Tagged: kickstarter

January 12, 2016 @ 5:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Juniper’s latest research, Crowdfunding: Strategies & Impacts for Technology Markets 2015-2020, estimates that investments made in technology via crowdfunding platforms are set to increase sevenfold from an estimated $1.1 billion in 2015 to $8.2 billion by 2020. New data from Juniper Research, has found that the… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Eric Falconer, the creator of Kickstarter success Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, unveiled the film’s first official clip. Blue Mountain State, a popular television series that was apparently cancelled far too soon, launched a crowdfunding campaign in early 2014 to help finance its feature-length… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off its appearance at the 2016 Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Kickstarter unveiled seven tech predictions for the next twelve months. The crowdfunding giant declared: “We’ve spent the week at CES in Las Vegas, talking with lots of folks about technology and where it’s all headed…. Read More

January 9, 2016 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Harmonix launched its Kickstarter success Amplitude in both North America and Europe. While most backers were excited about the release of the highly anticipated game, others grew frustrated over code issues. Just a few days after Amplitude’s debut, Harmonix updated backers about… Read More

January 9, 2016 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that Kickstarter backers were officially getting the Oculus Rift headset, founder of the highly anticipated system, Palmer Luckey admitted that he knew that electronic giant Sony was preparing to enter the virtual reality world. During his recent interview with International Business Times, Luckey… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter employees Fred Benenson and Ben Linsay published a new article about the crowdfunding giant’s online data history called This is the story of analytics at Kickstarter. The duo shared: “If you’ve built a product of any size, chances are you’ve evaluated and deployed… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The long anticipated Bragi Dash and its creator Nikolaj Hviid are at CES once again. But this year they showed up with the production version of the Dash.  For backers of this product that supported Bragi on Kickstarter in early 2014, you are well versed… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing somewhat bad news to its Kickstarter backers, Nextbit announced to both early adopters and GSM models will be shipped next month. The Nextbit team stated in an update: “We’ve got some news Rebels. Unfortunately, it’s bad news but not as bad as you might think…. Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Jelly Belly inventor and original “Candy Man” David Klein took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise a mere $10,000 so he can make his “comeback” with a new type of candy. Klein stated: “Many years ago I developed, created, manufactured, sold and distributed… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating Oculus’ recent announcement about backers finally receiving their Rift headsets, Kickstarter revealed on Wednesday the most innovative crowdfunding campaigns that hit its popular platform over the years. The crowdfunding giant shared in a recent blog post: “If you check out the projects on Kickstarter… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, 3D startup Fuel3D announced that it will be showing several key developments from its R&D activities at CES 2016. At the event, Fuel3D is set to show some of its new developments and showcase its scanning platform for a variety of potential applications. The products are… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off the new year on a not-so-great start (for some), the team behind the Kickstarter success, Shenmue III, revealed bad news for its PayPal “slacker backers.” On Monday, the video game’s creators shared details about the poll results for the exclusive rewards on PayPal: “The results… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three years after successfully securing $2.4 million on Kickstarter, Oculus announced in a new update that it is shipping a consumer version of its Rift VR headset to backers for free. The Oculus crew shared in a recent update: “On August 1, 2012, we… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Infinium Strike, a Kickstarter-funded strategy-action hybrid video game from former members of Ubisoft now forming Codex Worlds, is set to launch on Xbox One in addition to the previously announced PC, Mac and Linux releases. Infinium Strike takes place in the middle of an intergalactic war… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

With the Oculus Rift pre-orders commencing tomorrow (January 6th) the perfect compliment to the virtual reality headset, Virtuix, has listed a “Test the Waters” (TTW) campaign on SeedInvest in preparation for a min-IPO type offer which is open to all investors (not just accredited ones).  The… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, YouTube sensation and anti-bullying activist, Lizzie Velasquez, announced that her Kickstarter project A Brave Heart is now available on DVD through Amazon. A BRAVE HEART follows the inspiring journey of 63-pound Lizzie from cyberbullying victim to modern-day inspiration. Born with a rare syndrome that prevents… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the success of Little Riot’s Pillow Talk Kickstarter campaign, consumer technology start-up’s Joanna Montgomery sat down with the Telegraph, to discuss her experience with the crowdfunding giant’s platform. The Pillow Talk reportedly enables two people to experience each other’s presence. It sends the sound of the user’s real-time heartbeat… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

After patiently waiting for the past two years for Jason Power (aka Elzhi) to create his Kickstarter album, backers are calling for a lawsuit against the Detroit rapper. Elzhi hit the crowdfunding platform in November 2013 and secured $37,382 from 708 backers: “Over the past… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 1:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past summer, California startup, Peak Design, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise only $100,000 for its fifth project, The Everyday Messenger. The accessory quickly hit the spotlight and secured its initial goal. By the end of its campaign run, the project secured $4,869,472 from 17,029… Read More

December 30, 2015 @ 12:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, 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. It is feature film, but will be broken down into four episodes following the four acts of the script. California-based Axanar Productions previously… Read More