Tagged: kickstarter

February 3, 2015 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give women everywhere a new online outlet, former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team have debuted a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for their new website, Femsplain. Explaining details about the project, the team shared,“Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Watch, a poster child for the potential of crowdfunding to take a cool concept and turn into a consumer reality, has surpassed 1 million watches sold having topped 400k last year. This report comes on the eve of Apple’s most important product launch in… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 3:07 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Looking to perfect your prose in heartfelt notes tied to long-stemmed roses and boxes of chocolate for a certain, upcoming heart-shaped holiday? Kickstarter is celebrating the literary spirit of Valentine’s Day. Throughout February, the crowdfunding platform will host a series of events celebrating publishing and journalism,… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (January 29th), San Francisco-based Glow Headphones debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Seeking only $100,000, the new headphones quickly surpassed its initial and within four days raised nearly $270,000 from over 1,300 backers. According to its campaign’s website, Glow has been dubbed the world’s… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly two weeks until their final album’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, the ladies of TLC have received news that Virgin Records’ chief creative officer, Ron Fair, has been dubbed the record’s executive producer. Crowdfund Insider reported that the TLC ladies, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Wall Street Journal has announced that miniature Android gaming console, Ouya, was given a much needed funding boost from Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Sources revealed that Alibaba invested $10 million in Ouya last month and the two companies have discussed a plan to incorporate the… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 6:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign of all time “Coolest Cooler” has created a “Countdown” page for its over 62,000 backers.  Coolest topped $13.2 million last year affirming its place in the crowdfunding hall of fame. Think about it. Pretty amazing for a cooler. We last… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 5:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to share the ins and outs of crowdfunding with the younger generation, Chicago designer Craighton Berman, introduced a new year-long professional development course to University of Illinois at Chicago students. According to the Chicago Reader, Berman, who successfully launched a series of products on Kickstarter, created… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, California-based gadget company, Mipow, hit Kickstarter for its new Bluetooth headphones, M3. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project quickly surpassed the initial goal and has raised nearly $34,000 thanks to over 550 backers. M3 is a Bluetooth wireless headphones that have a… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring new music to their devoted fans, the New Birds of Chicago bandmates have returned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $40,000 for their upcoming album Live from Space, which is set to be produced by Grammy winner, Joe Henry. Explaining the bands history and progress, the… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

It was revealed earlier this week that a patent infringement lawsuit was filed against Indiegogo, CircleUp, GoFundMe, Kickstarter, Gust, RocketHub & Innovational Funding  by Alphacap Ventures LLC for a trial by jury in the Eastern District Court of Texas. Alphacap Ventures is based in California but… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 12:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Running a crowdfunding campaign, be it for rewards or other, takes a ton of work. The team at Crowdfund Insider continues to see promising products that fail in their crowdfunding venture mainly due to lack of preparation and the fact that too many creators believe:… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give a behind-the-scenes look at the hit late ‘80s early ‘90s band, L7, Los Angeles’ Blue Hats Creative launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise nearly $100,000 for a new documentary called L7: Pretend We’re Dead.  The American band was formed by… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

One week down, nearly three more weeks to go! The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman has been super busy continuing to promote his already Kickstarter success card game, Exploding Kittens.Now the project is nearing $4.3 million on the crowdfunding giant’s platform and has been dubbed the “The Most… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ShoeBuy, a leading global online retailer of shoes and clothing for shoppers seeking the best variety and brands, today announced it has acquired a minority stake in Boston Boot Company. The acquisition marks ShoeBuy’s expansion into the footwear manufacturing business, and provides an opportunity for… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prynt, a San Francisco-based gadget startup, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for its self-titled instant camera case for iPhone and Android smartphones. Prynt is considered the “first ever” instant camera case that is specifically used for smartphones. Simply plug in… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crystal Wash is clinically demonstrated to be as effective as detergent and lasts up to 1000 washes.  Their goal now is to make it “connected” with Version 2.0, which will make it even easier to use than it is already and give you a set… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Film has been a high profile category for the rewards based crowdfunding industry. Both Kickstarter and Indiegogo have experienced several solid successes in the video space. Veronica Mars rocked it on Kickstarter in 2013.  This was an event that put the entire film industry on… Read More

January 24, 2015 @ 12:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looks like fans of the hit 90’s girl band TLC will finally get the album they have been waiting for all thanks to Kickstarter! Earlier this week, the girls launched a campaign on the crowdfunding giant seeking to raise only $150,000 so they may return… Read More

January 24, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last year, We shared some details about the Kickstarter- crowdfunding success SOAP Rablet, the all-in-on home automation router. The device was described as 2 GB/S WiFi 802.11AC, BLE, Zigbee, Zwave, Insteon, RFID/NFC, Home Media Server, Your Own Cloud and Domain.  Kind of a swiss army knife of… Read More