Tagged: indiegogo

June 4, 2015 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping for another successful crowdfunding experience, Slovak startup, CulCharge launched a campaign on Indiegogo last week to raise $60,000 for its self-titled 3-in-1 keychain. Within only 31 hours, the project quickly gained its initial goal.  CulCharge is a small charger on a keychain that allows users… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perhaps the 3rd time is a charm. Blu Smartphone, a wearable, flexible phone concept out of Perth, Australia, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $600,000 AUD this past February. The idea of combining a watch and smartphone is not unique.  The design remains quite… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off its annual Geeks Doing Good crowdfunding efforts, Worldbuilders recently launched the 8-day campaign on Indiegogo to raise $35,000 for Heifer International, an organization that is seeking to put an end to poverty and hunger throughout the world. Worldbuilders, charity founded by author Pat Rothfuss, was… Read More

June 2, 2015 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoovy, a drone advertising company, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for its new device, the Advatar, a new type of drone aimed for advertising. The Advatar is described as a wind resistant, GPS equipped octocopter that can fly banners in… Read More

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

Last month, the creators behind new military film Range 15 took to crowdfunding giant Indiegogo with a mission to raise $325,000 for the upcoming picture’s production costs. Within three weeks, the initiative has secured its initial goal and is currently sitting at $310,000 thanks to over 4,200. Range 15 is… Read More

June 1, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canary, the company redefining the home security industry with an all-in-one security product, today announced the completion of $30M in Series B funding to further their mission of empowering people everywhere to connect with and protect their homes, families, and communities. The round was led… Read More

May 30, 2015 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in the 1980’s, consumers in North America as well as Scandinavia, parts of Europe and Japan rejoiced as sparkling flavored water, Clearly Canadian, hit the market and became a super popular beverage. The drink’s production ran for 22 years before it came to a screeching… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 4:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Indiegogo’s hardware category lead Kate Drane sat down with France’s startup blog Rude Baguette during Connected Conference to discuss crowdfunding success and the rise of equity crowdfunding. During her interview, Drane shared some advice on how project creators should form a community before campaign launch:… 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

May 29, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently we have had discussions with several people about a problematic issue with rewards based crowdfunding.  Some campaign creators may be finding products on Alibaba, repackaging them and launching crowdfunding campaigns posing as new creations.  Is this illegal?  Probably not. Is it wrong. Yes – definitely…. Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

People Power, creators of Presence, a award-winning mobile app that transforms unused smartphones and tablets into free Internet security cameras, launched its Indiegogo campaign earlier this week. Presence Security is said to combine industry-leading security technology with its powerful software app to not only protect user’s home from intruders, but also monitor… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following his unethical actions during the recent elections, UK voters have taken to Indiegogo to raise 60,000 to remove Alistair Carmichael from his position as Orkney and Shetland’s Member of Parliament. According to The Guardian, Carmichael admitted he was responsible for an election leak intended to discredit the… Read More

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

May 20, 2015 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has announced a new partnership with Wearable World, an incubator and accelerator for emerging hardware startups at the Wearable World Congress in San Francisco. As part of the new agreement, Indiegogo and Wearable World will organize a series of events and workshops throughout 2015. Wearable World… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to help musicians make their way to the spotlight, Indiegogo announced that Spotify is now supporting multiple music projects on its crowdfunding platform. Earlier this week, Indiegogo revealed: “As a global platform focused on bringing people together to make big things happen, our… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 10:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ostensibly hoping to become a low cost alternative, Avatar Airlines has launched a self-crowdfunding campaign at www.HelpAvatarFly.com. The funding project allows the public to give as much, or as little as they like, with donations ranging from $5 to $9,750 for perks.  If you want a T-Shirt though you will have… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, mobile phone app startup KIJINI, INC. debuted its Indiegogo campaign to finalize the development of its eponymous KIJINI, an iOS and Android program with a set of apps capable of deciphering the user’s voice to provide highly accurate information about critical aspects of… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Novalogy, a wearable tech company, unveiled AYO, an advanced, scientifically backed wearable device which uses clinically backed lighting technology to actively improve sleep, increase energy levels and minimize jet lag. In tandem with its U.S. debut at Wearable World Congress 2015, an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign has launched to… Read More

May 16, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

It is enlightening to go back and review some past crowdfunding campaigns that generated excitement, captured backer interest, and then unfortunately fail to deliver.  This happens all too frequently in rewards based crowdfunding. A highly marketed product with promising features turns to vapor as project… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 6:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fantem, a developer of products and solutions for the home, has successfully raised $1 million during its ongoing Indiegogo campaign for the smart home system, Oomi. Oomi offers users the ability to simply control and monitor their home’s lighting, ambiance, air quality, security, entertainment streaming… Read More