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IndieGoGo's 2012 In Crowdfunding: Campaigns Raised 20% More Than In 2011 ...
TechCrunch
Crowdfunding site Indiegogo shared some exclusive details regarding their past year with TechCrunch, and the stats essentially back up what Matt Burns said about 2012: In many ways, this was the year of crowdfunding. Campaigns raised more money in ...
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Crowdfunded Pebble watch ready to drop
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
Seven months after raising $10.18 million through online "crowdfunding" from people who want one of its cellphone-linked "smartwatches," Pebble Technology says it finally has a product to put into people's hands. The Palo Alto startup's public ...
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GarageGames launches crowdfunding campaign to make everyone a game ...
VentureBeat
GarageGames has been around since 2000 making tools for professional developers. But starting today, it is taking its goal of democratizing game making a step further. It advances the do-it-yourself dream: if anyone can make movies or music, then why ...
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