Kickstarter

9 more crowdfunded mobile health, fitness projects
By Jonah Comstock | 12:37 pm | June 06, 2014
Controversies and altered submission requirements aside, crowdfunding is still a popular way to get a mobile or digital health project off the ground, which is why we periodically check in on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the two major crowdfunding platforms, for health and fitness-related projects.
Smartphone-connected food scanner gets $2M on Kickstarter, $4M from Khosla, others
By Jonah Comstock | 10:22 am | June 04, 2014
A new smartphone-connected device for measuring the nutritional content of food has raised $2.
Kickstarter wants you to crowdfund more things -- but still not medical devices
By Jonah Comstock | 07:40 am | June 04, 2014
Kickstarter has made a big change to its submission rules, opening the gates for a lot more projects in previously prohibited categories like cosmetics, pet supplies, and automotive products.