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William Shatner Set to Launch New Kickstarter to Save California From Droughts

Hoping to rescue the state of California from its devastating drought, 84-year-old actor William Shatner has announced plans to launch a $30 billion crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a pipeline that will bring water to the endangered state. During an interview with Yahoo! Shatner stated: “California’s in the midst of… Read More

Unibody 3D Printer Tiko Scores Over $2M on Kickstarter; Creators Share Details About G-Codes & Manufacturing

With less than two weeks until its Kickstarter campaign comes to end, Tiko3D’s self-titled 3D printer has successfully raised more than $2 million thanks to nearly 11,600 backers. The creators of the Tiko Unibody 3D Printer designed the device to make it high quality and easy… Read More

Singing Sensation Amanda Palmer Talks Label Breakup & Crowdfunding Success

Last month, singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer launched a crowdfunding campaign on Patreon to raise funds for her upcoming projects, which consists of making new art and traveling to Berlin, Germany to record an album in German. The new projects surfaced just two years after she captured… Read More

KickShark Launches Kickstarter For 11 Port USB-C HydraDock; Set to Fix Issues With New Retina MacBook

On Thursday, Nashville-based Kickshark debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its new 11 port USB-C docking station, HydraDock, for the new Apple Retina MacBook. Supporting networking, storage, interconnects, and most importantly displays, the HydraDock is the only available docking product for the new MacBook. While sharing details… Read More

Collapsible Smart Luggage Barracuda Doubles Campaign Goal in First 48 Hrs on Kickstarter

Barracuda luggage, the new fully-collapsible carry-on with built-in tray, ergonomic swivel handle, advanced GSM-GPRS technology, easy open flap and USB charger, has doubled its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter in just two days since launch; raising over $40,000 in the process. Co-founder and operations at Barracuda, Kiran Bhogadi,… Read More

Kickstarter Shares 96 Reward Ideas That Will Bring More Funding Success to Campaigns

Offering up new ways for campaigns to become more successful, global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter recently unveiled its 96 Reward Ideas to help achieve funding goals. Team members, Carol Benovic and Sid Orlando, took to the platform’s blog and wrote: “Offering great rewards is one of the best ways to encourage support… Read More

Kickstarter Campaign Organizer Wearality Names Former Google Ambassador Michael Jones As New CEO

Michael Jones, former chief technology advocate of Google, has joined Silicon Valley’s Wearality Corporation as the startup’s new CEO. In this role, Jones will oversee the launch of today’s most innovative virtual reality (VR) wearable technology, including the recently launched Wearality Sky, to help users experience the true power of immersive 3D worlds…. Read More

Cinedigm Acquires North American Rights to SXSW Audience Award Winner & Kickstarter Film A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY

Documentary Follows Extraordinary Woman’s Journey from Cyber Bullying Target to Inspiring Anti-Bullying Activist and Champion Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) has acquired North American theatrical, digital and home entertainment distribution rights to A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY. The highly acclaimed documentary premiered last month at… Read More

Kickstarter Suspends Luxury Watches by Lancaster Roberts Project After Various “Faulty Rumors” About the Timepiece Brand Surfaced

Last month,  Scott Lancaster and Robert Ham, founders of the luxury timepiece company Lancaster Roberts, announced the launch of their first collection of luxury watches on Kickstarter. The three collections of Lancaster Roberts luxury watches (First Edition range, Catena Series,  and Limited Edition Hirsch) were featured, and described as diverse, yet still highlight… Read More

Kickstarter Funded SunJack Solar Charger Hits Home Depot’s Store Shelves

The Home Depot, a home improvement retailer, is now offering SunJack portable power products for sale on the store’s website. The Kickstarter-funded device is manufactured by GigaWatt Inc, a California solar company that distributes and installs solar components. The SunJack is described as a charger that can charge 8… Read More

Chris Hansen’s Kickstarter Campaign Launches & Quickly Gains Funding Momentum

Today, former NBC correspondent, Chris Hansen, officially launched his crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring back his hit reality series, To Catch a Predator under the new name, Hansen vs. Predator.  Per its synopsis, To Catch a Predator follows a perverted-justice team that works with Dateline to catch predators over the internet seeking young… Read More

COBI Raises More Than $4M in First Post-Kickstarter Funding Round

COBI, developer of the self-dubbed “world’s smartest” connected biking system, has completed one of the largest financing rounds ever for a bike startup. The company is set to receive more than $4 million from European investors Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital and Creathor Venture. Private investors… Read More

Tech Startup Endless Team Seeks $100,000 For Tailor-Made Computers on Kickstarter

California tech startup, Endless, announced today it has launched a crowdfunding campaign for their self-titled flagship computer. The company has created its own hardware and operating system, Endless OS, tailored to the unique challenges of the developing world. The hardware is designed on the premise that affordable… Read More

Kickstarter-Success Fuel3D Announces Scanner SCANIFY Retail Availability

Fuel3D, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, today announced the full retail availability of SCANIFY, a handheld, point-and-shoot 3D scanner built to enable consumers to 3D scan objects in high-resolution shape and color in under one second. North American consumers can purchase SCANIFY through WYNIT distribution… Read More

California Startup Barracuda Hits Kickstarter To Raise Funds For New Fully Collapsible Carry-On

Barracuda luggage, the new fully-collapsible carry-on with built-in tray, ergonomic swivel handle, advanced GSM-GPRS technology, easy open flap and USB charger, has officially launched on Kickstarter and is available for pre-order. Barracuda’s distinctive design includes exclusive features, both technological and practical, to enhance the travel… Read More

Indiegogo’s Con Man & Super Troopers Beat Zach Braff’s Kickstarter Wish I Was Here Crowdfunding Record

Well, it’s official: Con Man and Super Troopers 2 have not only hit the record books at crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, they each have become two of top most film projects in the funding methods history by beating out Zach Braff’s Wish I was Here.  Last week, Con Man finished its… Read More

American Journalist Chris Hansen Announces Kickstarter Campaign to Bring Back Hit Series “To Catch a Predator”

Seeking to revive an in demand reality television series, former NBC correspondent, Chris Hansen, has announced that he is preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring back To Catch a Predator under the new name, Hansen vs. Predator Per its synopsis, To Catch a Predator follows… Read More

Canadian Man Seeks Funds Through Kickstarter to Break Guinness Mosaic Record Using Nicolas Cage’s Face

A very determined Canadian man is doing whatever it takes to break a Guinness Record… even if that means involving National Treasure star, Nicolas Cage. Earlier this week, Windsor resident, Thom Malone hit Kickstarter to raise $52,000 for a 21,646-square meter mosaic of the 51-year-old actor. Originally created as a… Read More

Creators of Exploding Kittens Seeks Testers to Try Out the Kickstarter Success Russian Roulette Card Game

While most backers have to wait in anticipation for their Kickstarter-backed card game, Exploding Kittens, its creators, The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman along with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small, have decided to give fans of the already popular game a chance to try it out and offer… Read More

Director Brendan Toller Shares Details about Kickstarter Documentary “Danny Says”

Fresh off the debut of his Danny Fields documentary, Danny Says, director Brendan Toller sat down with Kickstarter to share details about the crowdfunded project. During the interview, Toller revealed how he became interested in documentaries: “I got into documentary filmmaking because I see it as writing… Read More

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