Tagged: kickstarter

January 23, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, fan-based, non-profit production Star Trek Continues launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for more episodes of its popular webseries. Sharing details about the production, the Star Trek Continues team wrote, “Our first episode, Pilgrim of Eternity, premiered in May 2013… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 8:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly two and half weeks until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, Monolith Board Games’ new game (inspired by Robert E. Howard’s tales) Conan has raised over $1 million thanks to nearly 7,000 backers. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, Conan is described as… Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 5:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hilariously Record-breaking! That’s the best way to describe The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman’s latest project. Earlier this week, Crowdfund Insider shared details about Inman partnership with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small to create a new card game called Exploding Kittens. The funny game surfaced on Kickstarter and quickly surpassed its initial… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 7:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bragi Dash, one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns from 2014, has once again pushed back their shipping date for their wireless smart headphones.  The young German company announced the delay in an post to crowdfunding backers.  The update came after sharing a highly successful trip… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 4:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the launch of TLC’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, sources close to the singing sensation, Katy Perry, have revealed she has donated $5,000 towards the all-girl band’s latest project. Crowdfund Insider reported on Monday that the TLC ladies, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 5:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 20th), Matthew Inman, the creator of the popular website The Oatmeal, teamed up with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise only $10,000 for his card game, Exploding Kittens. Within only a few hours,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to bring an old fan favorite, Conan the Barbarian, back to the market, Las Vegas-based Monolith Board Games debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last week to raise $80,000 for its new board game Conan. Within only a few days, the project surpassed… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in the fall of 2013, original creator and lead designer of the original Mutant League Football & Hockey, Michael Mendheim, teamed up with Run Games to launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $750,000 so that they may bring the Football Heroes Engine… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 8:20 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Denmark’s most beloved orchestra is known for being accessible—you may have seen the viral video of its musicians performing “Tango Jalousie” after eating the world’s hottest chili peppers, or perhaps caught them playing in a Copenhagen shopping mall. Now, the Danish National Chamber Orchestra (DNCO) has… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in June 2013, Kickstarter posted a letter to everyone regarding the crowdfunding giant’s campaign for a seduction guide – which was pulled from the platform after it was fully funded. A previously reported, the “Above the Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome with Women”… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring some new beats to their fans, the ladies of TLC have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $150,000 for their fifth and final album. TLC started in the early 90’s and became a huge sensation throughout the years thanks to their… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only 18 more days until the crowdfunding campaign of their new film Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous comes to an end, award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle and producer Jenny Suen sat down with Kickstarter to share details about his latest project. Doyle wrote on the campaign’s website,… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter debuted its redesigned iOS app. This release comes nearly two years after the app first surfaced on iPhones everywhere, and it comes with new features that will draw in more and more backers of the crowdfunding giant’s platform. According to Fast Co. Design,… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring a fan favorite to the market, Skokie, Illinois-based Mayfair Games, along with Cone Hill Games, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $300,000 for its Parks and Recreation inspired board game, The Cones of Dunshire.  For those who haven’t watched the hit… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

3Doodler 2.0, the reinvented model of the world’s first 3D printing pen, today became the first hardware product on Kickstarter to hit over $1 million in a second ‘sequel’ campaign. 3Doodler 2.0 smashed its Kickstarter goal on Thursday the 15th January, raising over $1 million in funding from the Kickstarter community in… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his Kickstarter-success Da Sweet Blood of Jesus set to premiere in theaters on February 15th, director Spike Lee sat down with Entertainment Weekly to share details about his new project and its crowdfunding campaign. During the interview, Lee discussed the back story of the film…. Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Washington video game developer, Harebrained Schemes launched a crowdfunding campaign for Kickstarter for a video game called Shadowrun: Hong Kong. This is the studio’s third project on the global crowdfunding platform and was seeking $100,000 for the to the game’s franchise new addition. The… Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 13th), Cupertino, California-based NEEO launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its self-titled thinking remote controller. Seeking to raise $50,000 the project surpassed the initial goal and has so far raised over $181,000 thanks to nearly 750 backers. NEEO is a smart system… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 2:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 13th),  smart wearable technology developer, FreeWavz, launched its crowdfunding campaign on Fundable to raise funds so that it will be able to expand to accelerate the build of production capacity. This new campaign comes after the company received over $325,000 on Kickstarter last… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Frankfurt, Germany-based iCradle, Inc.‘s COBI, the world’s smartest connected biking system reached the finish line of its Kickstarter campaign with a resounding triumph, having raised just over $400,000 in less than a month. This exceeds its initial fundraising goal by 402%. As previously reported, COBI is considered a “world-first”… Read More