have found a solution for this ongoing enigma.  The company has developed NeuroOn and they have just closed their… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

5th Most Funded Successful Campaign Ever on Indiegogo. Berlin, Germany based Panono has won many accolades during their crowdfunding campaign including a coolest gadget shout out and tons of press especially with their trip to CES 2014 this past week.  The hot tech device that… Read More

January 11, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Project Brings Brilliant Children Together to Focus on Education.  Seeks $75,000 in funding. Spotlighting some of the worlds most innovative young minds, ‘Magic Makers’ — a new pilot show has announced the start of its crowdfunding program through the beta platform Memeni. Created and hosted by social… Read More

January 11, 2014 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Kreyos Meteor Smartwatch, one of the top crowdfunding smartwatch campaigns to date having raised $1.5 million in August 2013, released a much anticipated video of their wearable tech during their stint at CES 2014.  Delivery of the Kreyos was delayed this past November but expectations… Read More