Tagged: iot

April 19, 2015 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

While it is usually the big name crowdfunding campaign that capture headlines we do like to acknowledge some of the smaller projects that are looking for market approval or funding. Many of these are small businesses, or perhaps will become a small businesses if they generate… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Currently listed on the ISDX, a London investment exchange, Sandal is comprised of PowerConnections, an established cash generative division, and Energenie, which is at the centre of the rapidly expanding Internet of Things market. Founded in 1996, Sandal designs, develops and manufactures consumer electronics products, seeing £3m of turnover… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

nthing, a promising South Korean IoT startup backed by SparkLabs and MousQ Angels, announced today the launch of its Kickstarter campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to fund the production of its new product, Planty. Planty is an internet-connected planter that simplifies the urban gardening experience through a… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Did the forthcoming launch of the Apple Watch boost Pebble and its most recent, record breaking, crowdfunding campaign for the Pebble Time? Well that is a good questions. The wearable tech industry is so new that having a high profile company like Apple jump into… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Pebble’s new smartwatch has officially closed.  Pebble Time now stands as the most funded campaign ever on Kickstarter.  Pebble raised a total of $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers.  Pebble easily topped the previous record holder, Coolest Cooler, a   product… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The most successful Kickstarter campaign ever, Pebble Time, is nearing its close scheduled for March 27th. The pre-emptive strike against the forthcoming Apple Watch has not only proven the intense interest in wearable Pebble smartwatch tech, but in many respects has validated predictions of strong demand… Read More

March 22, 2015 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

LyfeLens is a 360º dash cam for your car.  Now some people may be a bit concerned about documenting their driving habits but for others having a dash cam that works when you are driving your car, and when you are not, could be a pretty… Read More

March 7, 2015 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE), a global conglomerate with its headquarters based in Tokyo, is a company valued at over $30 billion with hundreds of subsidiaries and thousands of product lines. Best known for its electronic products, Sony has not been known for innovation since it cooked up… Read More

March 3, 2015 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Set to Challenge Forthcoming Apple Watch with New Design, 10 Day Battery Life & “Smartstraps” Pebble, the leader in the smartwatch space, launched a second round of crowdfunding on Kickstarter at the end of last month.  The project rocketed immediately, easily topping its half… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The Pebble Smartwatch has hit the pages of Kickstarter once again.  This time seeking a funding round of $500,000. But don’t blink. The crowdfunding campaign raised that amount and then some almost immediately.  At this very moment, Pebble has raised well over $3.4 million, from… Read More

February 21, 2015 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The three crowdfunding campaigns of this week’s Crowdfunding Mailbox are: Luna, a mattress cover that turns your bed into a “smartbed”; Tempi measures your humidity and temperature anywhere; and SCORE a film documentary on film scores (of course). At this time of year some days… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Watch, a poster child for the potential of crowdfunding to take a cool concept and turn into a consumer reality, has surpassed 1 million watches sold having topped 400k last year. This report comes on the eve of Apple’s most important product launch in… Read More

February 1, 2015 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Found in this weeks Crowdfunding Mailbox are Campanion, the perfect partner for your GoPro camera, Hive simple smart home automation and Safeti, a GPS locator device (with no contract fees!). The Internet of Things is fast approaching ubiquity. We are only at the beginning of… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 7:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bragi Dash, one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns from 2014, has once again pushed back their shipping date for their wireless smart headphones.  The young German company announced the delay in an post to crowdfunding backers.  The update came after sharing a highly successful trip… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Wearable tech startup Ringly has collected a $5.1 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.  The company ran a successful pretail funding campaign last summer easily topping their $60,000 goal.  The campaign was described at the time as the “most successful pre-sales campaign… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Technology that listens!  Life with ivee agrees with enthusiastic Crowdfunder investors and kickstarter backers: the AI, IoT, Speech Recognition Home Automation Control Platform campaign has raised over $165K since opening on 1 December. After viewing the campaign video and hearing ivee pleasantly rattle off the temp, traffic,… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 7:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week things got pretty heavy on the regulatory side of investment crowdfunding so it is kind of nice to get back to talking about some cool and creative projects. Most of the crowdfunding campaigns we cover at Crowdfund Insider are about small companies or startups… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Crowdfunding Platform Pozible Partners with China Government Office  to Connect Entrepreneurs with Capital, Manufacturing Support, Chinese Entity Setup and More. Pozible, an international crowdfunding platform based in Australia, has partnered with IDG Capital Partners and the Shanghai-Nanxiang government to award matching funds and other… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois, Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant will be the keynote speakers at this year’s Post Seed Conference, a one-day event that gathers investors, entrepreneurs and the startup press to discuss early-stage financing. Hosted by Bullpen Capital, Venture51 and Vator, Post Seed, (formerly known as… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Super umbrella company Blunt has partnered up with Tile, “worlds largest lost and found”, to deliver the worlds first umbrella that you will never lose.  Blunt makes really tough and cool umbrellas that can stand up to most punishing storms using their “Radial Tensioning System”…. Read More