Tagged: kickstarter

June 2, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after Pebble launched its third Kickstarter, the tech startup has secured nearly $10 million from over 50,000 backers. Last year, Pebble hit Kickstarter for its watch, Pebble Time, and surpassed its initial goal within just mere hours. By the end of its funding… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter success and  developer of 3D scanning solutions, Fuel3D, announced it has developed a new 3D foot-scanning system. This news comes after the company announced the Horizon 2020 funding for the development of a 270 degree scanning system for the eyewear sector.  The CryoScan3D, which was… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter announced on Wednesday that $500 million has been pledged to game projects on its crowdfunding platform. The funding portal stated: “Overall, more than 2 million people have backed Games projects on Kickstarter, successfully funding nearly 8,000 projects. And more games backers sign up every… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 12:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, director of editorial operations at music news/publication website Pitchfork, Brandon Stosuy, announced that he has accepted a new position at crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. Stosuy took to his Twitter account and revealed after thirteen years at Pitchfork, he was moving on. The actual news: I’m… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, new indie games developer, Flaming Fowl Studios, took to Kickstarter to raise $365,385 for the Fable theme collectible card game, Fable Fortune.  Flaming Fowl Studio reportedly consists of a team of former Lionhead Studio workers. Lionhead, the original developer of Fable, was shut down by Microsoft earlier… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, tech company Pebble once again returned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for 3 new products Pebble 2, Time 2 and Pebble Core. Within 24 hours, the new campaign not only smashed its initial $1 million goal, it has already surpassed $6.7 million from nearly 36,000 backers. Last year, Pebble… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over two weeks after launching its Kickstarter campaign, Rooster Teeth’s Million Dollars, But… board game has successfully secured $1 million from nearly 22,000 backers. The initiative originally sough to raise $10,000 and secured the initial goal within minutes of its debut. Million Dollars, But…… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Knix Wear, an active intimates company, announced on Tuesday that the crowdfunding success, 8-in-1 Evolution Bra, is now commercially available for purchase through its website. Designed to combat some of the most common complaints women have about bras, the 8-1 Evolution Bra “evolves” with the active woman throughout… Read More

May 21, 2016 @ 5:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just a few months until Kickstarter success Yooka Laylee is set to be delivered to backes, the creators of the highly successful game, Playtonic Games, announced some new details, which included info on the villains and the demo launch of standalone gameplay experience, The Toybox.  Yooka-Laylee is an all-new… Read More

May 18, 2016 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the annual Maker Faire set to held in San Francisco’s Bay area this weekend, Kickstarter announced on Tuesday its schedule for the widely popular event. The crowdfunding portal revealed that more than one hundred of its funded projects will be on display at the at the Maker Faire,… Read More

May 18, 2016 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Oregon independent filmmaker, Josh Leake, and his team at Mindpollen Studios launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $250,000 for the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 2002 novel, Lullaby. Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist, and is known for his other novels including Fight Club.  Lullaby… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, biotech startup, TAXA Biotechnologies, Inc., made history by being one of the first to use Title III rules of the JOBS Act. The company launched its initial on equity crowdfunding platform, WeFunder. Founded in 2013, TAXA Biotechnologies consists of biologists and experts who use synthetic biology technologies… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Steamforged Games Ltd’s Dark Souls – The Board Game has officially closed on Kickstarter. The tabletop version of the hit video game successfully secured £3,771,474 from 31,178 backers. Dark Souls – The Board Game is described as a strategically challenging, deeply immersive combat exploration game for 1-4 players set in the… Read More

May 16, 2016 @ 9:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching a Kickstarter for its board game Million Dollars, But…, Rooster Teeth has already raised over $750,000 thanks to nearly 17,000 backers. Million Dollars, But… is described as a game that puts the player’s morals and imagination to test by posing the… Read More

May 15, 2016 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter is getting more proactive in its pursuit of filmmakers using their rewards based platform to raise funding for films.  According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Dan Schoenbrun, Senior film outreach lead at Kickstarter, is talking up the process in Cannes during the annual… Read More

May 13, 2016 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ndemic Creations, the creators of the hit iOS, Android and Windows Phone strategy video game, Plague Inc., launched a Kickstarter this week to raise $35,000 for the board game version. Within a few days, the project has surpassed its initial goal and currently nearly $100,000 thanks… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rooster Teeth, the company behind Indiegogo-success, Lazer Team, launched a Kickstarter initiative for its new card game, Million Dollars, But… yesterday. Not even five minutes after its debut, the campaign successfully surpassed its initial $10,000 goal and has captured nearly $575,000 from over 12,000 backers. Million Dollars, But…… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, creator of Kickstarter alum Peachy Printer announced an employee has been accused of using the funds from the initiative to build his house in Canada. The printer, which was developed by Canadian startup Rinnovated Design,  translates 3D designs into audio waveform and uses a computer’s auxiliary headphone… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Late last year, Paramount and CBS announced they have filed a lawsuit against independent Star Trek film, Axanar. The film has raised over $1 million through Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaigns. The production was considered a feature film, but was to be broken down into four episodes following the four acts of the script. Paramount and… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter recently announced it has updated its privacy policy for campaign backers. The website stated that these new updates will go into effect on June 9th. Kickstarter shared it will only collect: Information (such as name, email and postal addresses, telephone number, and country… Read More