Tagged: indiegogo

January 28, 2014 @ 9:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo, a global crowdfunding platform, has announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding. The company was launched in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco.  The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)…. Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Digital-Life-Design (DLD14) conference took place last week in Munich, Germany.  DLD is self described as a “global network on innovation, digitization, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and influencers for crossover conversation and inspiration”. Over 150 speakers and 1000… Read More

January 26, 2014 @ 3:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunded films were everywhere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Kickstarter alone fielded 20 alumni and Indiegogo chipped in six more. A complete list of Kickstarter-and-Indiegogo-funded entries are available in the following articles… Sundance Film Festival Includes 20 Kickstarter Funded Films for 2014 Indiegogo at… Read More

January 26, 2014 @ 2:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Indiegogo has undoubtedly made a concerted effort to be a leader in the global rewards-based crowdfunding market. Whereas Kickstarter has been very measured and deliberate in choosing foreign markets to become active in, Indiegogo has strived to facilitate crowdfunding transactions in as many markets as… Read More

January 25, 2014 @ 6:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will take place this Sunday (January 25) featuring all of today’s favorite performers and then some.  Well as far as I am concerned – it is not the fact that Madonna will be performing live at the event but the… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Piper home security and automation device raised over $300,000 on Indiegogo closing in September of 2013.  Described as simple, elegant and powerful the well presented hardware captured significant interest as a comprehensive Wi-Fi-enabled all-in-one home device. Piper combined panoramic video, Z-Wave home automation and environmental sensors into… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 8:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Join Indiegogo’s Heads of Business Development and Growth Innvoation, Bret Harris and Amanda Hat, for an evening of crowdfunding know-how, community, pizza and drinks at the Impact HUB Seattle. We’ll be discussing crowdfunding tips and best practices based on our years of data. We will… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rewards-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has secured a film distribution deal in partnership with VHX and Yekra. The announcement was made in a recent post to Indiegogo’s blog. Through this new program, filmmakers running crowdfunding campaigns can now rely on Indiegogo to help facilitate a connection… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Snooperscope “night vision for your iPhone” just closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter this past December 25, 2013.  The project raised over £79,000 on a £40,000 goal.  Therefore I was a bit surprised to see the campaign pop up on competitor Indiegogo’s platform.  The pretail… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has been hosting a series of training sessions using Google Hangout.  These informative gatherings have been hosted by Indiegogo’s own John Trigonis who also is their film champion.  The next session scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22nd @ 12pm PST) is about campaign follow… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Airtame wireless HDMI has gone from obscure startup to Danish tech superstar in a matter of weeks.  Their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo was looking to raise $160,000 to fund their dream.  It closed yesterday at $1,268,148 becoming the 5th most funded, successful campaign on Indiegogo… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 1:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Worlds “first citizen science project to sequence the human micro biome” – uBiome – raised $351,000 on Indiegogo in one of the largest “citizen science” crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The campaign ran from November 16, 2012 to February 18, 2013 – closing almost one year ago…. Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The crowdfunding campaign to fund the Jamaican bobsled team so they can make it to the Winter Olympics in Sochi has now become the official olympic campaign.  The project on CrowdTilt has a new administrator – Devon Harris who represents the bobsled team. In a… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Wireless HDMI Device Stands at Over $1.1 Million in Final Hours of Campaign. As of this morning Copenhagen, Denmark based Airtame has raised $1,143,668 which is more than 7 times their initial crowdfunding goal of $160,000. Over 11,000 backers from more than 80 different countries… Read More

January 19, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Asteroid Dusted Watch Blasts Crowdfunding Goal. Crowdfunding on Indiegogo, “Passages” watch by Star Trek star William Shatner and partner Egard Watches closed on Indiegogo this past week having raised $681,721 on a goal of $75,000.  This represents a 900% beat of the original fundraising objective…. Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Happening this weekend is one of the hottest parties in the film industry.  The Sundance Film Festival has become synonymous with independent films.  Founded in 1978 by group of film industry innovators that included film legend, demigod Robert Redford, the event has turned into one… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 9:53 am By John Biggs  |  

I didn’t want to be a self-published author. Self published authors are nebbishy zeroes, secure in their own self-regard, quixotic in their efforts, shameless in their self-promotion. They are shambling ghosts of anger and resentment, ignored by the establishment and unappreciated by their peers. One… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

After receiving some stellar recognition at CES by winning the Last Gadget Standing competition and being an Awards Honoree for Innovations and Design.  Skulpt Aim ended their Indiegogo crowdfunding round by raising $384,509 – almost four times their stated goal.  This amount raised places Skulpt in the… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Just in time for Valentines Day, the worlds first monument to love is crowdfunding now on Indiegogo.  Having raised over $20,000 in the first few days of their fixed funding campaign the global team wants to hit a minimum target of $175,000 to build their… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

5th Most Funded Successful Campaign Ever on Indiegogo. Berlin, Germany based Panono has won many accolades during their crowdfunding campaign including a coolest gadget shout out and tons of press especially with their trip to CES 2014 this past week.  The hot tech device that… Read More