Tagged: hardware

May 24, 2015 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

We all want to be able to charge our smartphones faster so when I saw the crowdfunding campaign for ChargeDoubler I thought this was a pretty cool campaign. The “original accelerator” claims up to 2X charging speeds for your iPhone or Android phone by allowing a… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

This one falls under the “Where are they now?” Category. Coin ran an incredibly successful pretail crowdfunding campaign in the Fall of 2013. It really made sense  then: a single card to replace all of your cards that a person typically lugs around in their… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With an increasing number of start-ups launching with crowdfunding platforms, eBay has turned into a logical “step two” for entrepreneurs like FluxMob’s cofounders who are looking to expand their product’s reach.  Alan Tran and his childhood friend Justin Zito swiftly raised $90,253 in initial funds for their tech… Read More

March 15, 2015 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, a crowdfunding project that promised to create your own virtual cloud based storage system – using your own hardware, successfully raised over $1.2 million crowdfunding on Kickstarter back in 2013. The funding goal was set at $69,000 – an amount that was topped in just 12… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Airtame, company that went from obscure Danish startup to crowdfunding hit, has closed a seed financing round for $1.4 million.  Lead investors included Danish investment firm SEED Capital and Libratone founder Tommy Andersen.  The new capital will be used to expedite a broad market release… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Pono Music player is the 4th most crowdfunded campaign on Kickstarter ever.  The project raised a respectable $6.2 million back in April of 2014.  Over 18,000 backers pitched in to support this product created by rockstar legend Neil Young.  Pono went on to raise… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

3Doodler 2.0, the reinvented model of the world’s first 3D printing pen, today became the first hardware product on Kickstarter to hit over $1 million in a second ‘sequel’ campaign. 3Doodler 2.0 smashed its Kickstarter goal on Thursday the 15th January, raising over $1 million in funding from the Kickstarter community in… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 7:14 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Given the speed at which Kraftwerk charges USB-enabled devices—within three seconds—perhaps it’s no surprise that Kraftwerk, the world’s smallest power generator, had more than 4,500 backers worldwide, collecting some $600,000, within days of launching its Kickstarter campaign. It was also chosen as a Kickstarter Staff… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter superstar and do everything ear-bud headphones, Bragi Dash, made an appearance at CES yesterday.  The CES Award winning wearable was not only there to touch and see as creator & CEO Nikolaj Hviid allowed someone to take a pair for a test run.  Engadget was… Read More

December 20, 2014 @ 11:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Del Marth LLC, the manufacturers of StoneTether, a new wireless tracking device, has experienced staggering success crowdfunding on  Kickstarter.  The campaign launched with a goal of  only $15,000 but closed over $366,000 as nearly 7000 backers helped to fund the project. As previously reported, StoneTether is a micro-device that… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tile, a small finder device that uses a crowdsourced network of users to help find lost items, has announced the availability of an App for Android devices.  Tile, one of the most successful self crowdfunding campaigns of all time, quickly launched on iOS but has… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

3D Printer Includes Scanner & Laser Engraver. Just when you thought the 3D printing craze had moved beyond crowdfunding and straight to retail, another really cool project comes along.  FLUX 3D printer is an “all in one” device that is crowdfunding on Kickstarter now and… Read More

November 23, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  COIN, a digital currency card that wowed the masses with a hugely popular pretail crowdfunding campaign that was partnered with a super cool pitch video, is now shipping beta cards to early backers.  In a tweet from the COIN twitter account the company verified… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the most challenging aspects of rewards based crowdfunding are the all too frequent delays in product deliver.  There is a blurry line where backers, frustrated by extended delays and potentially lost funds, assume fraud versus a struggling young company attempting to hit unrealistic… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Crowdfunding Platform Pozible Partners with China Government Office  to Connect Entrepreneurs with Capital, Manufacturing Support, Chinese Entity Setup and More. Pozible, an international crowdfunding platform based in Australia, has partnered with IDG Capital Partners and the Shanghai-Nanxiang government to award matching funds and other… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Plastc Claims Record First Week of Pretail Campaign Selling over $5.2 Million in Secure Digital Cards Plastc, creator of the digital wallet Plastc Card, has revealed the success of its preorder crowdfunding campaign. In the first week of launch, Plastc sold over $5.2 million of… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Oculus Rift is one of the most well known rewards crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The VR headset that is a gamers dream raised over $2.4 million on Kickstarter as thousands backed the campaign.  Oculus went on to raise many millions from VCs – only to… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

CircleUp co-founder and CEO Ryan Caldbeck crashed the CNBC Cash Crowd party to fund Nomad, a hardware company that is equity crowdfunding on the CircleUp platform.  He made his appearance after the “super panel” of investors had already gone through their brief funding routine deciding… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a platform providing an ecosystem for digital electronics, has announced that Hooke, a Brooklyn, NY-based audio innovation lab, has selected HWTrek Product Development Hub (PDH) to manage and monitor its project of the same name’s progress to mass production. Hooke, the first Bluetooth headphone… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 6:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Panono Quickly Jumps on Companisto. Easily Beats € 100,000 Minimum Raise in First Day. Panono has made the leap from Indiegogo hit to equity crowdfunding success. All within a matter of months.  Berlin, Germany based Panono raised $1.25 million in a rewards based campaign this past January… Read More