Tagged: kickstarter

March 9, 2014 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pebble Smartwatch, a crowdfunding superstar, continues to grow and expand their product and offerings. Earlier this year during CES, Pebble announced their new version smartwatch the Pebble Steel.  The company recently launched their own, native app store – filling a void in the wearable tech… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 12:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The above comment sums up the general tenor surrounding a currently-running Kickstarter campaign for the Soap home automation router. The device’s campaign promises to deliver an Android-based home automation unit that allows the user to control all of his or her at-home digital devices. The… Read More

March 9, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  Ouya has announced plans to drop their hardware-focused approach to become a software-only platform for Android games. Prognosticators once bullish on the subject of indie gaming consoles are suddenly cooling off. Although I don’t agree with the sudden change of heart, there are lessons… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Campaign Generates Incredible Trajectory. The objective was to raise $12,000 to help finance a simple guide light incorporated into a standard electrical outlet cover.  Crowdfunding on Kickstarter was launched on March 4th and as people discovered the project – the campaign rocketed past the $12K… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pozible Calls Out Other Crowdfunding Platforms to Share Numbers. According to publicly available information put together by Pozible, the Australian platform has the highest crowdfunding success rate in the USA at 45%.  Globally, Pozible’s campaign success rate is 56%.  With pledges of over $1million a… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This morning Yancey Strickler appeared on CBS to talk about Kickstarter’s billion-dollar milestone. He provides a pretty cool retrospective at some of the great campaigns that have come from Kickstarter over the years and Kickstarter’s goals and methods as a company. Watch below…     ___________________________… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of Vimeo’s celebration of their one year anniversary announcing Vimeo On Demand, the company is announcing a $10 million investment fund for creators selling their work directly online. The funds will be used to provide creators of all levels and genres direct financial support and… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a pretty cool product that offered up a pretail crowdfunding camaign on Kickstarter almost a year ago.  Lightpack is an ambient backlight system for your display.  Best thing to do is watch the pitch video and you will get it, but in brief… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The countdown is on. Veronica Mars hits theaters and will be available to backers on March 14th. In anticipation of the film’s release, Rob Thomas and company have released the following clip of the first two minutes of the film. Not much is revealed, so no… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Most crowdfunding campaigns will fail to reach their funding goals, but that isn’t a bad thing. The crowd’s ability to vet campaigns and pick winners is just one of the many facets of “crowd wisdom.” Having said that, it helps to understand what successful campaigners… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 7:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With less than 60 hours to go, Sarah Mabrouk, Amy Thomasson and their Upwind Pictures team has exceeded their stretch goal and raised over $102,232 for their documentary “The Food Cure.” To date, 1,336 backers have supported their documentary.  Their  Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, highlighted two weeks… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tabletop games continue to be a strong driver of growth for Kickstarter thanks in no small part to a tight-knit community of gamers and their voracious appetite for innovative games to play. Apparently Inceptor has struck a chord, because the game has raised over $50,000 with… Read More

March 3, 2014 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Sometime in the hours during the night of March 3, 2014, crowdfunding leader Kickstarter hurdled past the $1 billion mark in crowdfunding pledges.  An incredible mile marker for the company, as well as the industry, which still remains in the early years of development.  On… Read More

March 2, 2014 @ 12:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Pro tip: If you want to leak out pictures of your company’s new and improved smartwatch, make sure you don’t have a bunch of crowdfunding deliveries hanging over your head. This is the problem Omate is forced to deal with now. The following Facebook post… Read More

March 2, 2014 @ 11:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In May of 2012 a campaign for a printed book of web comics was fully funded, having raised $50,000 on a goal of $8,000. The web comics were hosted at PicturesForSadChildren.com. The book is called “Sad Pictures For Children.” Now the project has become a… Read More

March 1, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Design To Matter’s crowdfunding campaign for the Instacube stands as a cautionary tale for would-be crowdfunding backers. After a successful $620,000+ raise on Kickstarter, the campaign has been mired with turnover, internal strife, delivery issues and refund requests. I also proposed that D2M’s involvement in another… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 8:16 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With just 83 backers, New York City based Martin de Tours’ Made-to-Measure Customized Suits have exceeded their modest $20,000 crowdfunding goal and raised just under $44,000 with 35 days left on their Kickstarter campaign.  Aiming for “old school tailoring” utilizing  “new school technology,” Martin de… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 4:44 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In late September of 2013 a group of gaming enthusiasts launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring a gaming and comic book convention to the South Bend, Indiana area. It was to be called River-Con. The group was able to raise $4,000 on a goal of… Read More

February 27, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Pantheon Falls Far Short of $800,000 Goal. Pantheon:  Rise of the Fallen, an MMO game crowdfunding on Kickstarter, set out to raise $800,o00 over 40 days but closed their campaign having raised $460,000 – far short of their intended objective.  The campaign… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Short of a few Google+ hiccups, Alon Goren and myself had a great conversation with Toby Martin and Arne Loermann with Bragi LLC. Bragi is the company behind The Dash, which has raised over $2.3 million on Kickstarter. For a minute there it looked like… Read More