Tagged: hardware

December 28, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After the launch of World ID 2.0 and the open sourcing of the Worldcoin iris recognition pipeline in mid December, World ID verifications are now “available in Singapore via the Orb, the project’s custom hardware device.” A full list of verification locations is available on… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SpotOn, the software and payments partner for restaurants, unveiled the new SpotOn Restaurant, which combines the restaurant point-of-sale software with a suite of proprietary, patent-pending hardware designed by SpotOn to flex to the unique needs of each restaurant. The new SpotOn Restaurant was “built for… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto security firm has shuffled its executive bench. In a blog post yesterday, Eric Larchevêque, Ledger Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, announced that the company’s President, Pascal Gauthier, has been bumped up to CEO. Larchevêque explained the transition: “With the ever-growing challenge of managing such a… Read More

June 26, 2017 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it has formed a new partnership with hardware tech hub, Central Research Lab (CRL). Crowdcube revealed that through the partnership its Equity Coaches will “plug into” CRL’s learning program, with hands-on workshops, venture labs, pitch events, and founder talks…. Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a cautionary tale not just for backers of ostensible promising hardware presales campaigns but for hardware creators with little to no experience on manufacturing and shipping hardware from Asia. GOKey, a rewards based project posted on Indiegogo in 2014, raised over $1.2 million… Read More

April 20, 2017 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Another credit card replacement company has died. Plastc, a company that raised more than $5 million in 2014 on a presales campaign, posted a backers update stating the company has exhausted all of its options to raise funding it needs to continue. Plastc said it… Read More

February 26, 2017 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Tiko 3D: Another crowdfunding fail, as backers money goes down the drain.” Tiko 3D is the second most-funded 3D printer on Kickstarter ever —the first being M3D who launched the Micro consumer 3D printer back in 2014.  M3D raised $3.4 million on Kickstarter from over 11,800… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Breathometer, the “world’s first smartphone breathalyzer”, raised $138,437 on Indiegogo back in 2013. The following year, Breathometer visited the studios of Shark Tank where founder Charles Michael Yim “blew the sharks out of the water.” He asked for a mere $250,000.  And what happened? All… Read More

January 21, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that some of its funded success films are heading to this year’s Sundance and Slamdance festivals. The funding portal shared: “We’re all about starting the New Year off right here at Indiegogo, and that’s just what we’ve been… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Usually we read about Reg CF / Reg D (506c) side by side investment crowdfunding campaigns but Daplie has taken a different path by launching a rewards based offer on Indiegogo while pitching a Reg CF securities offer on Wefunder. Both campaigns are performing pretty… Read More

June 26, 2016 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

In February of 2014, Munich-based Bragi Dash launched their rewards crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The concept was to create “smart” wireless headphones that combined a full set of features and technology currently unavailable in the retail market. The vision of founder Nikolaj Hviid, formerly Head… Read More

January 9, 2016 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nima by 6SensorLabs was fortunate enough to close CES on a rather positive note. The company was a finalist in the TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield 2016 and they triumphed over 3 impressive competitors. The victory was made just that much sweeter with a check of $50,000…. Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The long anticipated Bragi Dash and its creator Nikolaj Hviid are at CES once again. But this year they showed up with the production version of the Dash.  For backers of this product that supported Bragi on Kickstarter in early 2014, you are well versed… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Virtuix rocketed out of the gate on SeedInvest during its Test the Waters (TTW) campaign in preparation for a Regulation A+, mini-IPO type offer.  Virtuix, creator of the Omni motion – a device that puts the movement into the hot sector of virtual reality (for… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The 15 finalists for the 3rd Hardware Battlefield have been announced by TechCrunch. Submissions for the event began last fall and competitors hope to have a shot at a $50,000 prize. Of course, the real prize is the exposure in front of the gazillion of CES… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

With the Oculus Rift pre-orders commencing tomorrow (January 6th) the perfect compliment to the virtual reality headset, Virtuix, has listed a “Test the Waters” (TTW) campaign on SeedInvest in preparation for a min-IPO type offer which is open to all investors (not just accredited ones).  The… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

COIN, the “one card to replace them all”, has finally announced its 2.0 version – an improvement in technology that leapfrogs their 1.0 card. COIN ran a super successful pretail crowdfunding campaign by catching the imagination of people interested in leaving their credit/debit cards at… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 12:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Developed by music tech company Sunhouse, Sensory Percussion combines a hardware sensor that clamps to the side of drum with software to yield a new instrument that lets you control electronic sounds with your own drumsticks and drums. The device is now overfunding on Kickstarter after reaching its $80,000 goal, and… Read More

July 21, 2015 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Lima, tech hardware described as a DropBox Killer, is finally shipping to the backers of a crowdfunding campaign that closed in the fall of 2013 raising over $1.2 million. Lima was an ambitious project that struggled to achieve its claims of providing an integrated personal cloud… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding success Tile has received a capital infusion from Khosla Ventures in the amount of $3 million. The “Series A extension” comes at a time when the young company reports it has shipped over 2 million devices as it closes in on its 2nd anniversary…. Read More