Tagged: selfstarter

June 9, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding success Tile has received a capital infusion from Khosla Ventures in the amount of $3 million. The “Series A extension” comes at a time when the young company reports it has shipped over 2 million devices as it closes in on its 2nd anniversary…. Read More

August 24, 2014 @ 9:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

About 2 years ago a startup called Apigy was rejected by Kickstarter for their Lockitron project.  Their concept was pretty basic:  a connected door lock device that could be integrated with existing household hardware. Once installed the user could control their front door via an… Read More

May 17, 2014 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Tile –  the item finder device –  a product that ran a self-crowdfunding campaign and became one of the trailblazer’s in the new world of hardware startups, is now shipping their product.  In an email to backers Nick Evans, CEO and Co-founder of the young company shared… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Y Combinator-backed Apigy created Lockitron just as the connected home movement was really taking off. The company promised some pretty slick features. The device integrated with your home’s deadbolt and promised to allow things like remote unlocking from a smartphone. It was even said to have… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 1:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Entrepreneur | Crowdfunding Without Kickstarter Entrepreneur’s Michelle Goodman interviews Cameron Robertson, co-founder of Lockitron and one of the men behind the decision to open-source Selfstarter for other companies looking to crowdfund. He explains some of the benefits of using Selfstarter over other rewards-based crowdfunding solutions…. Read More

November 6, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dada Quarterly Underwear Club is currently seeking 100 early backers on dadaunderwear.com to grow their underwear subscription service. Every three months backers can expect to get some luxury underwear in the mail without any hassle. They are able to self-host their campaign on their own… Read More

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

September 19, 2013 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Owlet Smart Baby Monitor was rejected by Kickstarter and decided to go the Selfstarter route to crowdfund their product.  The goal was to raise $100,000 and as of today – with several days left in the campaign – the project stands at over $140,000… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 9:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Owlet “Smart Sock” Monitors Your Baby’s Vital Signs, Connects to iPhone App. Founded by Kurt Workman, Owlet Baby Care Home has created the a baby “smart sock” that transmits a child’s heart rate, oxygen levels, skin temperature, sleep quality, and sleep position (rollover alerts) to… Read More

August 25, 2013 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Tile locator device successfully crowdfunded $2,681,297 using the self crowdfunding application “SelfStarter” becoming the most successfully self crowdfunded campaign ever. The crowdfunding campaign not only raised more than enough funds to fulfill the financing needs of the company but indicated a growing market interest… Read More

May 20, 2013 @ 9:47 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Rob Rhinehart and his team have settled on Crowdhoster as the platform of choice for their crowdfunding campaign for Soylent. We wrote about Soylent in the past, a meal replacement drink that garnered both praise and criticism in the press. Click here to see the… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Shopstarter is an easy-to-use online platform that allows anyone to accept pre-orders for a product after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Shopstarter was created by co-founders Alex Kennberg and Brian Park, two ex-Googlers from Toronto. According to their web site, the pair have experience working on… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 4:49 pm By VentureBeat  |  

Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you’re Scout Alarm … with none of that money going through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo. In fact, Scout Alarm crowdsourced that cash all on its own. The Scout Alarm is a $120 “next… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US.  Dozens are dead.  New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm.  The FEMA trailers made famous in the… Read More