Tagged: kickstarter

July 6, 2013 @ 3:31 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

HarperCollins, who publishes Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, has filed a notice under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. That has forced Kickstarter to pull a project that aimed to bring an unlicensed sequel of the book to backers. Geoffery O. Todd and Rich Berner had… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on troubles within Double Fine Productions regarding the development of Broken Age, the subject of their first Kickstarter campaign. That campaign was backed to the tune of $3.3 million on a goal of just $400,000. RELATED: Double Fine Out Of Money For ‘Broken… Read More

July 4, 2013 @ 11:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After raising over $3 million to product ‘Double Fine Adventure,’ Double Fine Productions has now run out of money developing the game, which has since been renamed to Broken Age. The solution? The game will be broken into two parts, the first of which is… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 9:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A Kickstarter campaign launched by Richard Nachum Kligman seeks funding for a luxury line of clothing catering to those with special needs, and the campaign was just recently fully funded. The brand is called Mianzi. Kligman’s son Moishy was the inspiration for Mianzi, which means “a face… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Exclusive Arrangement with Best Buy Finally Brings to Retail the Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign on Kickstarter to Date. The Pebble watch which has been lauded by many as a profound validation for crowdfunding has announced an exclusive arrangement with tech retailer Best Buy beginning this… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:36 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A group of Chicago 8th graders have successfully funded a collaboratively-designed project on Kickstarter. The campaign is a product of the Science and Entrepreneurship Exchange (SEE), a program launched by Chicago’s Nettelhorst School aimed at teaching young people some of the ins and outs of… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has made TheWrap.com’s list of 12 people who are changing Hollywood for his noted “Wish I Was Here” Kickstarter campaign. That guy started an internet feeding frenzy earlier this year when he decided to crowdfund a follow-up called “Wish I Was Here” at… Read More

June 30, 2013 @ 10:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Now in the Top 25 Kickstarter Campaigns Ever. The ARKYD Space Telescope which crowdfunded an amazing $325,000 on their first day, has closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with well over their initial $1,000,000 target.  The project called “the first space telescope for everyone” had… Read More

June 29, 2013 @ 1:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Lumu promises to be the “light meter for the 21st century,” and the light meter for the iPhone is fully funded on Kickstarter. The campaign page suggests that we live in the golden age of photography, and it’s hard to argue. As high-quality cameras become… Read More

June 29, 2013 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The high profile Singapore based crowdfunding campaign for the 3D printer for everyone, labeled “Bucaneer”, closed today.  Starting with an original goal of “only” $100,000.00 the team at Pirate3D blew past that amount to raise an incredible $1,438.765 from 3520 backers.  Pledge levels started at… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Actor and director Paul Sorvino, who is probably best known for his iconic role as a mob boss in Goodfellas, has partnered with controversial comedian Katt Williams , to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a feature film titled, ‘Christmas in Beverly Hills.’… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 12:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Startupland is a documentary series currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and it promises an intimate look at the roller coaster ride that is being an entrepreneur embedded in a startup accelerator. The documentary promises more than just interviews and footage from within the “war room.” That… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 11:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Poppy is an analog device that connects to the iPhone and turns the smartphone’s camera into a 3D-capable video recording and image capture device. The Poppy is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and the campaign has already reached a $40,000 goal. Poppy is the first device in… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter has announced that later this summer they will begin accepting Canadian crowdfunding projects. Canadian entrepreneurs and potential project creators can visit Kickstarter’s Canada homepage to sign up to be alerted via email when this new functionality goes live. Kickstarter is also encouraging potential project… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 4:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Funding successful! The documentary was fully funded overnight and the project is a go. Kickstarted, the Kickstarter documentary crowdfunding on Kickstarter, is teetering on the edge of missing a funding goal with less than 24 hours left in the campaign. We first reported on… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 4:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: The Kickstarter campaign for A Hat In Time has surpassed all 9 of their listed stretch goals after raising over 7 times their original goal. The stretch goals mean that project creator Gears for Breakfast has committed to bringing the following to backers receiving… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s a bad PR day for Kickstarter darling OUYA. Yesterday the Android-powered gaming console hit store shelves and quickly sold out on Amazon and at GameStop locations. It was a clear signs that OUYA fans were hungry for the console. However, some backers still haven’t… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 5:24 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

RAPIRO stands for RAspberri PI RObot, and is a low-cost robot that runs on open-source Arduino software. It’s already fully funded on Kickstarter, so manufacturing will be a go once the campaign ends. According to the campaign page, the robot makes use of 12 on-board… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Peloton is a firm based in New York City that has brought an innovative exercise bike to Kickstarter, and the product boasts an extremely impressive list of features. At Peloton, we love two things: technology and fitness.  We believe the fitness category has been under-served… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a rare occurrence of public culpability, Kickstarter posted a letter to everyone regarding the Kickstarter campaign for a Seduction Guide – which was fully funded but has since been pulled from the site.  The Kicktarter “mea culpa” is reproduced in it’s entirety below.  They… Read More