Tagged: indiegogo

July 6, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving musicians a new type of instrument to play, creators of the Apple MFi-certified smart piano, The ONE has teamed up with marketing agency, Agency 2.0, to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The ONE is self-dubbed as “the fastest and most affordable way to learn pop songs… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo comes to an end, UK-technology company Extreme Fliers has successfully raised over $1 million for its latest invention, the Micro Drone 3.0.  The first iteration of their product came out in 2007. This version is being launched… Read More

July 5, 2015 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently published an article about a worrying issue in the crowdfunding space: Crowdfunding campaigns that are not really innovative and new but simply re-packaged products already for sale elsewhere – typically on Alibaba.  Since all things tech are mostly manufactured in Asia – many… Read More

July 3, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after it launched its #ForEVERYGirl Indiegogo campaign, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington have successfully raised $310,000 thanks to over 6,500 backers. The Girl Scouts of Western Washington launched the initiative after a donor decided to take away the $100,000 they gave due to… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 12:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to gather more backers to the cause, Indiegogo revealed how much a campaign supporting Greece has raised since the country missed its €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) payment due to the International Monetary Fund. The famous crowdfunding platform shared: “The debt crisis in Greece has been all over the news… Read More

July 1, 2015 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rapid manufacturer Proto Labs has announced the addition of Andrew Erlick, Director of Hardware, Design and Technology at Indiegogo, to its Cool Idea! Award panel of judges. The award program, in its fifth year, was established to help product designers and engineers bring useful concepts… Read More

June 30, 2015 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Putting an end to a bad situation, the Girl Scouts of Western Washington launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise back the $100,000 a donor asked to be returned due to the organization welcoming transgender girls. While explaining details about the #ForEVERYGirl campaign, the organization… Read More

June 30, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In order to save Greece from its bad financial situation, a young Londoner named, Thom Feeney, has launched a nine-day crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise €1.6 billion so that the small country’s residents can be free of the crazy debt. Last week, the country missed its €1.6 billion ($1.8… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to open up about her career in a male-dominate industry, Indiegogo’s director of UK technology and design, Anastasia Emmanuel sat down with Marketing Magazine to weigh in on topics, including her presence in technology world and women’s workplace rights. During her interview, Emmanuel shared details… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, Indiegogo success film Batkid Begins debuted on the big screen to share the heroic story of six-year-old Miles Scott aka Batkid. Batkid Begins follows the events leading up to the day Batkid saved San Francisco and what happens when an event goes unintentionally viral. Ultimately,… Read More

June 26, 2015 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its Indiegogo campaign comes to an end, revamped UK game show Crystal Maze has successfully secured over £580,000 from 4,300 backers. As previously reported, the creators of the new campaign, Little Lion Entertainment, stated that the new game will bring the hype and fun that the original… Read More

June 24, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two days until its Indiegogo campaign comes to an end, military film Range 15 has successfully raised nearly $700,000 from over 5,900 backers. As previously reported, the creators, which are nine veterans, behind new movie took to the crowdfunding platform with a mission to raise $325,000 for the… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Weighing in on Taylor Swift’s recent move to convince Apple to start paying independent artists, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down with Squawk Alley to reveal his thoughts on the situation. Recently the country-gone-pop starlet revealed her thoughts about Apple and how she didn’t… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Indiegogo announced that it has created new and improved shipping perks for all campaigns. The global crowdfunding platform shared: “Indiegogo is a truly global platform – every week we distribute funds to campaigners in 70-100 countries. Campaigners can easily connect with contributors on… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 12:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Indiegogo, the crowdfunding website often overshadowed by bigger and better-known competitor Kickstarter, says its users have raised “significantly above” $500 million since its 2008 inception. That’s about a third of the amount that Kickstarter users have raised in roughly the same time period, reported Inc’s… Read More

June 22, 2015 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Same sex couple Kirk Shepard and Anthony Szabo are turning to crowdfunding with an Indiegogo campaign to help them achieve their dream of fatherhood. Married since 2013, the couple is committed to becoming parents of a child that is genetically theirs, and therefore must engage in the… Read More

June 20, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-technology company Extreme Fliers recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $75,000 for its new product, the Micro Drone 3.0. Extreme Fliers built the Micro Drone 3.0 to be nothing like any other drone. It combines expandable modular technology, sensor-assisted flying and a micro-gimbal for… Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Icontrol Networks, the company behind the most widely-distributed interactive security and home automation platform in the industry, announced a new wave of participants in OpenHome Labs. It also announced the Zen Thermostat, an inaugural OpenHome Labs participant, has successfully completed the program and is now OpenHome Certified – meaning it can work… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 7:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has been very forthright about it’s intent on entering into investment crowdfunding.  While the process may be similar to its rewards based platform today, investment crowdfunding is a highly regulated space where the SEC, and others, will always be on guard. Tomorrow, Title IV… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo success and wearable company Rufus Labs announced today the release of the Rufus Cuff EXO, a protective exoskeleton for the Rufus Cuff wrist communicator. Attaching the EXO to the Rufus Cuff body allows the wearable device to be water submersible, impact resistant and ruggedized for… Read More