Tagged: california

Workout Enthusiasts Launch Indiegogo Campaign For Intelligent Yoga Mat; Hits Nears $75,000 First Day

Yoga lovers, you might want to check out this crowdfunding campaign. An Venice, California-based startup SmartMat has turned to Indiegogo to raise $110,000 for what’s been named the first ever intelligent yoga mat.  Just a few hours after its debut on the crowdfunding giant, the campaign… Read More

MoveYourMountain.org Continues Crowdfunding Efforts For California Fire Victims

MoveYourMountain.org is a crowdfunding organization that is currently responding to the devastation currently being caused by the California fires, especially the King Fire burning close to their main headquarters in Reno, NV. The fire has crossed into Placer County, CA and burned into the Tahoe… Read More

MIPOW PLAYBULB Candle Jumps Over $155,000 on Kickstarter

San Jose-based company, MIPOW USA, launched a Kickstarter campaign about two weeks ago for its project, the PLAYBULB candle. This new device not only offers an app, it wants to “liberate” the user’s imagination over colors. MIPOW USA stated, “We invented PLAYBULB candle simply because… Read More

Video Game Company Launches $97,000 Kickstarter Campaign to Bring The Addams Family Pinball Game

Setting out to bring an old fan favorite back to life, California-based company FarSight Studios debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to digitize The Addams Family pinball game on Friday (September 12th). FarSight Studios has over 20 years of experience developing video games for consoles, phones and… Read More

Slidebelt Nears $155,000 On Kickstarter for Awesome Survival Belt

El Dorado Hills-based company Slidebelts launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign earlier this summer with a mission to raise $60,000 for its all-in-one Survival Belt. The gear has drawn so much attention on the platform that it has reached nearly $155,000 from close to 1,700 backers…. Read More

Stone Brewing Company Ends Indiegogo Run at $2.5M; Breaks Record

Ending its run on Indiegogo on an exciting note, California-based Stone Brewing Company reached $2,532,211 from 13,979 backers. Not only did it surpass its initial $1M goal, the campaign managed to break the crowdfunding giant’s record for most contributions to any campaign in the platform’s… Read More

AnyMote Nears $50,000 Goal Less Than a Week on Kickstarter

Get ready to ditch ALL your other remote controllers. California-based company Color Tiger launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter earlier this week to raise $50,000 for the AnyMote. The device turns any smartphone into the next generation universal remote. It automates TVs, computers, sound systems… Read More

San Diego Owner Looks to Kickstarter After Devastating Brewery Fire

Last month, a devastating fire destroyed San Diego-based brewery Wet ‘N Reckless Brewing. Now the owner, Dave Hyndman, is seeking to raise $47,000 through a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. According to UT San Diego, Hyndman recorded an emotional plea about his brewery, asking for the funding… Read More

Stone Brewing Company Pushes Past $2M on Indiegogo

With less than a week and a half left crowdfunding on Indiegogo, California-based Stone Brewing Company has reached another huge milestone pushing past $2 million with the support of over 12,000 backers. The brewery’s flexible funding campaign was launched last month with an initial goal of $1… Read More

University of Cambridge Reveals More Students Are Turning to GoFundMe For School Funding

With back to school season officially underway, students from University of Cambridge in the UK have taken a different approach of getting funds for their education. According to the Cambridge News, A growing number of prospective students are trying the crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe to run… Read More

Stone Brewing Company Scores Over $1M on Indiegogo For Cross-Planetary Brewing

With a little over a week and a half until its crowdfunding campaign comes to an end on Indiegogo, California-based Stone Brewing Company has reached its initial $1M goal, thanks to 7,168 backers. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, the adult beverage company embarked on… Read More

Stone Brewing Company Jumps Over $230,000 in One Week of Crowdfunding

California-based Stone Brewing Company announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise a million dollars last week. Stone stated they want to be the first “craft brewer” Within the first seven days, the project has raised over $230,704 from more than 2200 backers.  The… Read More

InkCase Plus Leaps $150,000 First Day on Kickstarter

California-based OAXIS Inc. kicked off its Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday (July 15th) for its new device, InkCase Plus. The project was seeking to raise $100,000 and within 24 hours, it surpassed its goal and raised $152,673 from 976 backers. According to its campaign website, the… Read More

Harmony Gold Productions’ “Robotech Academy” Hits $100,000 During First Week

A week after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Harmony Gold Productions’ new project “Robotech Academy” has raised over $100,000 from close to 1,700 backers.  The entertainment company started the campaign to seek $500,000 to bring the animated series to television. In 1985,… Read More

Kickstarter Success myIDkey Loses Funding Before Product Ships to All Backers

California-based company Arkami, Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in February 2013 to raise funds for its innovative product myIDkey and raised close to $475,000 from over 3,900 backers by its closing on March 22, 2013. myIDkey is  is a voice-activated, fingerprint secure Bluetooth /… Read More

SLG Publishing Launches GoFundMe Campaign to Rebuild After Rough Times

California-based comic publisher SLG Publishing has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $85,000 in order to rebuild the company, after what the owner, Dan Vado, describes as “bad luck, bad economy and, yes, bad decisions. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the publication is… Read More

Brief: California Crowdfunding Bill Moves to Judiciary Committee

The bill that legalizes equity crowdfunding in the state of California continues to push forward.  On May 19th the proposed legislation passed the California Assembly unanimously and moved to the Senate.  This past Wednesday the bill was approved by the Senate Business Professional and Economic… Read More

Sher.ly’s Network-Attach Storage Device Surpasses Campaign Goal in One Week

Ready to bring a new type of network-attach storage (NAS) device to the market, California-based Sher.ly has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Sherlybox. It is a private and shareable cloud that sits right on the user’s desk. According to the campaign’s website, the Sherlybox is… Read More

Artist Georgia Jane Raised $100,000 on Crowdfunding Portal Your Music Company

“The time has come to reward the fans,” stated Yael Benamour, CEO of Your Music Company, a Los Angeles-based record label. Your Music Company is a state licensed crowdfunding music business website that is known to be revolutionizing the recording industry. This innovative record label… Read More

California Assembly Passes State Crowdfunding Exemption

The California assembly has passed their intrastate crowdfunding exemption.  The bill was passed unanimously on the assembly floor on Monday, May 19th.  According to the California Legislative information 75 representatives voted for the bill with 4 “no votes recorded”.  This success matches the reception the… Read More

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