Tagged: technology

November 12, 2013 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

With only a few days left to go in this crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, LUCI, Advanced Lucid Dream Inducer was cancelled after having raised $363,302 on a goal of just $40,000.  Funds raised had reportedly broken the $400,000 mark but as allegations of fraud started… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Fuel3D, a crazy cool piece of hardware which allows you to do 3D scans, crushed their Kickstarter campaign goal of $75,000 by raising over $300,000, is ready to go public.  The device will be stepping into the limelight at the 3D Printshow in London next week.  The company… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The internet of things and a true smart home environment are coming closer to reality every day.   Energy Aware  with their Neurio Home Intelligence is one of the companies leading the way.  Crowdfunding on Kickstarter now, the project easily cruised past their $95,000 CAD… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Tile item finder, which put a new spin on finding lost items, raised over $2.6 Million doing a Self-Starter crowdfunding campaign becoming the most successful Self-Starter campaign ever.  The company was founded by Nick Evans and Mike Farley in 2012.  Evans had previously worked… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 7:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Pirate3D  launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign this past May and raised over $1.4 Million from 3520 backers.  The original goal was to raise $100,00. “We were amazed by the enthusiastic support when we debuted the Buccaneer on Kickstarter. Our goal of US$100,000 was reached in… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 3:14 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Credit where credit is due: SFGate did a simple extrapolation on publicly-available Kickstarter data, and that turned up a pretty interesting stat about the success rate of Kickstarter projects. Guess which category of Kickstarter projects can boast the highest success rate. No, not stalwart categories… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cincinnati tech startup Kapture, the audio recording wristband that allows you to save and share what was just said, is recently beat their Kickstarter campaign goal. Over 1,228 backers supported the month-long campaign with a total of $162,386 being pledged, exceeding their goal of $150,000, and… Read More

October 14, 2013 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The Ghost blogging platform launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in April of 2013.  The open source platform is totally written in javascript and promises true one button deploys.  The crowfunding campaign wanted to raise £25,000 but the interest in this new application showed considerably… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Structure Sensor, from Occipital in San Francisco, is crowdfunding on Kickstarter.  Their initial goal of $100,000 is a distant memory as they approach $1,000,000 raised.  After only 7 days crowdfunding they were at 7 times their initial goa and after watching their pitch video… Read More

October 11, 2013 @ 7:31 am By JD Alois  |  

FlameStower, a device that can charge your cell phone by using fire, has beaten their goal on Kickstarter by raising over $38,000 on a $15,000 goal.  The campaign continues to raise funds and is scheduled to close on October 24th.  With the successful funding round… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perfect Match for Apple iPad. As soon as we watched the Kickstarter pitch video provided by the ISKN team you could see the product was going to be a crowdfunding hit.  This smart iPad cover does everything you want it to do.  Their goal was… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bike Systems, located in Stoke on Kent,  has launched an equity crowdfunding offering through Seedrs to support the launch and ongoing development of its new Bike HUD heads-up display for motorcyclists. Bike Systems will be launching Bike HUD at the Motorcycle Live show at the National Exhibition… Read More

October 4, 2013 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom’s first tech focused equity crowdfunding platform is prepping for launch.  ShareIn is expected to go live later this month.  As investment crowfunding has picked up steam in the UK there has been a growing number of platforms announced on both the equity… Read More

October 4, 2013 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

    The United Kingdom’s first Technology and Health focused equity crowdfunding platform is expected to launch later this month.  As part of their preparation the company has created a brilliant infographic where you can visualize their process. ShareIn wants to enable investors to “invest… 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 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The Funding, Discovery and Monetization Conference was held on September 12 and 13, 2013.   The AppShow, in partnership with CONNECT, presented two full days of networking, business development, high-level sessions, speed meetings, CROWDFUNDxSD contest and networking receptions at the San Diego Convention Center. One of the highlights… 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

September 26, 2013 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Amulyte, an emerging medical device company, announced today that it has launched an equity-based crowdfunding campaign Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Amulyte has developed an emergency response system that is designed to protect seniors beyond the short broadcast range covered… Read More

September 8, 2013 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima – which was previously called “Plug”-  closed today on Kickstarter having crowdfunded an amazing $1,229,074 with the support of almost thirteen thousand backers.  The device had an original goal of $69,000 which seems paltry in retrospect. The Kickstarter project had to alter the name… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hex queued up a crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter of $10,000.  The campaign launched just last week on August 26th stands today at over $230,000 raised on Kickstarter.  And they have over 30 days left to go on their campaign. Who would have thought that a… Read More