Offerings

November 13, 2013 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Medical “tri-corder” device Scanadu raised $1,664,574 on Indiegogo this past July.  Their goal of raising $100,00 was crushed as 8523 backers rushed to support the medical device and their crowdfunding campaign.  Scanadu was Indigogo’s highest grossing campaign at that time. Now with a proven success… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 12:49 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Light Harmonic has done this crowdfunding thing before. Specifically, they completed a campaign to the tune of $303,000+ on Kickstarter in September of this year for the Geek Out, a digital-to-analog converter for laptops that aimed to pump up the tunes coming out of a… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 12:03 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

What did you do when Google killed Google Reader, much to the chagrin of many of the service’s fans? Jacob Cook declared war. Well, not literally. What he did do was begin to work on arkOS, a Linux-based operating system that aims to replace all-knowing… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

With only a few days left to go in this crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, LUCI, Advanced Lucid Dream Inducer was cancelled after having raised $363,302 on a goal of just $40,000.  Funds raised had reportedly broken the $400,000 mark but as allegations of fraud started… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Kamm & Sons raised £325,000 from 64 investors for 20% equity in the company back in 2012.  Crowdfund Insider originally covered this interesting crowdfunding campaign last December.  The offer incorporated a syndicate of investors which aided in the success.  The video below shares some insight… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 11:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine waving your hand over a certain spot on your car to unlock it, or high fiving a smartphone to share contact details. Sound ridiculous? It’s actually said to be possible now with an implantable NFC chip called the xNT, which is currently crowdfunding on… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Snagger Tool is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo, and although project creator and inventor Luke Geleynse has a long way to go if he hopes to hit his goal of $20,000, the tool looks really interesting and useful. Of course, Luke should know; he is… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Game developers crowdfunding their latest title should take note of an effort on the part of Reddit user Revisor007, who has been creating a weekly crowdfunding roundup every week for a few months now in /r/Games and /r/CrowdfundedGames. It could provide a nice opportunity for… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Initial Crowdfunding Goal was $50,000. Set 48 Stretch Goals. Mars Attacks launched their crowdfunding campaign back on October 4th.  Their first objective was to raise $50,000.  This goal was crushed within minutes of their launch.  Within 3 days the campaign stood at well over $200,000… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 8:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

JJ O’Brien is making apparel for a “life less ordinary” and he is self-crowdfunding his fascinating design using Crowdhoster by Crowdtilt. This former finance guy who has a Stanford MBA,  just wanted a cool costume for burning man (of course) and has turned this need… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Luevo’s vision is to discover and launch new independent fashion designers by helping them obtain pre-production orders.  The fashion-based crowdfunding platform, has now launched their site with Los Angeles-based designer Bri Seeley. Luevo allows consumers to discover and pre-order high quality, limited edition fashions before… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A petition has been launched on Care2.com in an effort to get Indiegogo to remove a controversial campaign for anti-rape underwear. The petition was launched by Care2 user Sue Lee. The associated Indiegogo campaign sparked controversy as many took issue with the insinuation that underwear… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently brought you the story of the creator of the Eventorbot, a 3d printer that raised big money on Kickstarter. The creator has had a lot of trouble delivering on rewards. A comment posted to an August backer update may be telling for project… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kim Thompson and Gary Groth started publishing comics under Fantagraphics Books since 1976. This year tragedy struck the group. Kim Thompson was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in four short months earlier this year, which forced the company to cancel or postpone 13 titles…. Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The creators of the Vybe smart bracelet have launched a campaign on Crowdhoster to secure preorders for their smartphone-paired bracelet. Their goal is $43,000, but the team has already amassed over $68,000 at the time of writing with 19 days left in the campaign. Vybe… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The solutions for crowdfunding initiatives grow more numerous by the day. One that is just hitting our radar is SendOwl, an e-commerce solution that UK indie developer Introversion Software has used in a crowdfunding effort for their new game, Prison Architect. The game has raised over… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 11:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Small HDMI screens are expensive. Native HD ones are astronomical. We want to drive the price down “Raspberry Pi” style. When Alex Eames of RasPi.tv wanted to solve a pain point for Raspberry Pi owners, he decided to turn to Kickstarter to seek funding for… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Kairos Transmedia, a media company that develops, distributes and aggregates content on ; The Director’s Cut, The Magazine, and Spillwall.com, a social media network platform, is crowdfunding on Fundable looking to raise $1 Million in equity.  Kairos recently just surpassed the one million customer mark in… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prodigy Network, Korman Communities and Shorewood Real Estate Group in $40 Million Redevelopment of 84 William Street in Lower Manhattan. A joint venture between Korman Communities, Shorewood Real Estate Group LLC and Prodigy Network has announced the acquisition of 84 William Street. “AKA Wall Street” will… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 11:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Scottish beer craftsmen at Brewdog Brewery are currently in the midst of a £4 million equity crowdfunding campaign, offering 3.6% equity in exchange for funding from the crowd. The brewery recently announced that they have raised £3.7 million of that and the campaign is on it’s… Read More