Indiegogo teamed up with Tech Futures Group to host a Hardware Mentoring Happy Hour at WeWork Golden Gate, bringing together hardware startups and industry mentors. Focused on educating and empowering entrepreneurs, leading industry experts provided mentorship to the more than 50 companies that attended. Watch… read more
Over the past few years, crowdfunding has offered companies and entrepreneurs an amazing opportunity to bring products to market in a new way. On Indiegogo, we’ve seen an explosion of innovative ideas, many of which would never have come to fruition otherwise. However, not everything… read more
Hi, Indiegogo! I’m Greg Fisher, CEO and Founder of Berkeley Sourcing Group. As you prepare to manufacture, I’d love to share with you some best practices I’ve learned through BSG’s eight years working with hardware makers. If you’re new to manufacturing, proper fulfillment for a… read more
What do a wheelchair that can tow a car, an IV bag that can purify water, and a lightbulb shaped like the Starship Enterprise have in common? They’re all part of the Philips Innovation Fellows competition running on Indiegogo. With $100,000 in prize money up for… read more
We’re excited to announce that we’ve brought on Adam Ellsworth as our hardware mentor-in-residence. Adam’s five years of hardware experience include founding 4 start-ups, completing a successful crowdfunding campaign for 8 Bit Lit, and organizing the SF Crowdfunding Meetup and Hardware Summer Camp. Adam is uniquely… read more
Hi all- As Head of Growth, I’m thrilled to announce that Indiegogo has now broken the record for hosting the biggest crowdfunding campaign of all time. With over $10,267,352 pledged from more than 22,053 contributions from people in 63 countries, Canonical’s Ubuntu Edge campaign is… read more
Last week, Scanadu Scout — a medical tricorder that tracks vital signs — raised $1,370,462, thus ending Matthew Inman’s (of The @Oatmeal) nearly year-long reign as Indiegogo’s top-funded campaign. When it ended on Saturday, the Scout had raised a whopping $1,664,574. And then it was… read more
We know that there are a lot of benefits for hardware makers running an Indiegogo campaign, but what about after the campaign ends? To help address this question we teamed up with our partner, Lemnos Labs, to host “From Prototype to Product,” a meetup in… read more
Guest author Nick Baugh is the founder of Teelaunch, which helps crowdfunding campaigners fulfill their perks. After a crowdfunding campaign has ended, one of the most common problems for campaigners is fulfillment. Fulfillment of rewards like shirts, hats, DVD’s, posters, remote vehicles, and games takes… read more