Two years after their Indiegogo campaign in the Wild West days of crowdfunding, Shawn Christensen and his team walked away with an Oscar on Sunday night for their live-action short film, “Curfew.” They ran a flexible funding campaign in early 2011 to help cover post-production… read more
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https://youtu.be/uUicv9myecI If you haven’t already died from cuteness from the above video, then Indiegogo would like to tell you about a new partnership between Whole Kids Foundation and PACT — “Urban Gardens Across America.” As part of this new initiative, Whole Kids Foundation — a… read more
Among all the crowdfunding excitement of 2012, Indiegogo celebrated a successful partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs and Stiftung Entrepreneurship called, Gründer-Garage, which was a competition for German-speaking entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs were encouraged to start Indiegogo campaigns to fund their startup ideas. As part of the… read more
Though headquartered in San Francisco, Indiegogo can actually count its birthplace as Park City, Utah. Five years ago this January, Indiegogo launched at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival — beginning a legacy of supporting independent filmmakers and helping to bring crowdfunding into the public eye.… read more
It’s almost time for TechCrunch’s 6th annual Crunchies Awards — the Oscars of the startup and tech world — and Indiegogo is honored to have made it to the finals under their “Biggest Social Impact” category. This year’s nominees were chosen by the public, so… read more
On average, campaigns raised 20% more in 2012 than they did in 2011. Successful campaigns took an average 11 days preparing for their launch. Core campaigns ran an average 49 days in 2012, as opposed to 60 in 2011. Successful campaigns fundraised for 39 days.… read more
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: Danae A Wish for Sophie Location: Charlottesville, Virginia I know Sophie’s mama, and I know how much she… read more
Every week, we give team members at Indiegogo an opportunity to talk about the campaigns that have caught their attention. In honor of the holiday season, we wanted to share some campaigns and perks that might inspire your gift shopping! Ben/Customer Happiness Charles Mark &… read more
Indiegogo would like to celebrate the following campaigns in our Creative category, which includes Art, Comic, Dance, Design, Fashion, Film, Gaming, Music, Photography, Theater, Transmedia, Video/Web, and Writing. The creativity and effort of these campaigns have earned them a spot in the top 12 Creative… read more