Tagged: technology

June 30, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tech startup Pebble has done it again! The company secured over $12,779,843 from 66,673 backers through its third Kickstarter campaign, which launched to raise $1 million for its new products, Pebble 2, Time 2, and Pebble Core. Each device offers new ways for users to enjoy the company’s famous technology. Each… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Los Angeles startup, Zungle, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 for its innovative sunglasses, Zungle Panther. What makes these shades stand out? Each is equipped with built-in bone conduction speakers that reportedly enables to transmit sound waves to the skull via vibrations. Zungle Panther… Read More

June 22, 2016 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Frames, a social video collaboration app, is looking to raise £400,000 through Seedrs’ equity crowdfunding portal as it prepares to attract new registered users. The app, which was launched on March 1st through both iOS and Android app stores, allows users to invite their friends and followers… Read More

June 20, 2016 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo success Canary announced it is expanding into Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France. The company reported in just 15 months, it is now available in retail locations and for direct order in 15 countries. Canary had the most successful Indiegogo campaign of all time… Read More

June 18, 2016 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Notion, a home monitoring system that is benefitting from the boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) development, announced earlier this month that it has secured $3.2 million during a seed round that was led by XL Innovate. Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California tech startup, Monohm, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $250,000 for its already famous smart pocket watch, Runcible. First introduced to the world at last year’s Mobile World Congress, Runcible is described as a smart pocket watch for the post-smartphone era. It… Read More

June 15, 2016 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a day after Pebble’s third Kickstarter campaign surpassed $11 million, the tech startup unveiled two special edition Pebble Time round smartwatches. Last month, Pebble took to the crowdfunding giant to raise funds for not one but three new wearable tech devices, which offers new ways… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three weeks after launching its third Kickstarter, tech startup Pebble has successfully secured over $11 million for its three new wearables, Pebble 2, Time 2, and Pebble Core, from nearly 58,000 backers. The devices offers new ways for users to enjoy the company’s famous technology: Pebble 2… Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, tech startup Pebble released its new health wellness platform. This launch comes after the company successfully secured over $10.6 million during its third Kickstarter initiative. Last month, Pebble took to the crowdfunding giant to raise funds for not one but three new wearable… Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Full Circle Labs, the electronic tool developer behind the Kickstarter success and handheld, heated tool Retouch3D, announced on Thursday the launch of its campaign through equity crowdfunding platform, Invesdor. The company is seeking £200,000 as it prepares to expand its modular platform for handheld heated tools. According to… Read More

June 8, 2016 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple months after its product, Sense, successfully secured $164,885 through its Kickstarter initiative, California startup Silk Labs announced that it is unfortunately no longer planning to make the intelligent camera and hub.  Sense was supposed to detect the user’s presence, recognize their voice and gestures,… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK startup, Beeline, has successfully raised over £500,000 through Seedrs for its connected navigation hardware for cyclists. The company took to the crowdfunding platform recently with a mission to raise £400,000. Previously, it secured £150,185 through reward-based crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. Beeline’s product is described as a beautifully designed, affordable piece… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after Pebble launched its third Kickstarter, the tech startup has secured nearly $10 million from over 50,000 backers. Last year, Pebble hit Kickstarter for its watch, Pebble Time, and surpassed its initial goal within just mere hours. By the end of its funding… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, tech company Pebble once again returned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for 3 new products Pebble 2, Time 2 and Pebble Core. Within 24 hours, the new campaign not only smashed its initial $1 million goal, it has already surpassed $6.7 million from nearly 36,000 backers. Last year, Pebble… Read More

May 20, 2016 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that it has formed a new partnership with Arrow Electronics, a worldwide technology company that provides products and services to guide innovation. The funding portal revealed that this new partnership will help to create a groundbreaking new crowdfund-to-production platform aimed at accelerating… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, biotech startup, TAXA Biotechnologies, Inc., made history by being one of the first to use Title III rules of the JOBS Act. The company launched its initial on equity crowdfunding platform, WeFunder. Founded in 2013, TAXA Biotechnologies consists of biologists and experts who use synthetic biology technologies… Read More

May 5, 2016 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of global platform Indiegogo, recently sat down with Inc. to discuss which crowdfunding project is in fact her favorite. During her interview, Ringelmann stated: “You know, I’m an underdog person. I always like rooting for the underdog, the crazy ideas, the ones… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Nextbit, a mobile developer that was created by former Google, Apple, Amazon, and HTC employees, announced that its Kickstarter success smartphone, Robin, is going to be available for $299 through Amazon starting May 4th and ending May 10th. Robin is described as a smartphone that brings… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, UK-based Powervault launched a Crowdcube campaign to raise £750,000 for its already award-winning home energy storage product. Powervault’s product reportedly reduces electricity bills and helps customers during black-outs. According to the company, the government says that energy storage is a game-changing technology which could save the… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

XY Findables (formerly known just as XY Find It) ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014. On a goal of $45,000 over 4000 supporters purchased the Bluetooth tracker tag. Now the company wants to scale and they are heading online once… Read More