Tagged: technology

December 12, 2013 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

The Aurora Dream Enhancing Headband launched on Kickstarter today in an attempt to raise $90,000.00.  The project by iWinks pre-launched on Prefundia to garner interested potential backers by building the crowd prior to their crowdfunding round.  The product fills a deep void which was left… Read More

December 11, 2013 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima: Brain of your Devices, which ran an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign Kickstarter that closed September 2013, posted a backer update today which mollified many of their critics. In September the hot tech device, which effectively allows users to create their own virtual cloud storage with… Read More

December 9, 2013 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

HiddenRadio2 Crushes Goal in Under 5 Hours. HiddenRadio originally successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter a bit over two years ago.  Product creators John VDN and Vitor Santa Maria have spent the past two years listening to feedback from backers and customers.  After the extended hiatus they… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

For those of you who feel a need to be connected at all times and anywhere, the Vybe bracelet is for you.  The organizers have been running a self-crowdfunding campaign using Crowdhoster which is part of the CrowdTilt portfolio. This pretail campaign was originally scheduled… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The PowerUp 3.0 Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane is some kind of awesome.  The crowdfunding campaign launched just before Thanksgiving and topped the $50,000 goal in less than 8 hours.  Over 1000 backers rushed to support this cool project launching it into Kickstarter stratosphere.  The stretch… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

After Hugely Successful Equity Crowdfunding Round, SecuGate+ Offers Rewards on Kickstarter. Secucloud, a provider of cloud-based IT-Security, has unveiled SecuGate+, their network security solution for Home & Small Business – and they are crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The rewards round follows an incredibly successful equity round in… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming from our friends in Australia (Glen Innes to be exact) is a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo which raised 50% of its goal in only 8 hours.   SmarterPlay, created by Australian entrepreneur Brendon Watson plays music from a mobile phone to any FM stereo. For… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

A team of university students have indicated they are evaluating the options and technologies to build and launch a small spacecraft to Mars. The vehicle would carry a unique payload: a two-inch-diameter titanium sphere containing perhaps millions of digital photos, videos, audio files, and text messages from… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Skulpt Aim, a device to measure body fat and muscle quality, has hurdled their $100,000 goal on Indiegogo with more than 30 days remaining in their crowdfunding campaign.   Supporters from 32 different countries supported the unique device.  Expectations are for the first Skulpt’s to… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Tellspec Handheld Scanner Allows You to Know What’s in Your Food. Crowdfunding on Indiegogo, Tellspec food scanner set a goal of raising $100,000 on October 2nd but closed on November 30th having raised $386,692 from 1765 backers.  Having quickly raised the initial $100,000 the campaign… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Wireless Apple iPhone charger iQi crowdfunding on Indiegogo was scheduled to end their campaign this weekend but organizers have decided to extend the campaign by 30 days.  The funding goal was originally set to raise $30,000 but that was easily passed and stands at over… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 6:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, marketed as the “Brain of Your Devices” has announced a shipping delay which has pushed back delivery for all supporters until sometime next Spring.  Lima, which was originally called “Plug” but was forced to change their name, is the 7th most crowdfunded campaign ever… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

All Your Cards Into One:  Coin. The one card to replace them all: Coin, has announced their crowdfunding campaign continues following their incredible success as they easily rocketed past their $50,000 campaign goal in just under 40 minutes.  In a discussion with CEO and Founder Kanishk… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

COIN CEO and founder Kanishk Parashar continues to make the media rounds with an interview on CNBC hosted by Carl Quintanilla and Kelly Evans.  COIN is clearly a crowdfunding success as it hit its relatively low goal of raising $50,000 in just 4o minutes.  With… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Neurio Home Intellegence, by Energy Aware in Vancouver, just closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter having trumped their $95,000 objective by raising over $260,000 CAD.  Almost two thousand supporters jumped in the smart home tech campaign with the majority opting in for the reward level… Read More

November 17, 2013 @ 5:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming out of Sydney, Australia, Ninja Blocks have logged their second success using the Kickstarter to launch a new product.  In March of 2012 they raised $102,935 on a goal of $24,000 for their first step in creating a dynamic interconnected world with their Ninja… Read More

November 17, 2013 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

COIN Founder and CEO Kanishk Parashar launched their crowdfunding campaign this past week on their own, in-house developed, crowdfunding platform and quickly rocketed to funding success by beating their goal in 40 minutes.  While they are not sharing their total amount raised in the past… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hamburg, Germany based tech startup Secucloud has broken a record:  raising 500,000 euros  via crowdfunding in just one day, ten hours and four minutes on German platform Seedmatch. “We are incredibly happy about the successful financing and are very thankful to the investors for their… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Single Card Replaces All Credit Cards, Debit Cards & Loyalty Cards. As hard as I try to minimize the number of cards I lug around in my wallet the number continues to grow.  Yes I have an app for loyalty cards which I regularly use,… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has experienced some pretty phenomenal success in tech crowdfunding. Their largest campaign to date  for any category – remains the Ubuntu Edge.   This next generation smartphone raised almost $13 Million but fell far short of their $32 Milllion goal.  While their crowdfunding campaign… Read More