Tagged: indiegogo

June 27, 2014 @ 8:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo has made it no secret they are sizing up the equity crowdfunding market in contrast to their main competitor Kickstarter who has publicly stated they will not go down the equity path.  Indiegogo co-founder Danae Ringelmann recently shared her thoughts about the funding option… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Misfit Shine, the popular activity tracker, raised over $840,000 on Indiegogo in 2013 – placing the campaign in the top ten campaigns on Indiegogo that year.  Pebble Watch raised over $10 million way back in 2012 on Kickstarter (the Jurassic period in rewards based crowdfunding) and… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Every day, entrepreneurs have turned to crowdfunding to fund their new business or product and are given two types of options for the campaign, all-or-nothing and flexible funding, also known as keep-it-all. Both possess great perks, but the key question for each campaign would be… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Journalism Crowdfunding Campaign Finds Success on Indiegogo. There have been more than a few crowdfunding campaigns launched in support of independent journalism and frankly many have failed but this one out of Canada just closed and beat their goal on Indiegogo. As most people know,… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to draw more attention to its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Rooster Teeth announced the “Lazer Team” project has had a ton of success within the last couple days. Over the weekend, the Rooster Teeth crew took to their website for a special live-stream event… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

As a proposition manager for Symbid, we’ve recently ran an amazingly successful campaign called “Kidswatcher”. After his little niece went missing in a ski resort, Eric Recter had an idea: develop an App for parents in combination with a digital watch for their children so… Read More

June 22, 2014 @ 6:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a month after its launch, Switzerland-based encrypted email service ProtonMail, which says it is “NSA-proof,” has signed up 200,000 users for their service. Not only has its platform has been successful, its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has already surpassed its $160,000 goal within three… Read More

June 21, 2014 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ah, sweet summertime! June 21st is the initial first day of the Summer and what better way to celebrate the warm season than sharing some fun-in-the-sun crowdfunding projects? Looking for a pair of shorts to take rock on the beach or a new pair of… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GOkey, the multi-purpose electronic keychain accessory, has extended its Indiegogo campaign in order to reach their newly instituted stretch goals. Potential backers now have until July 3rd to back the new multi-function keychain accessory that acts as a portable battery charger for mobile devices, flash drive,… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 8:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Successful Solar Roadways’ crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has just a few hours left until it closes, the campaign has raised over $2.1 million from more than 47,000 supporters. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, the fascinating project launched the campaign to raise $1,000,000 to replace the… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo got to take a trip to Washington, DC too – to recognize the revolution in creative types designing and making things most of us could never imagine.  Yes it was a bit of a crowdfunding love-in, as both platforms (along with a few others)… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo UK Marketing and Community Manager Anastasia Emmanuel chats up their just announced Go Crowdfund Britain campaign.  Indiegogo recently raised about $40 million in a new funding round and then followed that up with more big name investors like Sir Richard Branson.  With a solid war… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

“Go Crowdfund Britain” Seeks to Raise £1 million from UK Crowdfunding Projects. Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo will launch their inaugural “Go Crowdfund Britain” initiative on 23rd June 2014. “Go Crowdfund Britain” is a drive to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CreoPop announced on Tuesday the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo on Tuesday for its 3D pen. Unlike typical 3D Printers that use hot parts or melting plastic, the CreoPop pen uses a cool ink, making it extremely unique. Setting out to raise only $40,000, CreoPop  received… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s been a little over a week since the missing Flight MH370 passengers’ families launched their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, but unfortunately it is off to a very rocky start. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th…. Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Indiegogo announces the appointment of Victor Kovalev, former Director of Engineering at Yelp, as Vice President of Engineering to lead the company’s web and mobile advancements. The addition of Kovalev rounds out a talented leadership team that will oversee Indiegogo’s push for global domination… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 9:44 am By Tessa MacDougall  |  

Large companies operate differently than startups and entrepreneurs, but can still use the same tool – crowdfunding. There is a global push towards Corporate Social Responsibility and creating shared value, which has been embraced by many companies like Cisco, Nestle, and Intel (to name a… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

This crowdfunding campaign closed on June 5th.  The original goal was to raise $45,000 but it appears market demand far outstripped that number as it raised over $280,000 on Indiegogo.  And what was this successful product?  The Autoblow 2 for men. Brian Sloan went to… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It seems, every year, kids young and old run to the store to find something special for their dads, but end up just giving him a tie or a sports-related item. This has even turned into a ritual of unfortunate and painful gift giving. Here… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 6:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earhoox, a product that offers a solution for loose and uncomfortable earbuds, will now be located in over 500 Best Buy locations nationwide. 

The product originally ran a small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that failed to hit its goal but the campaign helped raise awareness… Read More