Sentences with phrase «backers of that campaign by»

GPD raised more than $ 2.7 million for the Win 2 through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, and now the company has announced that the first 1200 or so units will ship to backers of that campaign by May 15th.

Not exact matches

Crowdfunding sites have long been plagued by instances of designers and entrepreneurs collecting money from backers and then failing to deliver their product; more ominously, Indiegogo has hosted a series of campaigns that some believed were outright scams.

Secured by an innovative Flash POS / POW hybrid consensus mechanism, PinkCoin enthusiasts, major $ PINK backers, investors, and PinkCoin community leaders abound intend to change the landscape of charity crowdfunding, casual tipping, and friendly neighborhood micro-donation campaigns.

There, Republicans voted Tuesday to re-nominate Speaker Paul Ryan., after recalcitrant conservatives and Trump backers upset by Ryan's frigid campaign - season treatment of Trump fell into line.

The Working Families Party spends millions of dollars on statewide and local campaigns through funds provided by labor unions and other left - leaning backers.

The Service Employees International Union and two of its major affiliates in New York — 1199 and 32BJ — have been major backers of the campaign, along with the Hotel Trades Council, the labor - backed Amalgamated Bank and a joint entity funded by 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

«That the Parliament looks critically at the results of a new poll on support for nuclear weapons in Scotland commissioned by Lord Ashcroft; believes that the result stating that 51 % of Scots want the Trident nuclear deterrent to be replaced is misguidedly being used to suggest that a majority of Scots support keeping nuclear weapons in Scotland; understands that the results of this poll were intended to challenge the findings of a recent poll commissioned by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that showed a decisive 75 % majority of the Scottish public is against both the cost and the reasoning behind the UK Government's intention to keep all of its nuclear weapons stationed in Scotland; understands that, while Lord Ashcroft conducted the poll to supposedly show that «more than half of Scots are in favour of nuclear weapons», the poll showed that only 37 % of Scots believe so in principle, compared with 48 % who do not; questions the integrity of a poll that, it understands, was privately paid for by a wealthy Tory backer; considers that Lord Ashcroft is spinning the results, and believes that he should stop doing so and accept what it considers the fact proven time and again that Scots want rid of nuclear weapons.»

He finally made it official late last month at a tightly - choreographed kick - off event at the gilded United Palace Theater in Washington Heights, where he was joined by a chorus of vocal backers waving campaign signs.

Cut off from some of his familiar sources by federal and state inquiries into his fund - raising practices, Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, and his campaign have been pounding the pavement for such contributions, and have leaned on some of the mayor's celebrity backers like the actors Cynthia Nixon, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Buscemi.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

The film is being distributed by the Weinstein Company, owned by a Harvey Weinstein, a major backer of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

Our reporting on the DUP's secret Brexit donation; on the finances of the Leave campaign's biggest backer Arron Banks; and on the many groups seeking to shape Brexit have been picked up by media across the world.

The «Yes» campaign today unveils a number of celebrity backers and says it is supported by a cross-section of society in comparison to the No group's politician - led emphasis.

The announcement caught even some of Ms. Moskowitz's top backers by surprise, and threw open the question of who, if anyone, would carry the banner for school - choice advocates — including, among others, some of New York's financial elites — in a 2017 campaign.

The film, which is directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), has been enduring a successful campaign on Indiegogo, where it currently has over 600 backers and is aiming to reach a goal of $ 150,000.

Because it was partly financed by a crowdfunding Web campaign — Indiegogo.com raised $ 150,000 on top of the reported $ 1 million budget — the film's backers will be given private access to a virtual screening so that they can stream the film online at home as it unspools during its world premiere in Park City.

It's similarly unclear whether there is a bill that could clear both branches of the Legislature that would lead backers of the ballot campaign — which is being coordinated by the same strategy firm that ran Baker's 2014 campaign for governor — to call off their effort.

Besides, some additional units have been sold at a smaller price to backers being upgraded from a previous campaign (i.e. I suspect you won't get exactly the total number of units by adding up the first and the last perks.

All the original backers got email offering to roll their contributions to the 2nd campaign if they were interested in the 13.3 e-reader with the remainder of the cost of the 13.3 e-reader be paid by the original backer.

You know, if you would do the right thing by your backers of the Indiegogo campaign by either offering them a device or a refund, you mightn't have to keep deleting posts here and there.

Few backers are enthused by the idea of giving more money to support company costs, and in one notable case, the direct request for corporate expenses to be covered by backers tanked an already tenuous campaign.

By supporting the development of the game through the Kickstarter campaign, players will also receive a playable demo, which will be made available to backers from September 22nd.

From its humble origins in the 7 Day FPS game jam, through a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign to a plethora of awards and nominations from industry experts, SUPERHOT is a labor of love by its independant, dedicated team and thousands of backers from all around the globe.

The campaign would not have been possible without additional support from the game developers and artists who banded together to produce an honestly sort of unbelievable lineup of backer rewards, including art by Katamari Damacy & Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi, Double Fine artist & illustrator Scott C., comic artist James Kochalka and Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward.

Following its successful Kickstarter campaign, which broke the record of most funded video game back in 2013 with a total of over $ 4 million pledged by 74,405 backers, inXile Entertainment has been working very hard to release it.

According to a report published by Gamespot after the campaign ended, approximately $ 1.84 million of that funding came from investments as opposed to backers interested in traditional crowdfunding rewards like signed posters.

In a post in that same thread, however, CIG's Ben Lesnick explained that Smart's refund is «the videogame equivalent of a «we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone» sign in a restaurant,» and said that while the studio does try to «work with backers who are facing hardships,» the money received through the crowdfunding campaign is being spent on making the game and, by implication, is thus not available to give back to anyone who wants it.

The remaster of the classic PC futurist RPG by industry icon Warren Spector had a successful Kickstarter campaign in July 2016, raising over $ 1.3 million from 21,000 backers.

On April 13th, 2013, we finished our Kickstarter campaign, funded by our lovely, amazing 14,749 backers for a grand total of $ 311,502.

Now the Alaska Wilderness League has sifted the financial backers for Mr. Gingrich's campaign and released a list of donors that it says shows Mr. Gingrich's push for drilling is «funded by Big Oil, for Big Oil.»

A successful crowdfunding campaign typically depends on the perceived value of the rewards by backers and the effectiveness of your marketing.

The Kickstarter campaign for Straw Straws seeks to raise $ 12,500 by July 7th to fully launch the product, and backers can be the first to receive a package of these biodegradable drinking straws with a pledge of $ 25 or more.

General Mills is also represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful lobbying group and major financial backer of the campaigns that defeated proposed GMO labeling laws in California and Washington.

Currently, Grow Games Interactive is running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to help bring Seeds The Game to the world, and all backers that pledge $ 5 or more will receive beta access, and those pledging $ 13 will also get a free download of the album «Beats to Bite Beets by,» a limited edition music jam.

Social media companies — Facebook, Twitter, Google, Snapchat, YouTube and others — have been microtargeting users with millions of specific advertisements, images, videos and other elements that are aimed at driving engagement, argue the campaign's backers, led by CHT Executive Director Tristan...

Social media companies — Facebook, Twitter, Google, Snapchat, YouTube and others — have been microtargeting users with millions of specific advertisements, images, videos and other elements that are aimed at driving engagement, argue the campaign's backers, led by CHT Executive Director Tristan Harris, former design ethicist at Google.

Backers participated in the Kickstarter campaign would receive tracking numbers of the shipments by mid-June and shipments will continue to be live in phases.

But ICOs differ from crowdfunding in that the backers of the former are motivated by a prospective return in their investments, while the funds raised in the latter campaign are basically donations.