Tagged: kickstarter

December 19, 2014 @ 5:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Las Vegas-based Funforge, LLC. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $80,000 for its new cooperative survival boardgames called ZNA. According to its campaign, ZNA takes place in Boston. The year is 2015 and the city has been struck by a storm of… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, co-creators of StyleLikeU and the web series I Am What’s Underneath, Lily Mandelbaum sat down with BUST to share details about the project and today’s body image issues. As previously reported by CrowdfundInsider, I Am What’s… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter staff pick and space fan favorite Lunar Mission One successfully hit its crowdfunding goal raising over $1 million with the support of over 7200 backers.  Called the “most inspirational mission to the moon since the Apollo landings” the crowdfunded project hopes to send a… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 5:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Clearing the air of any confusion and accusations, CEO of San Carlos-based Logbar, Takuro Yoshida, addressed the issues that backers of Kickstarter-success Ring Wearable Tech through a new YouTube video. Previously, Yoshida revealed his thought about the comments that Gizmodo had made about the ring. The website, which… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Retake, the new gay indie film starring Luke Pasqualino (UK’s Skins, The Borgias) as a male prostitute has been given the greenlight.  Nick Corporon, director of the LGBT festival favorite short film Barbie Boy is directing from his own screenplay, with a story by Corporon, Gareth Dutton, Collin Brazie,… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

I have come to the conclusion we will all soon own our own personal drones.  No longer the realm of futuristic films, smart drones (or somewhat smart drones) are now a reality.  Attending WakeStock this past summer I was impressed to see the aerial acrobatics… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, 20-year-old San Diego resident, Taylor Beck, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a mere $2,000 for his new tutorial called Le arn iPhone App Development. Not only did the project surpassed its initial goal super quickly, it reached well over… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only nine more shopping days until Christmas, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has announced its 2014 holiday gift guide. Kickstarter’s Julie Wood took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “When you put a gift under the tree, it’s fun to know where it came from. Who made it?… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 5:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to introduce a new type of cup container to the market, Slovenia-based entrepreneur by the name Ane Miklavec has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 for the Goat mug. Within a few days, the project surpassed its initial goal and has reached $194,000… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

She may be heading to prison over conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, but that hasn’t stopped reality television star Teresa Giudice from helping her daughter Gia with her dreams of becoming a singer. Last month, Gia launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $7,500 for her… Read More

December 13, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only twelve more days until Christmas, reward-based crowdfunding platform Tilt is ready to present: The Twelve Days of Crowdfunding. Tilt’s Natassia Costa and her team have created a list of twelve hot products from a few different crowdfunding platforms, including Indiegogo and Kickstarter that would… Read More

December 13, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, founder of Halo Belt Vincent Pilot Ng launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise only $15,000 to create a timeless and stylish Bomber Barrel duffel bag. Within the first two days, the project managed to surpassed its initial goal and reached $46,730…. Read More

December 13, 2014 @ 5:54 am By JD Alois  |  

In a note to supporters, Coolest Cooler creator Ryan Grepper announced a list of product upgrades along with a change in expected shipping dates.  As it stands today, Coolest Cooler will ship early Summer 2015 “probably July”.  This contrasts the originally scheduled ship date of… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past summer, CrowdfundInsider shared the infamous story about West Games’ Areal, which was considered one of Kickstarter’s weirdest crowdfunding campaigns to date. Although project hit its $50,000 goal quickly, the global crowdfunding giant shut down its campaign before it could raise any more funds. Now, the Areal is… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, this is a first. Earlier this week, British journalist Vaughan Smith has hit Kickstarter to raise £100,000 so that he may build life-like statues of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange along with Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. These statues are known as being part of… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hush, currently seeking funds though crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, has been dubbed the world’s first set of connected earplugs that wirelessly connects to a smartphone, to help people live and sleep when it’s noisy. Hush combines noise-masking earplugs with an app to isolate users from distractions… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A 60-day Kickstarter campaign from October 15th to December 7th resulted in 10,293 backers pledging more than $1.5 million dollars so GrowlerWerks could bring the uKeg to life. The little growler that could, made by four Portland, Ore., engineers, became the second most-funded project in Kickstarter’s food category and… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Aqualibrium Garden is poised to enter the marketplace after raising over $153,000 in one of Kickstarter’s top 10 most successful food projects to date. This one-of-a-kind aquaponics system is bringing fresh, organic gardening into homes and promotes sustainable food production even in the smallest… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virtuix, the developer of the popular and highly anticipated Omni virtual reality treadmill, announced on Thursday (December 11th) that it has completed a $2.7 million investment round designed to support operations, fund working capital and accelerate research and development around the full virtual reality experience…. Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This morning (December 10th), Detroit-based startup Hemingwrite debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $250,000 for its self-titled distraction free digital typewriter. According to its description, the distraction-free writing tool combines the simplicity of a typewriter with cloud documents, e-paper display, and full-sized mechanical… Read More