Crowd Funding

Soon Internet crowdfunding sites will let investors buy stock

Frank Tobe 23 Oct 2013

... Last year Congress passed Title III of the JOBS Act to allow smaller companies to get an exemption from the strict and costly rules controlling the sale of securities to individuals. ... The SEC ...

Origami Robots, with Nick Kohut

Matthew Schroyer 20 Sep 2013

Link to audio file (24:09) In this episode Matthew Schroyer speaks with Nick Kohut, CEO of Dash Robotics, about their foldable hexapod robot and the ongoing crowdfunding campaign to get them into the...

This robotic prosthetic hand can be made for just $1000

Joel Gibbard 11 Sep 2013

The Dextrus hand is a robotic hand that can be put together for well under £650 ($1000) and offers much of the functionality of a human hand. Existing prosthetic hands are magnificent devices, capa...

Dash launching Dragon hardware crowdfunding platform

Andra Keay 08 Aug 2013

Dash is the first product to launch today on Dragon Innovation‘s new hardware crowdfunding site. Dragon Innovation was founded in 2009 by Scott Miller and Herman Pang, ex iRobot and Hasbro. Dragon a...

Does crowdfunding derisk robotics?

Andra Keay 30 Jul 2013

Crowdfunding is often cited as one of the mechanisms accelerating robot startups, alongside COTS, reduced costs, rapid prototyping, digital manufacturing, smart phones, connectivity etc. The entire pr...

Crowdfunding robots: Robot Film Festival

Andra Keay 27 Jun 2013

While I love getting robots in the mail, crowdfunding sites are also good for supporting a whole range of robot related activities. The 3rd annual Robot Film Festival just launched a Kickstarter campa...

3 reasons to crowdfund a robot

Andra Keay 26 Sep 2012

Kickstarter’s recent decision making it very difficult for hardware projects to use the platform just highlights two very useful things to know about crowdfunding. Firstly, not all crowdfunding plat...

Kickstarter and robots – not always #botiful

Andra Keay 14 Aug 2012

SF Bay Area Robotics meetup – August 21 7pm – 8.30pm at Lemnos Labs – is a kickstarter edition. Claire Delauney will share her experience with Botiful, as she reaches the final 12 hours of her K...