Tagged: kickstarter

April 21, 2014 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It may have reached its goal of $50,000 through its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, but it seems the Jet-Getters’ developer tinyBuild may have found an investor afterall. While the project will move forward and spend time bringing those partners up to speed and hiring additional… Read More

April 20, 2014 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scheduled for Apr 22, 2014 7PM CEST Dutch projects go live on April 29! Join Kickstarter’s Stephanie Pereira for live Q&A via Google Hangouts. We are excited to meet you and answer your questions! To participate in the Q&A, you will need a (free) Google account…. Read More

April 19, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to change crowdfunding as we know it, a new Vancouver-based platform Dana.io is ready to take on the industry leaders Kickstarter and Indiegogo.  Dana.io is a crowdfunding website that charges entirely by donations and consider its practice to be “gifting forward” or “unconditional gifting.”… Read More

April 19, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdFund Productions, a Colorado based crowdfunding and event management company, recently completed its research titled “Crowdfunding for Wearable Technology.” The industry, which includes activity tracking, health monitoring devices, smart textile, virtual reality hardware, wearable computers and hands-free communicators, already has reached billions of dollars in… Read More

April 18, 2014 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Global rewards based crowdfunding leader Kickstarter has updated their platform by adding 94 new subcategories to their site.  Apparently a growing number of project creators and backers have been requesting the new feature.  Incorporating a more granular categorization will certainly aid those looking for specific… Read More

April 17, 2014 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The Omni by Virtuix launched an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last year. The project raised over $1.1 million as the future of virtual reality gaming came one step closer. The hardware paired with the Oculus Rift allows gamers to enter a virtual, 360… Read More

April 15, 2014 @ 8:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

For their next round of funding, Zuli has shifted from rewards-based crowdfunding to equity-based crowdfunding on Fundable in order to grow its micro-location based automation. With the help of 925 backers,  Zuli’s Smartplug raised just over $175,000 on its electric Kickstarter campaign which ended this… Read More

April 15, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pono closed one of the most successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaigns ever today.  Backers numbering 18,220 delivered $6,225,354 to the Pono Music team aiding in a pretail campaign that is queued up to delivery a high fidelity audio player that currently has no peer in the… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

With just over a day to go in their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the Pono Music player now stands over $6 million with contributors number over 17,600.  The 35 day project is now firmly anchored in the number 3 position as one of the top… Read More

April 13, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Kendall Almerico  |  

I have written about the misconception by some members of the general public that equity crowdfunding and rewards-based crowdfunding are the same thing.  Many people are misinformed and do not understand that Title III of the JOBS Act has nothing to do with rewards-based crowdfunding…. Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter was quick to note their platform has not been impacted by the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug that has caused panic around the world as the “crown jewels” of millions of servers were opened up to just about anyone. On the Kickstarter status page the systems… Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week on the United Kingdom’s crowdfunding programme, CrowdBoxTV, will present a diverse group of projects encompassing technology, art, fashion, science, film and more. Airing every Sunday at 5pm on Sky, Freeview and Freesat, CrowdBoxTV looks at what’s hot in crowdfunding across the globe. Famous… Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, MyDream an RPG that has set out to challenge industry leader MineCraft closed their crowdfunding round on Kickstarter today having raised over $117,000 on a goal of $100,000.  While 370 supported this project, the vast majority of support rolled in from high… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The Micro 3D printer rocketed past $1 million in the first hours of their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and now only 4 days into their funding project stand at over $2.2 million.  Approximately 8000 backers have contributed to the rewards based campaign indicating a growing… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 7:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Neil Young’s Pono Music Kickstarter campaign has bested one of the most popular crowdfunding campaigns of all time. Pono knocked-out Veronica Mars with 5 days left in their funding project.  Pono has now raised an astounding $5,756,176 from just under 17,000 backers.  The Pono Music… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter the Micro “First Truly Consumer 3D Printer” blasted their $50,000 goal in minutes and at last count was cruising over $1 million during their first day of funding.  The Bethesda, Maryland company M3D has created the first 3D printer that comes in… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, an integrated piece of hardware and software that was briefly called “Plug”, raised over $1.2 million on Kickstarter last fall.  Almost 13,000 backers came together to support a product that really is what iCloud aspires to be – but isn’t. Lima creates an environment… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter CEO and Co-founder, has jumped into the scrum regarding the allegations of censorship pertaining to a movie now crowdfunding on Indiegogo.  In a tweet from his personal account, Strickler shares the acceptance letter to the Gosnell Movie creators:     @GosnellMovie@BreitbartNews This… Read More

April 5, 2014 @ 6:55 pm By Barry E. James  |  

It’s growing up fast. As crowdfunding hits what I suppose you might call it’s second official birthday on 5th April – Global Crowdfunding Day (#GlobalCFDay) – it may have a dose of the “terrible twos.” It’s certainly disruptive enough. It’s not toddling but racing away. Now… Read More

April 5, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2004, the Penny Arcade people thought it would be pretty cool to do a  show exclusively for gaming. Their event was a “small” 4500 gathering in Bellevue, Washington, that not only focused on gaming but also culture, music and a ton of other awesomeness…. Read More