Tagged: kickstarter

April 4, 2016 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of this year’s #MuseumWeek, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter revealed its top eight most memorable collaboration it has done with various institutions throughout the world. The Kickstarter team shared: “In the nearly seven years we’ve spent helping new creative projects come into the world, we’ve seen… Read More

April 2, 2016 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Kickstarter set to close in less than a week, PrimoToys has successfully secured over $1.2 million for its hand on coding toy, Cubetto. The initiative first surfaced on the crowdfunding giant last month to raise only a sum of $100,000. Within days of… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Canada-based startup North Aware closed its widely popular crowdfunding campaign for its jacket, Smart Parka. It secured a total of $3,257,695CAD from 8,805 backers and became the most funded Canadian initiative on the crowdfunding platform.  There are 4 different styles of the parka for the ladies and… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Kickstarter-success Oculus hit the streets of Brooklyn to visit the crowdfunding giant’s headquarters and brought over its famous project, Rift. The company successfully securing $2.4 million on Kickstarter nearly three and a half years ago. Last week, CEO of Oculus, Brendan Iribe, announced on Twitter that the… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey flew to Anchorage, Alaska to deliver the very first Rift VR package was preordered by Ross Martin in January. As previously reported, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, announced the company has officially started to ship its Rift virtual reality headsets…. Read More

March 26, 2016 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter held a STEM event at its headquarters. It was revealed that those who attended the special event were able to enjoy some children-focused games that were all about programming. During an interview with Engadget, Kickstarter’s director of media relations… Read More

March 26, 2016 @ 9:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, the folks at The Oatmeal announced that its Kickstarter success, Exploding Kittens, will be heading to Androids everywhere soon. The game was introduced to iPhone and iPad users just a few months ago. Exploding Kittens, which successfully secured $8,782,571 from 219,382 backers on Kickstarter, is described as a… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CEO of Kickstarter success Oculus, Brendan Iribe, announced the company has officially started to ship its Rift virtual reality headsets. Iribe shared in a tweet: The first Oculus Rift has shipped, deliveries begin Monday 3.28.2016. pic.twitter.com/C0MMKmezun — Brendan Iribe (@brendaniribe) March 24, 2016 Earlier… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, Pebble hit Kickstarter for its new watch and surpassed its initial goal within just mere hours. By the end of its funding round, the startup gained $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers, which made its initiative the most funded project on the crowdfunding giant’s platform. The company previously found… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter alum Fove, announced it has scored $11 million during a Series A round led by Colopl VR Fund with participation from Hon Hai Venture Capital Fund, Silicon Valley early-stage VC firm 2020 and Samsung Venture Investment. Last summer, the virtual reality company captured $480,650… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Cryptozoic Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products announced the upcoming April 11 launch of Ghostbusters: The Board Game II’s Kickstarter. Following on the heels of last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign, which captured over $1.5 million and the retail release of Ghostbusters: The Board Game includes Slime… Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tovala, a Chicago-based Y Combinator-backed food startup, recently launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $100,000 for its self-titled smart oven. Just hours after launch, the project surpassed $60,000. Now, just two weeks later, it has secured well over its initial goal thanks to nearly 1,000 backers…. Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, the Bill Nye Film crew shared some details about the Kickstarter-funded documentary project. The project surfaced on the crowdfunding platform last summer and captured $859,425 from 16,850 backers. According to a new update, the project has met up with various scientists to chat about Nye’s impact on… Read More

March 21, 2016 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following his appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show last week, Quincy Jones’ Kickstarter-backed standup special is set to air on HBO. The crowdfunding initiative was launched by Quincy’s friend and fellow comedian Nicole Blaine alongside her husband Mickey Blaine. It secured $50,273 from 1,204 backers. While on the talk show, Quincy shared… Read More

March 20, 2016 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, British actor and filmmaker Alex Winter took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise $500,000 for the new documentary, Who the Fuck is Frank Zappa.  While revealing why he has decided to do a documentary on the late rocker, Winters stated: “Frank Zappa… Read More

March 19, 2016 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in December 2011, Casey Hopkins launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for his new creation, the Elevation Dock for iPhones. The Elevation Dock is described as a simple to use, quick undocking device that works with or without a case. Each… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO and co-founder of Kickstarter, Yancey Strickler, announced on Thursday that the crowdfunding platform has officially acquired artist community website, Drip. This has been named Kickstarter’s first acquisition. Drip is described as a curated platform that gives creators and communities a place to interact through… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Japanese production studio Ys Net announced that it has created a new Chinese website for its Kickstarter success project, Shenmue III. The company, which was founded in 2008 by well-known video game developer Yu Suzuki, revealed that it will be accepting contributions through the Chinese payment… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his third Kickstarter already capturing thousands of dollars, founder of Priority Bicycles, David Weiner, wrote a post about his experience with the crowdfunding platform and the funding method. Weiner took to Kickstarter back in mid-2014 to raise funds for his company. He then returned in… Read More

March 15, 2016 @ 1:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite creating one of the most well-known crowdfunding platform in the world, Kickstarter’s co-founder Yancey Strickler doesn’t wish for the portal to be ordinary. During his recent interview with Jessi Hempel, senior editor at Wired,  as part of 92nd Street Y’s weeklong 7 Days of Genius… Read More