Tagged: youtube

April 4, 2015 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in February 2014, singer-songwriter Steve Grand took to Kickstarter with a mission to raise $81,000 for his first recorded album, All-American Boy. During its campaign run, the project captured over $326,000 from nearly 5,000. Now, not only has Grand successfully made the new album, it has also… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off her highly anticipated Kickstarter film, A Brave Heart, 26-year-old activist Lizzie Velasquez sat down with People magazine to share details about her past struggles and the effects of the YouTube video The Ugliest Woman Alive. As previously reported, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for a film that was at the time titled The Lizzie Project. The official documentary is based on 25-year-old Lizzie Velasquez, the breakout speaker of the YouTube TED talk video “How Do You Define Yourself?” which has… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off the Sundance Film Festival 2015 panel series on a financial note, The Hollywood Reporter and YouTube sat down to discuss the ins and outs of crowdfunding on Thursday (January 22nd). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the panel, Financing Through the Power of Fans,… Read More

December 24, 2014 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help a homeless person in need, a California man by the name of Josh Lin has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for Thomas, the man in the new video How Does a Homeless Man Spend $100. The video was created to see what… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 5:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Clearing the air of any confusion and accusations, CEO of San Carlos-based Logbar, Takuro Yoshida, addressed the issues that backers of Kickstarter-success Ring Wearable Tech through a new YouTube video. Previously, Yoshida revealed his thought about the comments that Gizmodo had made about the ring. The website, which… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yogventures backers, rejoice! Your patience is finally being paid off. According to GameStop, the makers of the failed video game have finally reached an agreement that will make everyone that supported the game super happy. According to the video game shop, along with the free codes they… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of the Star Trek: Axanar crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, website dedicated to the famous sci-fi series, TrekMovie, sat down with producer and actor in the upcoming film, Alec Peters to discuss the project and his ultimate dream of creating a Star Trek film…. Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hilarious web series Simon’s Cat has had huge success on the crowdfunding giant Indiegogo over the past few weeks. The YouTube channel launched campaign on July 8th for its new video Off to the Vet. Originally seeking only £275,850, Simon’s Cat has raised £304,937 from 9,963 backers. Not only has it… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 5:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Popular YouTube channel Yogscast has announced the cancellation of its project Yogventures, which generated $570,000 during its 2012 crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The game was said to have already went into development at Winterkewl Games. According to Eurogamer, the game originally was set to release in… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pherver, a startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, has launched a site for the creative class to raise funds through monthly pledges, tips on content, and by selling personalized products. The need for new ways to generate revenue comes at a time when online… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rooster Teeth, the YouTube network behind the hilarious sci-fi comedy “Red vs Blue,” “Achievement Hunter,” “The RT Podcast,” and “RWBY,” has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for it’s first ever feature length movie called “Lazer Team”.  The campaign easily beat their initial goal of $650,000… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Google spawn YouTube made a major announcement today about their future product roadmap.  As part of the announcement where they discussed forthcoming new tools, apps and more, they recognized the importance of advertising revenue generated by the global video megalith (of which they make tons… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, the creators of “TableTop” Season 3 announced not only did they receive well over its $500,000 goal; they also broke digital series crowdfunding record. “TableTop” is known as an award-winning Internet series that appears on YouTube’s Geek &… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Wusk is a new crowdfunding / micro-donations site that allows fans to contribute to any content on YouTube.  The startup just launched this past March at SXSW with their service and they  believe fans should support great digital content and the creators should be able… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

PewDiePie is one of a rare breed of YouTube phenomenon. In fact, he’s king of the mountain… he can lay claim to the most subscriptions for a YouTube channel in history. As he has done in the past, he launched a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 12:48 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Felix Kjellberg is better known by the name of PewDiePie, and he is one of a handful of wildly successful gamers that have used YouTube as a means of building a following. Actually, that may be putting it a bit lightly. He has the most subscribers… Read More

February 19, 2014 @ 10:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday YouTube-centric crowdfunding platform TubeStart held a Google Hangout discussing crowdfunding in a YouTube context. The Hangout lasted just under an hour and provided answers to a handful of relevant questions. TubeStart’s Claude Shires and Kirsten Zastrow ran the session. They provide some sobering, pragmatic… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 10:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tomorrow YouTube content creator crowdfunding platform TubeStart will begin a new weekly tradition by holding a Google Hangout. It’s called the “Weekly Crowdfunding Crash Course for YouTube Creators,” which tells you just about all you need to know. If you’re on YouTube and you’re interested… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wong Fu has some pretty amazing numbers on their YouTube channel.  Over 2 million subscribers with over 300 million views of their short films, music videos, vlogs etc.  Wong Fu Productions (WFP) started by a group of friends at UC San Diego, Philip Wang, Wesley… Read More