Sentences with phrase «million on crowdfunding site»

This year, German start - up Bragi secured more than $ 3.3 million on crowdfunding site Kickstarter — more than 10 times its target — to create Dash, a pair of wireless headphones that play music, track body metrics like heart rate, and integrate with a smartphone.

That created a schism: Companies like Pebble, a smartwatch maker, and Oculus, a virtual reality headset developer, raised millions on crowdfunding sites from eager early customers and used that surge to prove that buyers wanted their fledgling products.

Not exact matches

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has now successfully helped more than one project earn over $ 1 million, turning the traditional model of media production on its ear.

The film quickly raised over $ 3 million on the popular crowdfunding site, which produced a bit of controversy during its premiere at the Sundance...

The film quickly raised over $ 3 million on the popular crowdfunding site, which produced

The film quickly raised over $ 3 million on the popular crowdfunding site, which produced a bit of controversy during its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival when many backers weren't able to get into the screening.

One day after announcing it would partner with equity crowdfunding site Fig, Harmonix took on $ 15 million in equity investment from 14 undisclosed partners, the Boston Business Journal reports.

A recent article from Publisher's Weekly highlighted Kickstarter's direct impact on books and publishing, though, proclaiming that the crowdfunding site has already reached the $ 100 million mark for book - related campaigns.

Some of the most successful individuals with projects held through crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe were already well - known, or nearly so — people like Amanda Palmer, frontwoman for the band the Dresden Dolls, who reportedly received $ 1.2 million on Kickstarter to fund the creation of a new album and book, and comic writer / self - published author Ryan North, whose book «To Be or Not To Be» is still reportedly the highest publishing Kickstarter project ever.

After its Kickstarter garnered over $ 2 million, the studio continued to crowdfund the game on its own site.

Last year saw crowdfunding come into its own, with 27,500 backers on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter donating a total of $ 1.7 million to comic book projects, resulting in 267 projects that reached their funding goals in 2011.

Blogger Andrew Sullivan, who left The Daily Beast and turned his Daily Dish site into an independent, crowdfunded media entity in 2012, said in his latest update on the site's progress that while new signups have declined over the last six months, the site's overall revenue has grown and is now close to the $ 1 - million level.