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Penny Arcade’s Kickstarter project aims to dump site ads

Everybody’s doing Kickstarter, so why not Gabe and Tycho, too? That’s the news today from Penny Arcade, the Seattle-based media… Read More

Victory for swordsmanship: Clang gets $525k on Kickstarter

Clang, the sword-fighting video game project led by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson, surpassed its $500,000 goal on Kickstarter over the… Read More

Asteroid miners may launch their own Kickstarter project

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based company that plans to launch robotic spacecraft to mine near-Earth asteroids, doesn’t need extra money, backed by… Read More

Battle of the smart watches: Watch out Pebble, the Cookoo’s in town

Used to be, if one wanted to receive real-time updates on a smart watch about their e-mails and texts, they… Read More

3 keys to successful crowdfunding campaigns

There’s change in the air. Entrepreneurs I talk to can smell it. Especially those that are focused on consumer products. … Read More

Author Neal Stephenson’s new sword fighting game Clang: The best Kickstarter pitch yet?

We’ve watched a lot of Kickstarter videos in recent months. But nothing — at least in our experience — compares… Read More

Republique tops $500,000 Kickstarter funding goal

A few weeks ago, we told you about Ryan Payton’s effort to get his new game, Republique, bankrolled on Kickstarter. Well,… Read More

Crowdfunding gets serious as leaders form trade group

We’ve been watching in amazement as organizations such as Kickstarter gain steam, revolutionizing the way that entrepreneurs go about raising… Read More

After Kickstarter success game studios turn to Zipline for help

Kickstarter is revolutionizing the way that game companies raise cash as evidenced by the recent success of Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun… Read More

Shadowrun Returns ends Kickstarter campaign at $1.8M

We’ve been having fun tracking the progress of Jordan Weisman’s Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, watching in amazement after it… Read More

Magic: The Gathering creator to crowd-fund mobile game

The designer of the iconic collectible physical card game Magic: The Gathering has a new venture in the virtual mobile game… Read More

Shadowrun Returns breaks through $1.5M on Kickstarter

Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Seattle-area game designer Jordan Weisman’s classic franchise, broke through the $1.5 million mark overnight in… Read More

Seattle design firm kicks off 999Bottles Kickstarter campaign

Consider it a kind of milestone: the iPhone is so ubiquitous, it becomes an accessory for a water bottle. That, in… Read More

Kickstarter still a drop in the bucket when compared to VC

The rise of Kickstarter as a new funding source for entrepreneurial ideas has been one of the most fascinating stories… Read More

Shadowrun blows past $1M: Could this become the biggest Kickstarter campaign ever?

We’ve been closely tracking the amazing response to the Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Jordan Weisman’s popular role-playing… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Facebook, Instagram, Kickstarter and the world of creative funding

Our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is Stephen Toulouse, better known as Stepto, who joins… Read More

Kickstarter kids: Watch these Seattle teens pitch their new camera dolly business idea

Kickstarter is radically changing the way entrepreneurs think about raising money for their ideas. And in recent days we’ve seen… Read More

Frustrated researchers unveil Microryza, a crowdfunding site for geeky science projects

Want to help scientists figure out why chili peppers are spicy? How about the origins of a mysterious clay jug?… Read More

Halo 4 game designer turns to Kickstarter to bankroll dystopian game Republique

Ryan Payton, a former video game designer at Microsoft who worked as a narrative designer on Halo 4, is the… Read More

Husband-and-wife team turn to Kickstarter to bankroll new iPhone charging dock

Seattle area designer Mike Kemery has helped design products for Nike, T-Mobile and Yakima Products. But now Kemery, and his… Read More

Seattle chef funds cookbook, mobile apps via Kickstarter

Kickstarter — the online marketplace for funding new ideas — often gets associated with geeky gadgets and other techie inventions.… Read More

Meet the SolMate: This case charges your iPhone in the sun (and shade)

Does your iPhone battery life get you down? Don’t worry. Two enterprising Seattle geeks believe they’ve solved that ongoing frustration… Read More