Tagged: kickstarter

March 26, 2015 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a week ago, Yelp became under fire when a small production studio known as Prost Production launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for a new documentary Billion Dollar Bully, which would share details about the review website’s dark past. Now, it looks like Yelp will… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Intimate apparel line Aerie announced today that it has joined force with tween intimate brand Yellowberry to launch a limited-edition collaborative bra collection for girls 11-15 called Aerie for Yellowberry. Yellowberry is a start-up created by 19-year-old entrepreneur Megan Grassell for preteen girls. Grassell took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 3:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Korea-based startup  NeoLAB Convergence announced that its Neo smartpen N2 (N2) marks an exciting milestone in the emerging smart pen category by making its way to the U.S. N2’s promise is simple: just write as you would with any other pen, and the N2… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two weeks ago, Smash fans received the exciting news that their beloved (but unfortunately canceled) series would find a way to get back into the spotlight. Now it seems as though, the show will be hitting the Broadway stage, thanks to crowdfunding. As previously reported, The… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Liquidity, a Silicon Valley startup, today announced that its recently debuted revolutionary Naked Filter water bottle through a new campaign on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. The goal of Naked Filter’s funding project is to test consumer interest and support key remaining steps needed to launch the product. By helping the… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 7:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Prost Production’s producer, Kaylie Milliken, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $60,000 for the upcoming documentary Billion Dollar Bully. The film is on marketing giant Yelp’s $3.6 billion racket against small business owners and it investigates the website’s past, along with business owners accusing it of extortion,… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, three college students from Miami University (of Ohio) launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for their  one-of-a-kind winter jacket using insulation from NASA and used in space suits, Lukla Endeavor jacket. The winter apparel is considered the thinnest, warmest and most breathable… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Party, a Brooklyn-based startup that is made up of designers and engineers who experiment with storytelling and technology to create weird and wonderful experiences, recently launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for a new fun (and adorable) project, Disco Dog vest. According to its description, Disco… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The most successful Kickstarter campaign ever, Pebble Time, is nearing its close scheduled for March 27th. The pre-emptive strike against the forthcoming Apple Watch has not only proven the intense interest in wearable Pebble smartwatch tech, but in many respects has validated predictions of strong demand… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off her highly anticipated Kickstarter film, A Brave Heart, 26-year-old activist Lizzie Velasquez sat down with People magazine to share details about her past struggles and the effects of the YouTube video The Ugliest Woman Alive. As previously reported, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ignite Lighters, creators of an award-winning line of flameless, electronic USB pocket lighters, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for their latest innovation, the Illume ArcLighter – the self-dubbed world’s first flameless candle lighter powered by patent pending ArcLighter Technology. The Illume ArcLighter is… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expose the truth behind famous review site, Yelp, director/producer Kaylie Milliken and her team at Prost Productions have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new film called Billion Dollar Bully.  According to its description, Billion Dollar Bully is “a documentary on marketing giant Yelp’s $3.6 billion… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

2Steel Girls, country/rock/pop music artists, which is comprised of mother Allison and daughter Krystal announced today a partnership with camouflage designer, Realtree. The duo are natives of Jackson County, Ohio and are lifelong hunting, fishing and general outdoor enthusiasts, and are the perfect fit for… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FreeWavz received the SXSW Interactive Innovation Award for the Wearable Tech category at the 18th annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards ceremony, presented by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and supporting sponsors Cloud typography and IBM. Founder of Freewavz, Dr. Eric Hensen, stated: “It is a great honor to be selected as a… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for a film that was at the time titled The Lizzie Project. The official documentary is based on 25-year-old Lizzie Velasquez, the breakout speaker of the YouTube TED talk video “How Do You Define Yourself?” which has… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd teamed up with Valhalla Entertainment to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise $150,000 for a new film, Mankiller.  Mankiller celebrates a leader who defied all odds to make a difference for her people. During a time when American Indians found themselves… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just six months after its successful Kickstarter campaign came to an end, React Mobile, a personal safety solution featuring a leading app to enable family and friends to monitor someone’s location and call for help in an emergency, today announced the availability of the React Sidekick,… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Petcube, the company that keeps people connected with their pets, announced today that it has closed $1.1M seed funding co-led by AVentures Capital and Almaz Capital with participation from SOSVentures, Mint.com co-founder and CTO David Michaels and a security expert, former Chief Malware Researcher at Facebook,… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 2:02 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

After your book becomes a New York Times bestseller, and you travel the world helping founders developing new apps, entrepreneurs at hypergrowth pre-IPO tech startups and managers at the largest, slowest, most heavily-regulated and bureaucratic organizations in the world, what’s next? For Eric Ries, author of “The Lean… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly five years ago, Hollywood lost acting legend, Dennis Hopper to prostate cancer. Before his passing, Hopper was working on The Last Film Festival. Now, director of the film, Linda Yellen has launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to finally finish the production of the unreleased movie. While… Read More