Tagged: sxsw

March 19, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FreeWavz received the SXSW Interactive Innovation Award for the Wearable Tech category at the 18th annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards ceremony, presented by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and supporting sponsors Cloud typography and IBM. Founder of Freewavz, Dr. Eric Hensen, stated: “It is a great honor to be selected as a… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

For donors and consumer givers who want to know that the money they donate to charity is making a tangible impact and serving real needs, Austin-based startup 121Giving today launched a new product marketplace and crowdfunding platform that enables donors to know where their giving… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. Year after year, the event is a launching pad for new creative… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With SXSW fest 2015 in full swing, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that 1 in 3 films at the big event were funded by crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. According to the media outlet, 28 films that are playing at SXSW were funded by successful Kickstarter campaigns. Each film… Read More

March 15, 2015 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Lawrence Lessig’s movement to crowdfund political change via his Mayday PAC has been quiet since the last political cycle revealed minimal success in his organization’s attempt to support candidates that back his vision of fundamental political change.  The first attempt is being described as “experimental”. Now Lessig… Read More

March 24, 2014 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Indiegogo was all over SXSW this year as evidenced in part by our recent breakdown of Indiegogo campaigns represented at this year’s festival. Indiegogo has now also released an album of pictures from their time in Austin. The photos are below. For the full Facebook… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A team of people within publicly traded company Marvell, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.  The Kinoma Create campaign, a “javascript internet of things project”, immediately surpassed their $10,00o goal and stands just shy of $20,000 today.  The group organizing the project on Indiegogo… Read More

March 11, 2014 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Perpetual rock musician Neil Young recently announced his new music device and service Pono.  He is presenting tonight at SXSW to share his vision for the future of high fidelity streaming music.  Young has been vocal about current streaming music services and their inferior audio… 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 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 25, 2014 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo is gearing up to head to Austin, Texas next week as part of the global SXSW 2014 blitz.  They will be hosting multiple “Happiness Hours” and are asking friends and fans to swing by for a visit at the Indiegogo Tech… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

SXSW has an interesting approach to putting together the panels for their annual gathering.  They have a Panel Picker application on their site where visitors may vote to nominate the auditioning presenters they would like to see.  So in effect – crowdsourced feedback.  Mega crowdfunding… Read More

May 20, 2013 @ 9:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Energy crowdfunding platform Mosaic ask for help with their panel idea for SXSW.  From a post on their crowdfunding platform: Familiar with South by Southwest (SXSW) Eco? It’s an event that challenges professionals to create actionable and profitable solutions that address issues in areas such… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 8:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Another great CrowdFundCast came out this week. This time around the folks at CrowdCheck talk SXSW, their upcoming Washington, DC event and more. [audio http://www.crowdcheck.com/sites/default/files/CFC2013-2.mp3] Follow @CrowdFundCast

March 13, 2013 @ 2:29 am By BoiseWeekly  |  

For some time now, Boise Weekly has been following the story of The JOBS Act, a bill Congress passed to overhaul Securities and Exchange Commission regulations put in place after the Great Depression to help curb corruption in the investment industry. A key component of… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 6:33 pm By TechCrunch  |  

When you think of crowdsourcing, you usually imagine something like the Pebble smart watch or the Misfit Shine – gadgets that are hard to build in mainstream ways but take off by sparking a groundswell of support. But what about a crowdfunded Tesla museum? Or… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 9:28 pm By Pacific Business News  |  

I attended an interesting presentation at SXSW Interactive by Slava Rubin, CEO and cofounder of Indiegogo, a popular crowd-funding campaign. He basically hammered the point that crowd funding is not some kind of lottery. Instead, through careful planning and deliberate effort, Indiegogo can serve as… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 7:54 pm By Cnet  |  

The annual SXSWconference here prides itself on being a place for “disruption,” but the only real disruption during a fairly pedestrian conversation between the founder of crowdfunded Ouya and the editor-in-chief of The Verge today were angry tweets followed by empty seats. Ouya founder Julie… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Razoo, a  crowdfunding platform for causes, and SXSW Interactive Festival announced today a partnership to raise money online for two charitable causes March 8-12, 2013.  The partnership reflects a commitment to furthering the community-oriented culture of SXSW by offering more opportunities to support forward-thinking causes. The… Read More

March 10, 2013 @ 8:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bryan Sivak, CTO and entrepreneur in residence at the Department of Health and Human Services has shared some insight into the operations of this significant bureau.  They use crowdfunding internally to solicit support from the more entrepreneurial minded civil servants.  Dubbed “HHSFairTrade” this information was… Read More