Tagged: kickstarter

October 6, 2013 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lumawake has a fascinating crowdfunding history.  We originally discovered this product in 2012. The concept was the brainchild of Greg Laugle who came up with the idea way back in 1997.  He was working through college and he barely got any sleep. He loathed the… Read More

October 4, 2013 @ 11:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Polygon recently did an installment of Polygon Live where Polygon staffers Chris Plante and Russ Pitts discussed whether Kickstarter has been a success or failure by video gamers until now. If you’re interested in watching their segment, it is embedded to the right. However, I… Read More

October 3, 2013 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announces $3 Million in Funding from True Ventures The Memoto Lifelogging camera successfully crowdfunded their “Lifelogging camera” on Kickstarter almost one year ago.  The team from Stockholm, Sweden raised $550,189 on a goal of $50,000.  The simple device they developed clips on y0ur shirt and… Read More

October 3, 2013 @ 10:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Peachy Printer is a small form factor 3D printer raising money on Kickstarter. The Canadian project launched with a goal of $50,000 CAD, but to date it has raised over 10 times that goal with 17 days left in the campaign. We want to… Read More

October 3, 2013 @ 9:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Invest Georgia Exemption (IGE) is an intrastate crowdfunding exemption for Georgia’s businesses. Today SparkMarket launches in order to take advantage of this law and facilitate capital formation within the state of Georgia. The exemption allows participation in crowdfunding raises of up to $1 million… Read More

October 3, 2013 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Hybra Advance Technology is Asking for Votes to Support Sound Band in Inuit’s Contest The Sound Band headset, which produces audio without using speakers, found crowdfunding success on Kickstarter raising funds well past their goal closing at $547,125.  The Traverse City, Michigan based company expects… Read More

October 2, 2013 @ 9:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

$3,845,170. That is how much cash Mighty No. 9 was able to raise from 67,226 backers in just 31 days on Kickstarter. That is about $125,000 a day. The average contribution: $57.20. When combined with funds raised off of Kickstarter through PayPal contributions, the total actually stretched… Read More

October 1, 2013 @ 8:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

No matter where you are in the world there are no strangers when you are traveling, only friends you haven’t met. After founding a top 50 digital marketing company, Allan Karl decided it was time for a change.  His change consisted of traveling around the… Read More

October 1, 2013 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9 is in its final hours. With a fitting 9 hours to go at the time of writing, the campaign has raised over $3.4 million. This puts it about $800,000 short of the second all-time game-related Kickstarter campaign, Torment: Tides… Read More

September 28, 2013 @ 2:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The story starts with Carmageddon: Reincarnation, a game that was fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of over $625,000. It ends with backers having their voice be heard on the subject of downloadable content for the game. Game developer Stainless Games expressed in a recent… Read More

September 28, 2013 @ 1:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on a lawsuit filed by Kristin and Chapman Ducote that accused Kickstarter of pulling their crowdfunding campaign without any basis to do so. In synopsis, the campaign was launched for a book called Naked Paddock. The campaign aspired to produce a “novel based on… Read More

September 27, 2013 @ 10:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In May we tipped the start of Baratunde Thurston’s new crowdfunding-centric web series. Called Funded, the series is made up of five minute shorts that explore crowdfunding success stories. As of today there are five segments available. The five projects outlined are… Ouya: Ouya CEO Julie… Read More

September 27, 2013 @ 10:18 am By Charles Luzar  |  

If we’ve said it once we’ve said it a thousand times: crowdfunding is all about the crowd. Any smart crowdfunder will build that crowd before launching a crowdfunding campaign in order to increase the likelihood of success. Jasco Games is right in the midst of this… Read More

September 27, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Started by Greenwich Village mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee in 1974, the Parade began as a walk from house to house in his neighborhood for his children and their friends. In 1981, with audiences reaching into the hundred thousands, Celebration Artist and Producer Jeanne… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 12:43 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is a hugely influential (and hugely controversial) piece of literature. A Library of Congress survey famously placed Atlas Shrugged as the second most influential book ever produced. Number one? The Bible. The book was turned into a movie series starting with Part I… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Parke Denim has been in “stealth mode” for the past 6 months developing their website along with a  new collection of high quality active denim jeans.  To date the company has raised $300,000 in funding.   The team now consists of fashion and technology experts… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 85 year old Catlow Theater located in Barrington, Illinois is a throwback to an era when movie theaters were wonderful structures built to last and viewed as important community structures.  For most movie goers today the experience is less than ideal.  Enduring cookie cutter,… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

As Kickstarter continues to tackle their challenge of rapid growth, the erstwhile crowdfunding leader has added another page to their growing list of siloed sub-categories.  #Museums was created to manage the growing number of museums from around the country which are using the Kickstarter platform… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With the lifting of the ban on general solicitation, today marks the beginning of a grand experiment in capital formation in the United States. It is also a boon to a crowdfunding industry that has largely been on autopilot while the implementation timeline of the… Read More

September 22, 2013 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has continued to add to their list of vertically curated pages on their crowdfunding platform.  Over the past months we have seen several cities launching their own curated pages to focus on what their communities have to offer in the way of budding entrepreneurs… Read More