SmartThings Raised $1.2 Million on Kickstarter, 2 Years Later The Company is Acquired by Samsung for $200 Million

August 16, 2014 @ 8:41 pm By JD Alois |

Just saw the coolest Kickstarter project.. Mind. Officially. Blown. SmartThings will let you run your world by Smartphone. The above are some of the accolades piled upon SmartThings, a young company seeking capital and market approval just 2 years ago. Crowdfunding out of Minneapolis, Minnesota,… Read More

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Kickstarter Alum SmartThings Closes $12.5 Million Series A

November 13, 2013 @ 12:36 pm By Charles Luzar |

Minneapolis-based SmartThings Kickstarted their way to $1.2 million, closing their campaign in September of 2012. Over 5,500 backers pitched in for the home automation system. SmartThings makes it easy to connect the things in your physical world to the Internet. You can monitor, control, automate,… Read More

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RANKED: The 50 Biggest Kickstarter Campaigns Of All Time

September 13, 2013 @ 11:01 am By Charles Luzar |

Since the last time we compiled this list some interesting trends are emerging, not the least of which is the sheer dominance of gaming-related campaigns on the Kickstarter platform – both tabletop games and video games. Interestingly enough, none of the top 10 have changed,… Read More

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RANKED: 31 Million-Dollar Kickstarter Projects

May 14, 2013 @ 8:37 am By Charles Luzar |

Updated: Click here for the most recent version of this list… You may remember that we recently did this list on December 31st of last year. In just short of six months we have added 14 more campaigns to the list of Kickstarter raises that have… Read More

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Insert Coin: 2012’s top 10 crowdfunded projects

December 27, 2012 @ 3:04 pm By Engadget |

This trip around the sun has been a monumental one for crowdfunding, marked by big projects and astronomical numbers. Take Kickstarter wunderkind OUYA, for example, which raised more than $8.5 million in funding from 63,416 backers. Kickstarter itself has even grown and matured, expanding to the… Read More

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