September 6, 2013 · Behind The Scenes

Team Indiegogo’s Campaign Roundup (9/6/13)

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Every week, we give team members at Indiegogo an opportunity to talk about the campaigns that have caught their attention. Here’s what we were talking about this week:

Alice (@alicebely)

MoveLoot Move Loot – Change is exciting. Furnishing it should be, too.

Location: San Francisco, California

I hate moving! this campaign makes moving easy and helps the environment.

Bre (@gogobre)

Beacon Beacon: 911 where there is none

Location: New York, New York

I’ve had to call 911 several times. I am so thankful for emergency medical services.  Let’s bring them worldwide. Plus you can claim clever perks such as a t-shirt with historical forms of emergency medical care or a “Good Samaritan” Vineyard Vines tie!

Bret (@gogobret)

AlmightyRhombus The Almighty Rhombus’s album fundraiser

Location: Sudbury, Canada

Hilarious video and pretty amazing perks. The Canadian indy music scene is alive and well!

Brittany

LastManOut LAST MAN OUT a Dotted Elk Theatre Company production

Location: New York, New York

Small theater company that produces shows that go outside of the box. 🙂

Bosco (@boscomonkey)

TechShop TechShop Menlo Park: Move & Rebuild!

Location: Menlo Park, California

TechShop is raising money to fund their move to a new location in the South Bay. It is renowned as one of the original maker spaces, and a lot of their perks are aimed toward Veterans.

Crista (@gogocrista)

CDtoSupportMusicTherapy CD to Support Music Therapy in NICU at Mount Sinai in Toronto

Location: Toronto, Canada

Since spending 75 days at Mount Sinai with her premature infant daughter, this classically trained soprano is recording an album of classical lullabies to be used at Mount Sinai for music therapy.

David (@MEMORYMANSIONS)

RedtailsDream A Redtail’s Dream – hardcover print drive

Location: Mora, Sweden

Fund a gorgeous hardcover version of a popular webcomic based on Finnish mythology.

Erica (@gogoErica)

RISE R.I.S.E. Yoga for Youth

Location: San Francisco, California

What a great concept – help students reduce stress and be more healthful by offering YOGA in school.  Sure beats regular P.E. classes 🙂

John V. (@gogoJV)

ImaginationIsTheOnlyEscape Imagination Is The Only Escape

Location: New York City, New York

Imagination is the only escape – A video game that is goes beyond most others with its subject matter being that is based around educating people about the Holocaust The game has fantastic graphics and is pushing the medium to another level. I highly recommend that you check out the campaign.

Kate D. (@KateDrane)

TomatoSherpa Become a Kitchen Hero by Supporting Tomato Sherpa Meal Kits

Location: San Francisco, California

Making local and sustainable meals fast and easy. Brings out the inner cook in the laziest of us 🙂

Liz (@gogoGlobalLiz)

SolarMobileChargingKiosk Solar Mobile Charging Kiosk

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

ARED (African Renewable Energy Distributor) offers a means to bridge the gap between the haves and have-nots of electricity in East Africa. Cool! It’s also a Phillips innovation project! I have a special place in my heart fro Rwanda b/c in from 2004-2007 I worked with women in Rwanda to help create sustainable employment through craft development and export.

Orly (@orlyreine)

SFJewishHistoryTour San Francisco Jewish History Tour

Location: San Francisco, California

I’ve always wanted to learn about San Francisco’s Jewish History. And I’ve never ridden a cable car. This Tour will enable me to do both at the same time! What better way to ring in the Jewish New Year in San Francisco than to donate to this campaign?

Ruika (@RuikaLin)

Synch Synch – an Animated Short

Location: Jerusalem, Israel

A stop-motion animation created by an Israeli couple for their graduation film at the Bezalel Academy of Arts’ Animation Department, exploring the beauty and hardship of human connection – there’s nothing more interesting than this.