Tagged: indiegogo

July 14, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (July 10), Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk announced another $1 million for creating a museum honoring the father of the electrical age. He joins the contributors from more than 86 countries who supported the initial campaign on Indiegogo. The donation from Musk was made on… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only a week until its Indiegogo campaign comes to a close, ProtonMail has raised $382,334 from 7,447 backers. This news is somewhat surprising due this week’s rumored XSS issues. On Wednesday (July 9), the ProtonMail team took to their blog to address a recent report… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 9:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few hours before the closing of its Indiegogo campaign, Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead”  reached its goal of raising $325,000 with the support of over 2,000 backers. As previously reported, the “Iron Man 3” star decided to launch the crowdfunding campaign for the feature film… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 7:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GestureLogic announced its Indiegogo campaign for LEO, an intelligent fitness wearable, has surpassed its $50,000 fundraising goal within 10 days of launching and now stands at $65,945. The only fitness wearable whose technology tracks biomedical fitness data, LEO helps people optimize their workout and reduce… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The “illicit online marketplace” known as the Silk Road captured headlines around the world.  Part of the dark web, Silk Road was known as the clandestine location for illegal drugs, hacking programs and much more. The site was shut down by the FBI back in… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Supporters of missing Malasyian Airlines Flight 370 crowdfunding campaign have another chance to help raise more funds for the project.  The campaign’s organizers have announced they have extended it for another 30 days. Sharing the news on the campaign’s update section, organizer Ethan Hunt wrote, “Today we have… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zuvo Truth Site Launched Seeking Answers and Accountability on Failure to Deliver Promised Crowdfunding Rewards. Stratus by Zuvo Water ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that closed in March of 2013.  The goal of raising $50,000 was achieved, financed by 267 backers.  Zuvo –… Read More

July 6, 2014 @ 5:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hitting the final stretch of its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, Rooster Teeth’s featured film “Lazer Team” stood at over  $2,365,958 from over 35,000 backers. The project first made headlines when it reached its initial goal of $650,000 within the first 24 hours. Not only was it… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo comes to an end, Tens, the real life photo filtering sunglasses, has now raised over £362,287 from 9,143 backers. As previously reported, Tens are sunglasses that lend an uplifting tint to the world beyond the… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The multipurpose device GOkey closed their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this past week after having raised $1,033,492 from 11,846 backers.  The flexible funding campaign launched with a goal of raising $40,000 – a paltry figure in contrast to their final number.  The $40k was raised… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 7:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based CreoPop announced on Thursday that its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has reached $100,000. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, CreoPop uses stereolithography and light-sensitive ink called photopolymers. While this has previously been used for professional applications within the 3D printing industry, CreoPop is the first application… Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 6:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Changing the way music lovers listen to their favorite artists, Geek Labs launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $38,000 for its product Geek Wave. The new device is described as a high performance music player that the user can take on-the-go and is… Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo has announced a new iPhone app for Canada. This is the first of what is expected to be a global roll out of mobile versions of its funding technology. According to the Globe and Mail, the global crowdfunding company stated Canada was chosen because… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few weeks, Indiegogo UK has been on-the-go thanks to its Go Crowdfund Britain campaign. As previously reported, this new initiative was launched on June 23rd and is seeking to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest inventions, brightest young businesses and… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, the exciting new Switzerland-based encrypted email service ProtonMail, which says it is “NSA-proof,” signed up 200,000 users for their service. It also launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and raised over 290,000. Unfortunately, the website is now experiencing complications with PayPal. On Monday, the ProtonMail… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Once you think about it – its quite obvious. The University of Hawaii has the highest cost in the nation for their collegiate sport teams.  While it may be great to lives someplace with blue skies and warm weather year round (not to mention great… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Challenging news for the supporters of missing Malasyian Airlines Flight 370 crowdfunding campaign. With only nine more days until it closes on platform Indiegogo, the campaign will more likely not meet its hoped for goal of raising $5 million. As previously reported, the passengers families… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is another interesting infographic that touches on the crowdfunding space.  The team at Degree Library have put together their own spin of the youngs and how they are doing by disrupting old businesses and creating new ones. Degree Library is a resource for students… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just five more days until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, New Matter’s MOD-t 3D printer has nearly $600,000 dollars from close to 3200 backers.  The project launched on the crowdfunding giant last month and raised $180,000 within the first day. As previously reported, co-founder… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

So rewards based crowdfunding has quickly become fertile ground for proving market viability of the next cool product while raising some cash.  There are more than a few companies that validated their product via Kickstarter or Indiegogo and then quickly were acquired or caught the… Read More