Tagged: kickstarter

February 28, 2017 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

IAMRUNBOX, an active lifestyle brand that has created light backpack and carriers for active commuters, has successfully secured its initial €100,000 through its crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe. The company raised SEK 260,079 during its Kickstarter initiative last fall.  The company, which launched its first product online in January 2015,… Read More

February 26, 2017 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Tiko 3D: Another crowdfunding fail, as backers money goes down the drain.” Tiko 3D is the second most-funded 3D printer on Kickstarter ever —the first being M3D who launched the Micro consumer 3D printer back in 2014.  M3D raised $3.4 million on Kickstarter from over 11,800… Read More

February 25, 2017 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 89th Academy Awards set to take place this Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced the projects that were nominated for this year’s big award event. The funding portal stated: “Since 2011, at least one Kickstarter-funded film has… Read More

February 24, 2017 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than twelve hours until its Fig campaign comes to an end, Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has successfully surpassed $4 million thanks to nearly 31,200 backers. The initiative surfaced on the crowdfunding platform for video games last month and quickly secured its initial $1.1 million within… Read More

February 23, 2017 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than four months after launching in Mexico, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter took a look back at the country’s campaign successes so far. Kickstarter reported that during the first 100 days, more than 500 independent artists, photographers, filmmakers, designers, developers, musicians, etc. have launched projects and… Read More

February 23, 2017 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

During Fitbit’s Q4 earnings call yesterday, management revealed it had paid $23 million to acquire Pebble Watch last year. At one point in time, Pebble was valued at $740 million. In a brief statement, Fitbit (NYSE:FIT), highlighted the purchase: Acquired assets from Pebble for $23 million… Read More

February 22, 2017 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Joel Hodgson, the creator of the sci-fi cult TV series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, announced on Wednesday that the show’s reboot finally received its Netflix premiere date, which is April 14th. This news comes less than two years after the show secured $5,764,229 from 48,270 backers through its… Read More

February 21, 2017 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching its crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor, Scandinavian fashion-tech accessory brand Turtleneck has surpassed its initial 255,000kr funding target. As previously reported, Turtleneck stated it offers innovative, practical, and functional products, which includes chargers for phones, wire organizers, and anti-lose equipment for… Read More

February 20, 2017 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turtleneck, a Scandinavian fashion-tech accessory brand, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor. The company is seeking 255,000kr for its anti-cranky phone accessories.  The company stated it offers innovative, practical, and functional products, which includes chargers for phones, wire organizers, and anti-lose equipment for… Read More

February 20, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

There was a brief period in crowdfunding history where 3D Printers were quite the rage. Thousands of backers pumped millions of dollars into all sorts of iterations of the now ubiquitous 3D printers. Of course today the sector is intensely competitive. Just hop on over… Read More

February 20, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, tech brand ZTE announced it was canceling its Project CSX (also known as Hawkeye) Kickstarter campaign after the project failed to attract more attention. The company was seeking $500,000 through the crowdfunding platform and only ended up securing $35,000 in a month and… Read More

February 18, 2017 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Glamour Dolls Makeup, a New Jersey-based cruelty-free and vegan cosmetic company, has teamed up with famous cartoon artist Lisa Frank to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The duo is currently seeking funds for their new makeup collaboration. Glamour Dolls revealed it is looking to… Read More

February 17, 2017 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comic book company, Dark Horse, announced this week it formed a partnership with Kickstarter success and popular SciFi series, Mystery Science Theater 3000. As previously reported, Hodgson launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in 2015 with a mission to raise as much funds as he could to reboot Mystery Science… Read More

February 17, 2017 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced its users may now enjoy its live video and real-time community engagement feature, Kickstarter Live, on both its homepage and iPhone/iPad apps. As previously reported, Kickstarter Live has been used for various projects, including broadcast cooking shows, live product demos, singing… Read More

February 17, 2017 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dante Basco, the actor who played Lost Boy Rufio in the 1992 Steven Spielberg film Hook, has launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking $30,000 for the Rufio prequel, Bangarang.  The film’s synopsis reads: “This is the story about Rufio, before the mohawk, before Neverland, before he was… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one week until the Apocalypse Now Kickstarter was set to close, Francis Ford Coppola and his team announced plans to move funding efforts to their own website. Last month, Coppola and his team launched Kickstarter seeking $900,000 for the game, which will be developed by creators,… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one month after securing more than $11 million on Kickstarter for his new project Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, creator of the highly anticipated board game, Adam Poots, sat down with the platform to discuss his crowdfunding experience. As previously reported, Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 is… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 10:50 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Crowdfund Insider interviewed Jake Fisher to discuss his new startup, Crowdfund Research, which launched earlier this month. What can you find on their page? “Our mission is to provide crowdfunding investors with the same level of research a VC fund would perform. We do this by… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Andrew Kojima, a finalist on the hit tv series MasterChef, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise £50,000 for the permanent Cheltenham location for his pop-up Japanese restaurant, Koj Cheltenham. While sharing details about the pop-up restaurant, Kojima stated: “Last October we converted the ground floor of… Read More

February 10, 2017 @ 6:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coolest Cooler, the 2nd most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time at $13.29 million, continues to chug along and deliver Coolers around the world. The Kickstarter pre-sale project launched in 2014 with an expected delivery date to early backers of the “21st Century Cooler” in… Read More