Sentences with phrase «on crowdfunding sites from»
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.
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Appearing in episode 12 of Elevator Pitch, where it got $ 400,000 from the judges, TouchPoints raised $ 268,855 on the crowdfunding site, 956 percent of its goal.
The As Seen on TV crowdfunding site will be built with crowdfunding software from Boston - based Launcht.com, one of a growing number of companies that serve to support the back end of crowdfunding sites.
Fellig explains he's taken on a small amount of inventory at wholesale prices from these crowdfunding designers, and resells their items directly on his site for profit.
Since backers can come from all over the world and from any background, projects that do well on crowdfunding sites typically have a broad reach and appeal or a devoted following.
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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.
LA Unified has received a generous surprise gift from Google, as the tech company announced it has funded all classroom teacher projects in the district on the crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org.
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.
YouCaring.com — a free crowdfunding site that focuses on raising money for people who need it for personal reasons — everything from education to pet expenses.
The Ouya Android games console is a proven success at raising money: $ 8.6 m on crowdfunding site Kickstarter followed by a $ 15m funding round from venture capital firms.
The Apple Watch is still several weeks away from making its official debut, but that hasn't stopped dozens of inventors from coming up with accessories for the device, and many of those ideas are showing up on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo.Along with charging stands, band adapters are a popular category for crowdfunding campaigns, and several different projects have been started with the hope of creating solutions that will allow the Apple Watch to be used with third - party watch bands.Earlier this month, we covered the Click Apple Watch band adapter, showing off a 3D printed prototype, and now that project has been further developed and launched on Kickstarter.
That focus not only on hardware but on the software framework that surrounds it is what differentiates Narrative from, say, the regular stream of similar wearable cameras that sprung up on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites as the Clip team worked.
Real estate investor Brian Lunsford borrowed $ 40,000 from crowdfund site RealtyShares to renovate a house on Sprague Drive near UCF that one of his tenants had nearly burned down.