Tagged: indiegogo

March 2, 2017 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A little over a week after opening its taphouse in the Columbus, Ohio area, UK-based brewery BrewDog has launched a reward-based crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise a minimum of $75,000 for its Doghouse Craft Beer Hotel and Sour Beer Facility. The brewing company has raised over… Read More

February 22, 2017 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly two months after announcing to Indiegogo backers they were continuing the editing process, director of Super Troopers 2, Jay Chandrasekhar along with castmate Kevin Heffernan, announced the movie is officially been screened by their friends and family. As previously reported, film studio Broken Lizard sought to… Read More

February 20, 2017 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo introduced new payment options for its crowdfunding platform that will make it easier for backers to receive the support they needed. The funding portal revealed that, through its partnership with credit card vendor Stripe, it has begun to roll out Stripe payments… Read More

February 16, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) have joined together to help launch the next big thing in the Internet of Things (IoT).  Qualified entrepreneurs will now have access to IBM’s Watson platform, Arrow Electronics production service and Indiegogo’s crowdfunding platform to bring new IoT… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Texas Zebo completed its crowdfunding round on Indiegogo’s equity platform. The Texas-based restaurant notably manages two restaurant concepts, Halcyon Coffee + Bar + Lounge and Stella Public House According to Texas Zebo, the Halcyon concept combines the comfort and convenience of a coffeehouse… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with a mission to raise $6,500 for his new music video, which he will be directing alongside with film student Josh Ovalle. The music video’s description reads: “A Western of sorts set in modern… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 10:50 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Crowdfund Insider interviewed Jake Fisher to discuss his new startup, Crowdfund Research, which launched earlier this month. What can you find on their page? “Our mission is to provide crowdfunding investors with the same level of research a VC fund would perform. We do this by… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ira Steven Behr, the showrunner for the hit sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last week for his documentary on the show, What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  The story behind the documentary reads:… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced its partner Arrow launched a flash funding round. This new round will offer up $75,000 to a campaigner that has signed up for its Arrow Certification Program and gets certified. The Indiegogo team shared details about the flash… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following President Trump’s now infamous immigration and refugee restrictions going into effect for seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen), Indiegogo CEO, Dave Mandelbrot, announced he and his team have launched a crowdfunding campaign dedicated to the refugees that are currently in the… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

North American e-retailer, Newegg, announced on Tuesday it is preparing to unveil a new landing page dedicated to products funded by the Indiegogo platform. The company stated the landing page is the next step in its collaboration with Indiegogo and will help fund campaigns sell and… Read More

January 27, 2017 @ 4:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Steam announced that the director’s cut of Indiegogo alum Lazer Team is now available on its digital distribution platform. The Rooster Teeth production film received over $2.3 million during its crowdfunding campaign in 2014 and raised an additional $1 million in theatrical release pre-sales last… Read More

January 26, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Russian developer CINEMOOD announced on Thursday the IIDF fund of Moscow invested USD $2.5 million Series A equity. The company created portable mini-cinema projector devices with a content platform for kids and released its second model, which is is a complete platform of hardware and entertainment and… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has appointed tabletop game veteran, Nate Murray, as its new Head of Gaming. According to Venture Beat, Murray will oversee Indiegogo’s gaming team and work directly with campaign organizers on strategy and development. Murray’s previous crowdfunding experience includes working on tabletop game initiatives… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Breathometer, the “world’s first smartphone breathalyzer”, raised $138,437 on Indiegogo back in 2013. The following year, Breathometer visited the studios of Shark Tank where founder Charles Michael Yim “blew the sharks out of the water.” He asked for a mere $250,000.  And what happened? All… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sleep technology startup Eight announced on Tuesday it raised $5 million during its Series A financing round, which brings the company’s total funds to $11 million. Investors including Yunqi Partners, Azure Capital, Y Combinator, Stanford StartX fund, Comcast Ventures, and Sinovation Ventures. This news comes just… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creator of Star Trek fan film Axanar, Alex Peters, announced on Friday he and his team have reached a settlement with Paramount and CBS. This news comes just a little over a year after the production giants filed the copyright lawsuit against the crowdfunded project. As previously Axanar raised over $1… Read More

January 21, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that some of its funded success films are heading to this year’s Sundance and Slamdance festivals. The funding portal shared: “We’re all about starting the New Year off right here at Indiegogo, and that’s just what we’ve been… Read More

January 19, 2017 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of its highly successful Kickstarter campaign, Rocketbook’s Everlast Notebook is now seeking additional funding through Indiegogo’s InDemand feature. The project raised $1,823,227 from 28,138 backers. The Everlast Notebook provides a classic pen and paper experience; it is built for the digital age. Although it looks… Read More

January 19, 2017 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo’s push into investment crowdfunding is working out pretty well so far. In the first two months of operation, Indiegogo has helped five different companies raise growth capital under Reg CF. In a partnership with MicroVentures, Indiegogo’s First Democracy VC has raised $1.4 million with… Read More