Tagged: indiegogo

December 3, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Misfit Shine is a wearable activity tracker that successfully raised funding on Indiegogo in early 2013.  The company went the crowdfunding route not for the money but for the marketing exposure for the sleek device.  The product closed its crowdfunding campaign with just shy of… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to revamp a 1980 game console and bring it to the market, famed English entrepreneur and inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair, has teamed up with Retro Computers Ltd. to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise £100,000 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega. Within… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Philips North America today announced VoiceItt, developer of the voice recognition software TalkItt, as the grand prize winner of the second annual Philips Innovation Fellows competition, in partnership with global web-based crowd funding site Indiegogo, recognizing the company and technology as the next meaningful innovation in health and… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (November 30th), UK-based company, Desolenator launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help bring an end to the world water crisis by providing sustainable, pure drinking water to up to a billion people without a clean water source. The company has developed a… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With crowdfunding scams continuing to be on the rise, global giant Indiegogo announced it is offering an optional insurance free that will help ease backer worries for future projects. According to TechCrunch, Indiegogo’s new feature will provide a refund if backers do not receive the… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Canadian singer, songwriter and author, Jann Arden launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for her new device called, the Arden Collar and Bracelet. The collar and bracelet serves as a halo to help protect loved one from harm by tracking them at… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amy Berg, the filmmaker behind the 2012 documentary West of Memphis, has teamed up with actor Nate Parker and writer-director Matthew Cooke to create a new documentary called AMERICAN RACE. The film about the “black male crisis,” and  is to focus on the death of Ferguson’s Michael Brown,… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Like Spotify is to songs or Netflix is to movies, Apollo-M gives the 300+ million musicians and music teachers worldwide unlimited access to a massive library of quality graded music lessons covering all popular instruments, genres, styles and age-groups in an easy-to-use app. On Monday… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Black Friday is not known for being stress-free, but this year shoppers at El Paseo Village, California will have the unique opportunity to have a few moments of calm during the hustle-and-bustle of the day. Good Dog! Autism Companions Orbit and Huckleberry, along with founders Rick… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, announced on Wednesday (November 26th) it will be offering “barking mad” savings with the inclusion of PetziConnect in its first ever Cyber Monday consumer sale. The startup, which allows pet parents to see video, speak audio, snap take pictures and videos of,… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 6:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Panono has successfully made the leap from Indiegogo hit to equity crowdfunding success on Campanisto, securing over € 626,280 with the confidence of over 870 investors. The Berlin, Germany-based Panono raised $1.25 million in a rewards based campaign this past January and remains one of Indiegogo’s top funded campaigns… Read More

November 25, 2014 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cubic Robotics, an international team led by CEO Yury Burov, launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on Saturday (November 22nd) to finance production of its cutting-edge artificial intelligence device, Cubic, with a goal of reaching $100,000. Since its debut, the project has raised nearly $34,000 from close to 180 backers…. Read More

November 25, 2014 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Sonim Technologies, Inc. announced today (November 25th) the start of the Limited Edition Sonim XP7 Extreme™ Android Smartphone crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The rewards-based program targets active-sports enthusiasts who need a smartphone that meets their demanding lifestyle and can stand up to the most rigorous conditions that they… Read More

November 24, 2014 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

iHear Medical, Inc. announced on Monday (November 24th) the expansion of its third round of financing to $5M.The participants in this round included Brother Industries (Japan) and Ameritas Holding Company. The C-round was led earlier by Lighthouse Capital, a Shanghai-based venture capital firm with a… Read More

November 22, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, creator of the infamous tor hardware router anonabox, August Germar, turned to Indiegogo to raise funds for the project after dealing with some drama (and suspension) on the platform’s competitor Kickstarter. While it had a great start on Indiegogo, and even raised its… Read More

November 22, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday (November 21st), co-founder and chief development officer of Indiegogo, Danae Ringelmann sat down with Bloomberg West to discuss users of the platform and the idea of crowdfunding for social good. During her interview, Ringlemann stated, “We’re seeing a broad spectrum, we’re seeing social entrepreneurs,… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just two days into its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, already famous, Jolla Tablet, has continued to be a huge success and has reached $1,089,378 from 6,848 backers. As previously reported, the Jolla Tablet’s Sailfish OS is declared as an operating system that no one has ever experienced. It… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday morning (November 19th), Finland-based, Jolla, launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise $380,000 for its new self-titled tablet. The unique tablet has been dubbed by the company as the world’s “first crowdsource tablet” to surface. Within only hours of its debut on the… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

New York City-based Outernet, known as the “Humanity’s Public Library,” launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last week to raise $200,000 for its new product, the Lantern. Within only five days, the project surpassed its initial goal and is currently standing at nearly $219,000. According… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The upcoming feature film, The Bridge, brings together a cast of iconic rock musicians, some of whom will make their film debut: Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Al Jourgensen of Ministry, Joey Santiago of the Pixies, Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister, Tiny Biuso of Doyle (Ex-Misfit) / TSOL , Ricky Warwick of Black Star Riders/Thin Lizzy and Sin Quirin of Ministry. Director/writer Bobby Field, with producers Denise Bohdan and Jason… Read More