Offerings

March 29, 2013 @ 8:55 am By Joystiq  |  

Stompy Bot Productions and Mektek Studios’ Heavy Gear Assault, being shown at GDC and revealed yesterday as an Unreal Engine 4 game, will launch its Kickstarter in two weeks. The companies are shooting for $800,000, planning the game for PC, Mac and Linux. The game will be free-to-play, but… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 7:39 pm By John Biggs  |  

Austin-based Moniker Guitars is running a Kickstarter campaign to create a line of semi-hollow-body guitars for discerning git-fiddlists. The company will offer their first guitars for a $700 pledge, not bad for a hand-made guitar from rockabilly city. The company is looking for $50,000 to start and… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online clothing retailer Everlane has announced they are now shipping up North to Canada after their successful hybrid crowdfunding campaign.  Everlane had launched a strategic crowdfunding campaign not only to raise funds via a rewards based program, but to also gage interest in expanding their… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 8:44 am By Steve O'Hear  |  

Another established hardware startup is turning to Kickstarter to help fund its next wares. This time it’s the turn of Click & Grow, maker of the smart garden that lets you grow a plant indoors with little or no intervention. After selling over 50,000 units of its first… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 4:39 pm By GizMag  |  

After looking into the pros and cons of nine methods of electricity production (including coal, geothermal, biomass, and solar), a group of 9 and 10 year-olds from Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina decided that their classroom should be powered using only… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 9:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Flint and Tinder became famous in 2012 for raising $300,000 to change how men buy underwear in the US. Founder Jake Bronstein noticed that most of the product available on store shelves was made overseas and left a lot to be desired in the quality department…. Read More

March 26, 2013 @ 5:09 pm By James Orry  |  

$665,000 needed to fund The Big Blue, a new game from the team that created Ecco. The Big Blue, a new aquatic action adventure game from the team that created Ecco the Dolphin, has launched on Kickstarter and is seeking $665,000 in funding. The game… Read More

March 26, 2013 @ 5:05 pm By Jason Evangelho  |  

When we think about Google‘s Android OS, traditional home PCs are probably the last item in that thought process. San Mateo,California-based ZeroDesktop, Inc. (headed up by eMachines co-founder Young Song) are out to alter our perceptions of what a family computer can be with the $99… Read More

March 26, 2013 @ 11:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Original Grain is getting ready to close a monster $300,000-plus Kickstarter campaign for their wood-accented watches. I wanted to catch up with the Original Grain team and find out how hitting 30 times your original crowdfunding goal may change the rules in the middle of… Read More

March 26, 2013 @ 11:16 am By Kevin Fitzpatrick  |  

Only twelve days into its thirty-day campaign and the ‘Veronica Mars’ Kickstarter movie project has nearly doubled its projected goal, creating a high benchmark for the next TV series to attempt funding from a crowd-sourcing campaign. While a number of TV creators and stars have proposed Kickstarter… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 7:10 am By TheEnergyCollective  |  

Here’s a small story to warm the heart, via Clean Technica: At the start of March, a group of fourth graders from Central Park School in Durham, North Carolina — along with their teacher, Aaron Sebens — set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $800… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 4:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Millions of people in Africa suffer in pain from terminal illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer with too few medical workers trained in palliative care and pain management to care for them. FHSSA has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for up to five… Read More

March 22, 2013 @ 5:32 am By Patch  |  

Clayton and Maplewood businesses have discovered crowdfunding—fundraising that utilizes public support rather than traditional investors—and are making it work to their advantage. The tactic is generally used by artists and community groups to raise funds for new projects. This month fans of the canceled show Veronica Mars raised… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 9:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: No more Kickstarter… see what platform Soylent launches on here Rob Rhinehart recently set out to replace all of his meals with a beverage that delivered everything his body needed to survive and thrive. His now-famous blog post has gone viral, with follow-ups appearing… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 11:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced another crowdfunding success on their equity portal this past week.  Ovivo mobile communications offered a 12.5% stake in the company for £150,000.  This round of fundraising captured 70 investors with a significant chunk being invested in the final few days of… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 3:51 am By Slate  |  

It took three days for Veronica Mars to change the way movies are made. Or maybe it didn’t. As the Kickstarter for the Veronica Mars Movie Project sailed past its $2 million goal in a scant 10 hours—as I write, the budget is at $3.3 million and counting—bereft fans of Terriers, Chuck,Pushing Daisies,… Read More

March 14, 2013 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

We reported yesterday on the incredible success of the Veronica Mills film on Kickstarter.  As of today the crowdfunding project has raised over $3,000,000 from well over 48,000 supporters.  Wow. In a comment on their project page they note: We were the fastest Kickstarter project… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 11:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Richard Garriott, the award winning designer and creator of the Ultima franchise, makes his triumphant return to the genre that earned him a place in the Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Shroud of the Avatar is the first installment of Richard’s new… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Equity Crowdfunding site CrowdCube powered the funding effort for inSpiral to achieve their goal of £250,000 in just 16 days.  The effort was supported by 120 investors with the last £100,000 raised in just 24 hours.  This latest round of Crowdfunding pushes CrowdCube to over £5.5 Million… Read More

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… Read More