Tagged: kickstarter

April 30, 2014 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealing with some drama surrounding a famous Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, controversial Chinese actor Ai Weiwei is reportedly locked into a little bit of a spat with director  Jason Wishnow over the independent film “The Sandstorm,” a ten-minute movie about a smoggy, futuristic China where water… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving children more reasons to be excited about dinosaurs, KitRex announced its very own crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter earlier this month to raise $8,000. The product is a flat-packed, paper dinosaur that consumers can construct by folding and tabbing together specially cut pieces of high-quality… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 5:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only a few days left of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign,  League of Geeks’ new game “Armello” has almost reached its $200,000. The game takes players into a world of imagination as each play as a “hero” from one of fourt animal clans: rat, rabbit,… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Dutch crowdfunding campaigns are now live on the Kickstarter platform.  Announced some time ago, the expansion into the Netherlands is part of a continuing strategy to grow the brand and platform for rewards based crowdfunding to all corners of the globe.  Over 1100 creators have… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just a few hours until its campaign is closed, Underground Games’ new boardgame Allegiances: A Realm Divided made $50K plus during its time on the crowdfunding giant Kickstarter. The game is a “fantasy-themed, tabletop board-game/card-game of strategy and tactics, where players assume the role… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The annual Webby Awards will recognize multiple crowdfunding world names.  Included on this year’s list are global rewards based  crowdfunding leader Kickstarter, social crowdfunding phenomena The Jamaican Bobsled Team and Video Game High School. The specific awards are as follows: Webby Breakout of the Year:… Read More

April 27, 2014 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to get more support for its latest project, Czech software company Warhouse Studio launched its self-crowdfunding campaign for their forthcoming game “Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The video game has already impressed the gamers and has racked up more than $1.8 million on Kickstarter this past… Read More

April 26, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Today, on 23 April 2014, in celebration of the world-renowned bard William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, the Globe Theatre opens its most ambitious tour yet: a two-year world tour of Hamlet that will visit “every single country on earth.” With 20 days remaining on the Shakespeare’s… Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

With more than 10 days to go in their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Micro 3D – “the affordable 3D printer” – has broken through the $3 million mark garnering support of over 10,000 backers..  The amount raised places Micro 3D in the 13th position on… Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 7:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Maverick HiddenRadio returns to crowdfunding for their sleek bluetooth speaker HiddenRadio2, proving that “it is possible to improve on perfection.” This time around, HiddenRadio launched its crowdfunding on Fundable; to date, neither financial details nor investor information has been disclosed to non-investors. Future consumers look forward… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only four days left until the end of its crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign, Me-Mover’s announced it has exceeded expectations and received $210,533 from 276 backers. As previously reported by Crowdfundinsider, the company was seeking to raise $100,000. The creators of the Me-Mover have taken a… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Raising funds for a cause so close to him, American rapper Ryan Lewis launched the 30/30 Project campaign on Indiegogo and is seeking to raise $100,000 to help build HIV clinics in Malawi. During a recent interview, Mr. Lewis revealed that his mother, Julie Lewis,… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 6:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Led by Tekton Ventures and Maveron are among the chief investors, Virtuix, the developer of the anticipated Omni virtual reality treadmill, has announced that it has completed a $3 million seed investment round designed to expand production and distribution of the Omni.   The fundraising initiative… Read More

April 23, 2014 @ 9:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to create the “perfect fit” trousers, Barbell Apparel launched its own denim campaign Kickstarter earlier this month.  The jeans are “made for your active lifestyle” and were designed by weight lifters, snowboards and rock climbers from Nevada, who grew tired and frustrated with the… Read More

April 23, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing an exciting update about its recent crowdfunding campaign with Kickstarter, Creator of the  Micro Phone Lens Thomas Larson announced it more than doubled its $50,000 goal. The Micro Phone Lens is known as “the world’s first device that makes your phone or tablet comparable… Read More

April 23, 2014 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to move forward with the legalization of crowdfunding, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his cabinet approved a de-regulation of equity campaigning to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, which will help companies, especially startups, with raising crowdfunding equity. “Abenomics” encourages small and medium enterprises… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 5:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending his hand to help the film industry, Ben Affleck signed on to appear in the film “LADDIE.” The documentary made headlines earlier this month when it announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. It is an “exclusive look at the most influential… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With  several more weeks to go in its crowdfunding campaign,  ZUtA Labs‘ “Mini Mobile Robotic Printer” has raised $430,521 on Kickstarter. The new device is “a printer that goes where you go and prints from your phone on any size page!” The company states, “Our printer is… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 6:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It may have failed on Kickstarter, but that isn’t stopping California-based Oak Park Brewing Co. from creating a crowdfunding campaign on its own website. While waiting for permits from the city of Sacramento, the company attempted to raise $30,000 on the Kickstarter platform earlier this… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 6:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the announcement of The Eisner Awards nominations, Kickstarter announced three of its crowdfunding campaigns made the list. The projects were Dax Tran-Caffee’s “Failing Sky;” Brandon Perlow and Paul J. Mendoza’s “Watson and Holmes,” which was nominated twice; and Ben Acker and Ben Blacker’s… Read More