Tagged: ebike

August 28, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sondors Inc has listed its anticipated Reg A+ crowdfunding offer on StartEngine today. Crowdfund Insider reported in July that Sondors had filed the necessary paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell securities in both Sondors Inc. – the electric bike manufacturer and… Read More

May 5, 2016 @ 1:32 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Having surpassed its initial Indiegogo campaign by over $831K, Flux electric bikes has flexed its crowdfunding muscle in partnership .  With 24 days remaining on their extended campaign, over 1,241 backers have invested over $881,765 to easily surpass the electric bike’s initial campaign goal of $50,000 and their stretch… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the most controversial Indiegogo campaigns of the year has gone over to the other side. The Sondors eBike (né Storm eBike) is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter offering a “new design”ebike for just $499.  Launched just today, the project has already generated $65k on… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week Indiegogo’s 2nd largest crowdfunding campaign of all time announced it will shut down it’s In-Demand post campaign offer today and, if I had to guest, likely shift orders to its own site. Sondors eBike stands at $6.1 million in funding with just… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The second most funded crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo is reportedly shipping to backers meeting their aggressive schedule of delivering perks to early backers.  The Sondors eBike crowdfunding campaign became funded on April 2nd of this year and quickly shifted to Indiegogo’s InDemand program.  Today the… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Agency 2.0, the jilted firm that made it possible for the Sondors eBike to become the 2nd most funded campaign ever on Indiegogo, has just distributed legal documents to the media that share insightful details into the unseemly battle with Ivars Sondors.  In a brief missive… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Chris Olenik, founder of Agency 2.0 a well known marketing firm in the crowdfunding industry, has responded to the revelation that relationships have frayed between Storm Sondors and his firm. Agency 2.0 filed a “contractual fraud” lawsuit on April 9th and now Olenik has clarified… Read More

April 17, 2015 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Second Most Funded Campaign on Indiegogo Hit with Legal Challenge of “Contractual Fraud”. Last week in the Superior Court of California in Santa Monica, Agency 2.0 filed a contractual fraud suit against Pacific Storm, Inc, apparently the corporate entity behind the Sondors eBike crowdfunding campaign.  The listed… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Sondors’ eBike campaign on Indiegogo finally came to end. The project surfaced back in February (originally known as Storm eBike) and was originally seeking only $75,000. During its final days on the global crowdfunding platform, the eBikes successfully captured over $5 million, making it… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sondors eBike, the most affordable electric bicycle ever, will close its limited time Indiegogo campaign price of $649 on April 2, 2015 at 11:59 PM PT. This introductory price is 49 percent off the retail price of $1,299. People interested in purchasing the bike at half price… Read More

March 22, 2015 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a bit of an interesting strategy.  Efneo, a company based in Poland that is operated by a father / sons team, has created an aftermarket 3 speed front bicycle gearbox. The gears are enclosed so the hardware is pretty sleek looking. This is… Read More

February 28, 2015 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been a lot of coverage regarding electric bikes the past couple weeks with the launch, and associated controversy, of the Sondors (né Storm) ebike. Sondors has successfully fended off their critics and remains one of the most funded Indiegogo campaigns ever. But now we have another… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced its new insurance feature that gives backers ease of mind when it comes to campaign scams. The new feature provides a refund if backers do not receive the finished product within three months of its estimated delivery date…. Read More