Tagged: kickstarter

February 13, 2015 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one year since it made its first appearance on Kickstarter, Australia-based Cycliq has hit the crowdfunding giant once again and is seeking to raise funds for its new cycling device, Fly12. The project, which raised its initial $245,000 goal within two hours of its launch, is described as… Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 1:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (February 12th) Kickstarter’s Nitsuh Abebe unveiled the crowdfunding giant’s latest project, which involves The White House. The platform was reportedly recruited by The White House to create this code for its 2014 Year in Review. Abebe explained: “Last December, as 2014 was packing its bags, we… Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (February 10th), Waterloo, Canada-based Voltera launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $70,000 for its new self-titled protyping machine. Within only 35 minutes of its debut, the device impressively surpassed its initial goal and was quickly dubbed one of the crowdfunding giant’s staff pick…. Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moff Band (Toy Fair 2015 Booth #3162), the wearable smart toy that turns a child’s every movement into realistic sounds, announces availability of the Moff Band on The Grommet (thegrommet.com), a curated, online marketplace and product launch platform. With its availability on The Grommet, Moff… Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly seven months after finding success on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, RRKIDZ, home of Reading Rainbow, has landed a new executive. Linda Benjamin has joined leading children’s media company as President of Global Strategy and Business Affairs. The news was announced by company co-founders Mark Wolfe and LeVar Burton.   Benjamin, most recently Executive… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Washington D.C. moms, Rebecca Melsky and Eva St. Clair launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $35,000 for their new kids fashion company, Princess Awesome. The name may at first give a mind image of “typical” stereotype girly girl ensembles that will leave… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Venture Beat recently reported that on Thursday (February 5th), House Judiciary Chairman, Bob Goodlatte re-introduced the Innovative Act, which is considered a bipartisan bill that may stop “patent trolls” in their tracks. The Electronic Freedom Frontier describes a troll as; “A patent troll uses patents as legal… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her busy schedule, creator of Femsplain Amber Gordon sits down with Kickstarter to discuss more details about the quickly growing website. As previously reported, Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October 2014 to inspire change through storytelling. The website… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only a few hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, the very popular board game, Conan, is taking home at least $3 million thanks to nearly 15,000 backers. Conan is described as a miniature-based board games that pits on player, the overlord, who… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 8:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PicoBrew Inc., the company dedicated to technology for home craft beer creation and enjoyment, launched their second major product on Monday. KegSmarts,  the world’s smartest craft beer kegerator, was listed on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, Monday morning and within 28 hours had exceeded 100% of the… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The streams have been crossed and the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper have come together! Cryptozoic Entertainment, creators of board and collectible card games, is bringing the world’s most highly respected group of paranormal investigators/exterminators to the table top with Ghostbusters: The Board Game. The game’s creators launched… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week and a half until her band’s Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, TLC songstress Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas chats with AJC about the all-girl group’s crowdfunding success and their upcoming album. The TLC ladies, Chilli and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, took the crowdfunding giant… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JamKazam, the developer of a live music platform and social network for musicians, today announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its new product, JamBlaster. The device radically reduces audio processing latency compared to today’s industry standard computers and audio interfaces, enabling musicians… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 3:51 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Pharrell Williams is probably “Happy” that his song picked up this year’s Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance, and Sam Smith may be telling his lucky stars, “Stay With Me” for his awards in four categories: Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Song and Record… Read More

February 7, 2015 @ 10:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

The technorati gather en-masse once a year to slap each-other on the back and share a drink or two in the epicenter of it all. While the film industry has the Oscars (highly over-rated in my opinion) the geeks have the Crunchies. Awards are dispersed,… Read More

February 7, 2015 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in October, Kickstarter-success Matchstick, the streaming stick for Firefox, finished its run on the crowdfunding platform and raised $470,310 from 17,218 backers. The company announced that the finished product would be shipped in February 2015 and the wait began. Unfortunately, the Matchstick team has… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to create a drinking glass that stands out from the rest, Portland-based North Drinkware has launched a crowdfunding campaign Kickstarter for The Oregon Pint. The North Drinkware team stated, “We made The Oregon Pint because we wanted a glass with a connection to… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  With less than two weeks left until its Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, Exploding Kittens is gearing up to hit another milestone in its successful crowdfunding experience. The project has raised $5,463,316 from 138,284 backers (as of this morning). Exploding Kittens captured over a million the first… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swedish brand Intimina launched its funding project for the world’s first collapsible menstrual cup, Lily Cup Compact, on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, which recently finished with 8530 backers from over 50 countries worldwide and reached 4000% over the original crowdfunding target. This places the campaign in the top 2% of… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Pono Music player is the 4th most crowdfunded campaign on Kickstarter ever.  The project raised a respectable $6.2 million back in April of 2014.  Over 18,000 backers pitched in to support this product created by rockstar legend Neil Young.  Pono went on to raise… Read More