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Hasbro Unveils New Crowdfunding Platform & Launches Campaign For Star Wars Toy

Toy brand Hasbro recently announced the launch of its new crowdfunding platform, HasLab. According to the company, HASLAB is a platform that hopes to bring dream products into the hands of fans. It was reported: “With your support, our goal is to make products that are… Read More

MeineSpielzeugkiste Toy Sharing Platform Surpasses €1.5M on Companisto

MeineSpielzeugkiste (MyToyBox), a children’s toys sharing platform, has retuned to Companisto for a second round of equity crowdfunding. MeineSpielzeugkiste has established itself in the market and cooperates with almost all major toy manufacturers, offering 250 toys from brands including Playmobil, Ravensburger, Hasbro, Haba and LEGO. Families… Read More

Fidget Cube Set to Close Kickstarter Initiative With Over $6.4M in Funding

With less than six hours until its epic crowdfunding campaign is set to close on Kickstarter, Antsy Labs’ Fidget Cube has successfully raised more than $6.4 million from nearly 154,000 backers. The vinyl desk toy has six sides that feature different ways that users can fidget, which… Read More

Fidget Cube Closes In On $6M During the Final Week On Kickstarter

With just one week until its epic Kickstarter comes to an end, vinyl desk toy, Fidget Cube, is close to securing $6 million thanks to over 140,000 backers. The toy has six sides that feature different ways that users can fidget. These are the following: Click:… Read More

My London Girl Prepares For Expansion; Announces Upcoming Invesdor Campaign

My London Girl, a doll brand from London, is seeking to raise a minimum of £62,500 (max £250.000) in its upcoming equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor. The company reportedly sells high-quality dolls that are equipt with fashional clothing and accessories. The doll brand revealed that its key ideas… Read More

One Stop Shop For Children Poppy & Zach Seeks £75,000 on Seedrs to Expand Operations

Poppy & Zach, a lifestyle store that is dedicated to babies and children, has recently debuted its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is looking to secure £75,000 as it begins operation expansion. The shop, which is the latest venture of entrepreneur and former managing… Read More

Crowdcube #FundedClub Member PrimoToys Finishes Kickstarter Round; Scores $1.5M For Coding Toy “Cubetto”

On Thursday, Crowdcube #FundedClub member, PrimoToys, announced the closing of its Kickstarter initiative for the coding toy, Cubetto. The project successfully secured $1,596,457 from 6,553 backers. Cubetto is a toy for both boys and girls and is powered by what is described as a “tangible” programming language…. Read More

Creator of “Normal Barbie” Lammily Returns to Tilt With New Set of Boy Dolls

Before Mattel announced that its iconic Barbie was getting a bit of body makeover, startup Lammily was pushing out its very own “normal size” dolls. Just two years ago, the company launched a Tilt (at the time, Crowdtilt) campaign so that it could change the… Read More

Crowdcube #FundedClub Member PrimoToys Launches Kickstarter For Coding Toy; Overfunds in Less Than 24 Hours

On Tuesday, new Crowdcube #FundedClub member PrimoToys turned to reward-based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new coding toy, Cubetto. Cubetto is a toy for both boys and girls and is powered by what is described as a “tangible” programming language. Children help… Read More

CoAssets Reveals: Santa Knows A Thing Or Two About the Crowdfunding Method

With less than two days until Christmas Day, the team at CoAssets wrote an article for Yahoo! News that explains how Santa Claus knows a thing or two about the crowdfunding method. The Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform shared: “Crowdfunding this holiday season can be a struggle for… Read More

Wired Toy Company Roominate Returns to Kickstarter With New rPower Technology

Roominate, an award-winning line of wired building systems for girls aged six and up, just launched a new Kickstarter to take their technology to the next level with a new circuit system and app. During the first Kickstarter campaign in 2012, Roominate hit its funding… Read More

Update: Elemental Path’s CogniToys Exceeds Funding Goal by 550% on Kickstarter

Smart toy and technology developer Elemental Path, creator of CogniToys, the first toys powered by IBM Watson, has surpassed its Kickstarter goal by 550 percent. Launched on February 16th, the campaign raised $275,000 and received support from 2,256 campaign backers. As a result of exceeding several funding stretch goals, Elemental Path will… Read More

Creator of Kickstarter-Success KitRex Turns to Crowdfunding Again For New 3D Dino Project

Last spring, Lehigh Valley, PA artist, Lisa Glover, hit Kickstarter for her project, KitRex. She used custom-made steel die to cut the complex dinosaur shapes out of Bristol board to make the kits. Originally setting out to raise $8,000, Glover and her dinos took home over $100,000 thanks… Read More

Move Over, Barbie: New Hilary Clinton Figurine Hits Kickstarter to be the Toy Future Voters Love Most

Taking political interest to a whole new level, Brooklyn-based small product design studio and the creators of the 2008 Obama Action Figure, FCTRY, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for new Barbie competitor, the Hilary Clinton figurine. The “ready for action figure” (not… Read More

Kickstarter-Success KinderLab Robotics Opens New Headquarters in Waltham, Massachusett

KinderLab Robotics, a creator of toys and educational tools that teach four to seven year-olds to program and understand logic, has moved to new office space and manufacturing headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The offices and manufacturing space is close to the historic technology hub of… Read More

Elemental Path Launches Kickstarter For First Toys Powered by IBM Watson; Raises Over $65,000 in 24 Hours

Smart toy and technology developer Elemental Path today announced their new line of connected toys, CogniToys, which evolve alongside children as they learn and grow. The first toy powered by cognitive computing system IBM Watson, Elemental Path launched its Kickstarter campaign for CogniToys on February 16th to raise $50 thousand for continued product development… Read More

ToyBacker Launches New Crowdfunding Platform Dedicated to Toy Projects

With the increasingly competitive landscape of the toy development and retail industries, crowd funding has emerged as a gateway for toy innovators to display and gather support for ideas that may have been passed up by large toy companies. ToyBacker announced on Wednesday (January 28th)… Read More

Kickstarter-Success PowerUp 3.0 Continues to Soar to New Heights; Has Been Named CNET’s Top Remote-Controlled Toys of 2014

Time certainly does fly! A year ago this month, inventor and President of PowerUp Toys, Shai Goitien, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for PowerUp 3.0 that generated over $1.2 million and became the top funded programs in the flight category. Today, the innovative Bluetooth-enabled paper airplane toys are sold exclusively… Read More

LevelUp’s Sabertron Easily Beats Crowdfunding Campaign Goal

LevelUp, Inc.’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Sabertron: Foam Swords with Electronic Scoring has successfully surpassed its $50,000 goal less than a week after it launched, fulfilling the swordplay dreams of backers who can now expect these high-tech toys to be deliver in time for the… Read More

TinkerBots Creators Easily Surpass $100K Goal On Indiegogo

Seeking help with its highly anticipated project, Kindematic launched its  $100,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its TinkerBots – and quickly beat their goal. The product is a “toy building set with easy-to-add robotics that make it possible for children and adults to create an… Read More

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