Tagged: kickstarter

October 30, 2013 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The company which has defined rewards based crowdfunding – Kickstarter – recently surpassed having captured over 5 Million backers from around the world – which Crowdfund Insider reported on earlier this month.  In a posting on their site, Kickstarter shared some additional insight regarding this… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 10:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

New York tech manufacturer Omate raised over $1 million from fervent Kickstarter backers for their forthcoming water-resistant smartwatch for active lifestyles. Over 4,300 backers pledged funds to the campaign. Part of the allure for at least some in the crowd was that the watch was… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 10:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jeffrey Gaskill is a Grammy-nominated executive music producer with a passion for the blues, and he has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a tribute album for Blind Willie Johnson. Blind Willie Johnson is a hugely influential blues musician that popularized many hymnal and gospel… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 9:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Taylor English | Analysis of Crowdfunding Rules Relating to issuers This week we expect many interests in the world of securities to publish their breakdowns of the proposed rules for equity crowdfunding in the United States. We’ll be collecting them throughout the week. Here, law… Read More

October 27, 2013 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter Campaign Had Just Announced Breaking $100,000.  Parke Stands at Over $140,000 Today. This very professional, fashion pretail crowdfunding campaign continues to grow as backers continue to purchase rewards for Parke’s fashionable denim line.  Parke, a new online-only denim brand, with a few days still… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The internet of things and a true smart home environment are coming closer to reality every day.   Energy Aware  with their Neurio Home Intelligence is one of the companies leading the way.  Crowdfunding on Kickstarter now, the project easily cruised past their $95,000 CAD… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a enormously successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last year where Formlabs raised almost $3 Million for their 3D printer, the company has received significant financing from investors. Formlabs, the designers and manufacturers of the Form 1 3D printer, announced $19M in Series A financing.  DFJ Growth… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 10:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As we approach Halloween in the US, this seems appropriately macabre: a watch currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter counts down the moments until you die, providing a constant reminder of how precious life is. All we have to do is learn how to cherish the time… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 10:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

PolicyMic | Crowdfunding For Private Security in Oakland Ignores a Few Key Facts PolicyMic takes a deeper dive into the recent Crowdtilt campaigns funding private security forces in Oakland. What did they find? That some of the neighborhoods don’t have as much crime as one… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 7:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Pirate3D  launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign this past May and raised over $1.4 Million from 3520 backers.  The original goal was to raise $100,00. “We were amazed by the enthusiastic support when we debuted the Buccaneer on Kickstarter. Our goal of US$100,000 was reached in… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 12:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Simeon Burnett and Richard Allen are hoping that when equity crowdfunding becomes legal in New Zealand, which is expected in April of next year, that it will result in a snowball effect of successfully funded small businesses. That is the ethos behind their equity crowdfunding… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 10:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Oculus VR is a crowdfunding darling, having raised a $16 million Series A round on top of another $2.4 million on Kickstarter. Now the virtual reality gaming headset manufacturer is gearing up for primetime in the form of a new, consumer-spec headset that the team… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 10:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Elemental-Labs Inc. turned to Kickstarter to fund a video game entitled Reborn. The game was aiming for a launch that would have included support for the latest and greatest gaming platforms, the Xbox One and Playstation 4. The project creators have cancelled the campaign early after… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

For the better part of a year we’ve been anticipating a report that was to be the product of a joint venture by thought leaders and researchers in the crowdfunding space, distributed and supported by The World Bank. That report, entitled “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 3:14 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Credit where credit is due: SFGate did a simple extrapolation on publicly-available Kickstarter data, and that turned up a pretty interesting stat about the success rate of Kickstarter projects. Guess which category of Kickstarter projects can boast the highest success rate. No, not stalwart categories… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 2:57 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

VentureBeat: WePay’s API pays off, handles 648% more crowdfunding volume than last year The headline says it all… WePay is seeing some pretty impressive traction providing payment services to crowdfunding campaigns, but they’re quickly moving toward robust solutions for platforms as well. A provided API has… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 11:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UK Crowdfunding Day is coming up, scheduled for November 1st at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Their home page lists “Prominent UK Crowdfunding Organisations and Supporters,” of which various industry participants are listed. At one point Kickstarter was included on that list. Not anymore…. Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We’re going to unabashedly scream it from the mountaintops: Star Citizen is one of – if not the – biggest crowdfunding stories we’ve seen since we’ve launched this site more than a year ago, and it doesn’t get the attention or credit it deserves. The… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding leader Kickstarter continues on their successful trajectory with an announcement they have now funded over 50,000 projects since launching their now ubiquitous platform.  These projects represent $834 Million in pledges by over 5 Million backers.  An incredible feat. To add some perspective to their… Read More

October 17, 2013 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

In a video produced by Silicon Real (who do great work by the way), UK based Tribesports share their experience with crowdfunding on Kickstarter.  Tribesports, which we first covered this past August, ran an enormously successful campaign raising £119,458 on a goal of just £30,000…. Read More