Life after Kickstarter: Daily Grommet supports projects after honeymoon ends

The Daily Grommet is an online marketplace and product launch platform for up-and-coming consumer products. It helps discover, launch, and build sustainable businesses out of innovative ideas.

Crowdfunding nearly doubled last year with 1M successful campaigns

Crowdfunding is a young industry, but it's growing rapidly, with over 1 million campaigns successfully funded last year.

Crowdfunded NASA PSA video will play before ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

We might be unsuccessful at getting congress to double NASA's funding to a full cent on every taxed dollar, but look out when someone starts a crowdfunding campaign.

SEC recognizes FundersClub as first-ever online VC

In huge news for the venture capital world, the SEC officially announced that it will not recommend enforcement action against online investment platform FundersClub.

WeFunder gives startups a ‘green button’ to meet their fundraising goals

Online investment platform WeFunder finds and features promising startups, and connects them with a community of 14,000 accredited investors.

The crowd’s not enough: Carmageddon: Reincarnation raises $3.5M in private funding

Between Kickstarter and private investors, Carmageddon has a budget of around $4 million.

Agriculture startup grows crowdfunding platform to feed the hungry

Agricultural investment platform Fquare announces a new crowdfunding platform that connects investors with local farmers to grow food for food banks.

Flattr now lets you crowdfund content by liking/staring stuff on Twitter, Vimeo & Instagram

Crowdfunding platform Flattr will now allow people to donate money for content they find on the web using the favorite or like buttons that already exist on many social networks, the company announced today.

The newest Kickstarter record-breaker: Veronica Mars movie hits $1M in 4 hours (update: $2M in 10 hours)

The latest Kickstarter darling comes from an unlikely source: teen television.

How Scout Alarm crowdfunded $160K — without Kickstarter or Indiegogo

Hassle-free home security sounds good, right? Perhaps $160,000 good, if you're Scout Alarm ... with none of that money going to crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo.

Fake crowdfunding cuts through the chaos at Launch festival 2013

At the Launch festival, a new crowdfunding app serves as a buzz barometer for what the 5,000-plus attendees think of the startups as they launch out of stealth mode.

InXile uses Kickstarter to revive classic role-playing franchise Torment

Brian Fargo is raising more Kickstarter money to revive a beloved role-playing franchise, even before he finishes his last crowdfunded title.

This Kickstarter-backed film just won an Oscar

Kickstarter emerged the people's winner at the 2013 Academy Awards, second only to Jennifer Lawrence, who earned millions of admirers (and several memes) when she tripped on her dress.

Skullgirls developer hopes to release new content with a $150k crowdfunding drive

Lab Zero Games is asking for $150,000 to fund a new downloadable character.

Kickstarter finally launches iOS app for tracking & finding new projects

Kickstarter has finally launched an iOS application that gives you access to many of the site's core features, including tracking projects you've started or funded, commenting on projects, and the ability to find new things to fund.