Tagged: indiegogo

January 16, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the 2015 CES in Las Vegas, CEO of Indiegogo Slava Rubin sat down with Huffington Post’s tech editor Michael Rundle to discuss the differences between crowdfunding platforms and technology shows like CES. According to Huffington, CES 2015 features 20,000 product launches and 1.8… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dr. G. Patrick Flanagan’s InDemand NEO Neurophone Indiegogo has neared three quarters of a million dollars raised for research and development to bring ultrasonic brain stimulation wearable technology to the crowd. Within its first day, NEO’s crowdfunding campaign quickly surpassed its initial goal of $100,000… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The FitLinxx AmpStripTM, a heart rate and activity monitor revolutionizing athletes’ ability to make better training decisions and improve performance, is receiving prominent industry awards in recognition of the company’s innovation. Months before its official launch, Engadget, the International Consumer Electronic Show and Stuff Magazine have… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (January 12th),  former Brand President of Teva footwear and founder of the [GoPro] Mountain Games, Joel Heath, announced the launch of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the first product through his latest venture, FluidStance. The LEVEL by FluidStance aims to set the world in motion… Read More

January 10, 2015 @ 7:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, a crowdfunding campaign surfaced on Indiegogo for a kitten by the name of Pedro. The kitten was less than 12 weeks old when he was thrown out the window of a vehicle near Canada’s Gardiner Expressway. Due to the impact, Pedro broke all… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his duties at CES 2015, Indiegogo’s co-founder and CEO Slava Rubin sat down with Engadget to discuss the crowdfunding giant and funding method’s growth over the past few years. During the interview, Rubin stated, “Things are going well [with Indiegogo]. Just… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 10:03 am By Kevin Berg Grell  |  

“Let’s be clear… Reward- and investment-based crowdfunding are VERY different funding models. The underlying economics are simply too different to ignore, and we have to keep that in mind and be clear on what model we talk about when we discuss CROWDFUNDING.” A little while… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring the second generation of ZBoards to the market, San Fransisco entrepreneurs Ben Forman and Geoff Larson have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the ZBoard 2. Originally seeking $50,000 the product quickly surpassed its initial goal and raised over $94,000 in… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (January 7th), Indiegogo announced a strategic partnership with Amplifier, a full-service production company, enabling campaign owners to easily produce, package and ship perks including shirts, hats, mugs, stickers and other items used to reward contributors for their financial support. By simplifying the perk creation… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo is at International CES in full force this year. Kate Drane, Ben Bateman and CEO & co-founder Slava Rubin (and others) are making the rounds and checking out the many products that have raised funding on their global crowdfunding platform. Yesterday Slava hosted a… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has announced a new service called InDemand.  The service was originally called Forever Funding. In a growing recognition of the overlap between rewards based campaigns and “pretail” or “presales” type projects,  Indiegogo is further facilitating the transition from crowdfunding to e-commerce… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 12:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ringing in the new year with a 2014 reflection, crowdfunding giant Indiegogo has unveiled its own list of films that made a difference in the past 12 months. Including in the list are the following: LIFE ITSELF: Directed by “HOOP DREAMS” filmmaker, Steve James, LIFE ITSELF is about the… Read More

January 4, 2015 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has engaged in a bit of reflection for 2014 having publishes a series of posts on their site reviewing accomplishments for the past year. Indiegogo had more than a few highly successful campaigns for 2014 and produced several record breaking projects…. Read More

January 4, 2015 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

This past November Dawn Sole was named one of South Florida’s winning startups by the South Florida Business Journal.  Pluck N’File was described as the “Swiss Army Knife of the tweezer world. The multifaceted tool launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo seeking to raise $25,000… Read More

January 3, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Hong Kong-based Crazybaby launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for its levitating speaker system, Mars. Within the first week, the project raised its initial goal and continued to be a huge success on the global platform. Now, the startup has announced that it has extended… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alan Ellenberger and Claudio Gloor, the two young entrepreneurial partners in petTracer Ag, are starting the new year off on a very high note with the complete funding of the very successful Indiegogo campaign to bring the world’s first and only ultra-light GPS cat collar… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Batu Biologics wants to eradicate cancer, even in late stage cancer patients.  The company has developed a promising drug called ValloVax that leverages the bodies immune system to recognize the blood cells feeding tumors and cutting them off.  Basically starving cancer and saving the patient.  Earlier… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (December 30th), Massachusetts-based FitLinxx launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for its product, AmpStripTM. The new device is a heart rate and activity wearable revolutionizing athletes’ ability to make better training decisions and improve performance. Interested athletes, fitness enthusiasts and… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (December 30th), EHANG, makers of the Ghost Drone, announced the company has closed $10 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital.  Angel investors in the round are Xiaoping Xu and Nick Yang, two of China’s most successful entrepreneurs. PreAngel, a fund focused on early stage… Read More

December 27, 2014 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, filmmaker Steve James launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $150,000 for a new documentary dedicated to the life of movie critic Roger Ebert called Life Itself. The film is considered the first ever feature-length documentary on the life of Ebert and… Read More