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Teaching STEM through the wonders of larva harvesting

sudshr47 November 22, 2018 Startups

There’s hardly enough room to turn around in Livin Farms’ office. Pretty standard, really, in Central, Hong Kong, where space is at a perpetual premium. It’s a small operation for the HAX-backed startup — there’s space for a few desks and not much more. The startup’s last product, the Hive, stands next to the door. […]

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Why major brands are heading to crowdfunding sites for product development insights — MashTalk

sudshr47 November 20, 2018

Ten years ago, Indiegogo launched the modern era of crowdfunding by creating a place where anyone could pitch their idea, product, or creative endeavor to the entire world, asking for the funds to make it reality. Today there are no shortage of crowdfunding sites, and even though Indiegogo isn’t as large as rival Kickstarter, it’s still tremendously influential, offering entrepreneurs not just a funding platform, but also support beyond their campaigns, with tools to ease the transition from concept to launch.

Indiegogo has always had a more worldwide audience than its peers, and now current CEO David Mandelbrot wants to take things further with more outreach to inventors in China as he leads the venture-funded company to profitability. Mandelbrot joined Mashable’s MashTalk podcast to talk about how crowdfunding has evolved since in the past decade, how the company approaches quality control, and what he thinks of Indiegogo’s “anything goes” reputation. Read more…

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Indiegogo’s guaranteed shipping provides refunds for failed campaigns

sudshr47 November 15, 2018

For all the potential upsides of crowdfunding, backing a project always feels like a gamble. And some fairly high profile campaigns over the last few years have helped removed some of the model’s luster. Indiegogo’s hoping to curb some of those failures with guaranteed shipping, a new feature that suspends funding unless a product actual […]

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Cognigo raises $8.5M for its AI-driven data protection platform

sudshr47 November 13, 2018 Startups

Cognigo, a startup that aims to use AI and machine learning to help enterprises protect their data and stay in compliance with regulations like GDPR, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million Series A round. The round was led by Israel-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, with participation from privacy company Prosegur and State of […]

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Clearbanc raises $70M to fund startups with ad money for a rev share

sudshr47 November 12, 2018 Startups

Selling equity to buy Facebook and Google ads is a bad deal for startups. Clearbanc offers a fundraising alternative. For fast-growing businesses reliably earning sales from their marketing spend, Clearbanc offers funding from $5,000 to $10 million in exchange for a steady revenue share of their earnings until its paid back plus a 6 percent […]

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The team behind XOXO is taking over Kickstarter’s Drip crowdfunding community

sudshr47 October 24, 2018

Two years ago, Kickstarter acquired Drip, an indie musician crowdfunding platform, on the eve of the service’s untimely demise. After relaunching Drip last year, Kickstarter is again reinventing the Patreon-like artist platform. This time, by placing it under the stewardship of two guys who love indie creators so much they dreamed up a whole festival […]

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Make your own phone with MakerPhone (some soldering required)

sudshr47 October 13, 2018

There’s no shortage of interesting electronics kits out there to occupy an idle Sunday, but with this one you get a phone out of the bargain. The MakerPhone is a kit looking for funds on Kickstarter that lets you assemble a working mobile phone from a number of boards and pieces, and the end result looks about as wild as you’d expect.

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Internet steps up to help YouTuber robbed of $18,000, 14-year Lego collection

sudshr47 October 6, 2018

Strangers are stepping up to help a YouTuber rebuild his Lego collection after thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of Lego sets and destroyed years of his hard work.
The YouTuber, who goes by republicattak, is known for his intricate vid…

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This unique vacuum-extraction coffee maker is Colombia’s own

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

If you had a cup of coffee this morning, there’s a good chance those beans came from Colombia, which has been growing and selling them for centuries. But the country hasn’t produced any coffee makers — until now, anyway.

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The Automatica automates pour-over coffee in a charming and totally unnecessary way

sudshr47 August 17, 2018

Most mornings, after sifting through the night’s mail haul and skimming the headlines, I make myself a cup of coffee. I use a simple pour-over cone and paper filters, and (in what is perhaps my most tedious Seattleite affectation), I grind the beans by hand. I like the manual aspect of it all. Which is why this robotic pour-over machine is to me so perverse… and so tempting.

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China VC has overtaken Silicon Valley, but do aggregate numbers tell the whole story?

sudshr47 July 5, 2018

The evidence is increasingly clear: 2018 is the year of the Chinese venture deal. With half of the year now complete, China is driving ahead of Silicon Valley and the rest of the United States on venture capital dollars invested into startups, according to a number of data sources including Crunchbase, China Money Network, and […]