Tagged: kickstarter

August 17, 2014 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring its stylish technology to wrists everywhere, New York-based company elemoon launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter earlier this week for its new self-titled technology bracelet. Not only does the device change colors to make any outfit, it alerts the person wearing it… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 8:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just saw the coolest Kickstarter project.. Mind. Officially. Blown. SmartThings will let you run your world by Smartphone. The above are some of the accolades piled upon SmartThings, a young company seeking capital and market approval just 2 years ago.  Crowdfunding out of Minneapolis, Minnesota,… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Blue Mountain State: The Movie – ran a widely popular crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  The project closed in May having raised over $1.9 million from about 24,000 supporters. Blue Mountain State is a fabled comedy television series that ran on Spike TV for three years…. Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based Scribble launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its self-titled pen. After immediately surpassing its initial goal and reaching $366,566 from 1,959 backers, the project was shut down. Now speculation has finally surfaced as to what really caused… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring another go-to appliance to the market, San Francisco-based company, Nomiku, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its self-titled sous vide. The device is a WiFi-connect sous vide immersion circulator brings top chefs and community into anyone’s kitchen. The new Nomiku is considered… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 9:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kickstarter’s first synthetic biology project, the Glowing Plant, which was launched April 2013 by Antony Evans, Fulbright Stanford post-doc fellow Omri Amirav-Drory, PhD and Kyle Taylor, PhD (from Stanford) has made the news again for its syncing with Y Combinator.  The Silicon Valley venture capital firm… Read More

August 15, 2014 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a little over a week and a half until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes an end, San Diego-based OwnPhone’s self-titled wireless 3D printed earbuds surpassed its initial $250,000 goal and reached  over $610,000 from close to 3,000 backers. OwnPhones are custom made to… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Columbus, Ohio resident Zach “Danger” Brown launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to make potato salad. Originally setting out with an initial goal of $10, the project immediately hit the spotlight and raised over $55,000 from 6,911 backers. Now Brown is… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, announced earlier this week details about its upcoming Film Fest in Los Angeles, California. The event will take place on September 12th from 6-11pm and features the platform’s favorite films, shorts, web series, animations, documentaries and more – all funded on the site…. Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assistant Professor of Management at New York University, Jason Greenberg and Assistant Professor at the Wharton Business School at University of Pennsylvania, Ethan Mollick recently released research titled, “Leaning In or Leaning On? Gender, Homophily, and Activism in Crowdfunding,” that revealed evidence that women are turning… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 8:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Diego-based video game company Night Trap LLC is dealing with questions about the accuracy and authenticity of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to revamp its ’90s controversial self-titled game. The project debuted on the platform just three days ago and was immediately criticized about… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 5:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring his new creation to the market, Ohio resident Jay Yoo has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for his new bag, bolstr. The new accessory is considered the ultimate bag for everyday carry (EDC) items. The bolstr is a perfect crossbody… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With back-to-college season in full swing, parents and kids are looking for ways to succeed in academics and student life. Below are Crowdfund Insider’s top 5 back-to-school items we know everyone will love while hitting the books on campus. The Defender: Smart Personal Protection Colleges everywhere… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

PonoMusic raised over $6.2 million on Kickstarter this past April, a campaign that saw just about every living rock star endorse the innovative product. Now with strong consumer demand, Pono has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder seeking to raise a minimum of $2.5 million… Read More

August 13, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Sometime last night the Coolest Cooler strolled past the Ouya video game console to become the 2nd biggest crowdfunding campaign ever on Kickstarter.  Only the Pebble smartwatch stands in Coolest Cooler’s path to become the most funded campaign of all time on the Kickstarter platform…. Read More

August 11, 2014 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The story about Joseph Pulitzer, the famous New York newspaper publisher, raising funds to secure the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty is quite well known in crowdfunding circles.  Many industry leaders and pundits like to use the Statue of Liberty as an acute example… Read More

August 11, 2014 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to create the next “big thing” in video games, Poland-based PlayWay has launched a new Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $70,000 for its new game, Hard West. The game is described as a weird turn-based squad tactical with world map exploration, a hint… Read More

August 11, 2014 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sense, the new sleeping behavior device that’s making headlines all over the world, has successfully raised nearly $1,925,000 from over 15,000 on the crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. It is a simple system that tracks the user’s sleep behavior, monitors the environment of their bedroom, and reinvents… Read More

August 9, 2014 @ 5:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Well I am not quite certain what I think about this statistic.  Is this a comment on Kickstarter? Going viral on the internet? Or the love of Potato Salad?  So the Potato Salad crowdfunding campaign is the 4th most viewed crowdfunding campaign ever on the… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 8:50 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Kickstarter has always prided itself on vetting its crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its ability to detect and remove fraudulent crowdfunding campaigns quickly. While that may have been the case in the past, some recent campaigns signal that Kickstarter might be getting a little too… Read More