Offerings

June 27, 2013 @ 12:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Startupland is a documentary series currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and it promises an intimate look at the roller coaster ride that is being an entrepreneur embedded in a startup accelerator. The documentary promises more than just interviews and footage from within the “war room.” That… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 11:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Poppy is an analog device that connects to the iPhone and turns the smartphone’s camera into a 3D-capable video recording and image capture device. The Poppy is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and the campaign has already reached a $40,000 goal. Poppy is the first device in… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 4:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Funding successful! The documentary was fully funded overnight and the project is a go. Kickstarted, the Kickstarter documentary crowdfunding on Kickstarter, is teetering on the edge of missing a funding goal with less than 24 hours left in the campaign. We first reported on… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 4:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: The Kickstarter campaign for A Hat In Time has surpassed all 9 of their listed stretch goals after raising over 7 times their original goal. The stretch goals mean that project creator Gears for Breakfast has committed to bringing the following to backers receiving… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 5:24 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

RAPIRO stands for RAspberri PI RObot, and is a low-cost robot that runs on open-source Arduino software. It’s already fully funded on Kickstarter, so manufacturing will be a go once the campaign ends. According to the campaign page, the robot makes use of 12 on-board… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Peloton is a firm based in New York City that has brought an innovative exercise bike to Kickstarter, and the product boasts an extremely impressive list of features. At Peloton, we love two things: technology and fitness.  We believe the fitness category has been under-served… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog Brewery which has launched a crowdfunded equity offering on their web site attempting to raise £4 Million in new equity has been reported to have raised £1 Million in the first 24 hours of the campaign.  The offering, titled “Equity for Punks” is scheduled… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 11:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Production problems have forced delays in delivery of the GameStick to backers of their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. The GameStick is a highly portable Android-powered gaming system that raised just short of $650,000 from over 5,500 backers after receiving press mentions from TNW, Engadget, VentureBeat and… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 10:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With a little over a week left in the campaign the “B” flying car is fully funded on Kickstarter, reaching and surpassing an £86,500 goal. We first reported on the B in May and highlighted the innovative design… A patent is pending for the design… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

With less than week left on this crowdfunding campaign, the organizers cancelled the Kickstarter project.  The company behind the effort, Stompy Bot Productions located in Canada, had set a target of $800,000 but stood at only $44,981 raised via 879 backers. In a posting on… Read More

June 23, 2013 @ 2:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Never Hungover is a mini beverage along the lines of the popular 5 Hour Energy, but this one isn’t used for a pick me up. It can be consumed during a night of drinking and the manufacturer says it aids in avoiding the effects of… Read More

June 23, 2013 @ 2:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Last month we featured the Kickstarter project for Armikrog in our roundup of 5 Kickstarter Projects Making Waves. From that article… Do you remember Earthworm Jim? It was a shooting game released on Sega Genesis in the 90′s and was a pretty huge success. Now the… Read More

June 21, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Kickstarter has issued a rare response to Casey Malone, the blogger that originally displayed outrage at the campaign and sparked a media firestorm around the world’s largest crowdfunding platform. This morning, material that a project creator posted on Reddit earlier this year was brought… Read More

June 21, 2013 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The ARKYD space telescope has surpassed their initial goal of  $1,000,000 crowdfunded on Kickstarter.  This occurred after the organizers had announced stretch goals with a final target of $2,000,000 raised.  The crowdfunding campaign still has 9 days left to go so raising another $1 Million,… Read More

June 21, 2013 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The ARKYD is a technologically advanced, orbiting space telescope that will be controlled by YOU, the crowd, through your pledges and community involvement! You can even direct your telescope time to non-profit science centers and universities for use in your communities! Just think about the… Read More

June 20, 2013 @ 11:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

With 8 days left in their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Bucaneer has sailed past the $1,000,000 Mark. The Buccaneer 3D printer, which is promising an affordable, easy-to-use home 3D printing solution, has attracted 2,559 backers to date.  According to the campaign organizers, only two other… Read More

June 20, 2013 @ 10:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Mission accomplished for Double Fine Productions. The campaign has crossed the $1 million mark. Congratulations to Brad Muir and everyone at Double Fine, and good luck as you work to finish the games and deliver the final product to your backers! Double Fine indeed! MASSIVE… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 4:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

For the vintage video game loves of the world, 8-Bit Lit has a Kickstarter project that is aimed directly at you. The company is currently accepting crowdfunding contributions for their Question Block Lamp, and it looks like it’s straight out of your favorite Mario Bros…. Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the ongoing disruptor seriers, Ouya founder and CEO Julie Urhman was featured on CNBC this morning to talk about the Ouya gaming console. Ouya is a Kickstarter superstar – having funded $8,596,474.00 and ranks as one the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Planetary Resources, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter for their ARKYD Telescope, has taken the first step towards making space accessible to everyone. Planetary Resources has turned to both crowdfunding and crowdsourcing, in partnership with Freelancer, to involve global communities in building, promoting and launching the first… Read More