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January 21, 2015 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

In a letter published on the Hackster site, management announced their new relationship with hardware creation helper Dragon Innovation; We recently learned that thousands of people on Hackster are interested in building commercial products. Naturally we decided to do something about it. We are thrilled… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 12:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Coolest Cooler, the largest crowdfunding campaign ever on the Kickstarter platform, is working with Dragon Innovation to aid in the production process of manufacturing, shipping and delivering over 60,000 tricked out coolers by early 2015.  In a note to backers, project creator Ryan Grepper delivered… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundable, an investment crowdfunding platform, has announced a partnership with Dragon Innovation, a hardware  authority. For hardware companies utilizing the Fundable platform, Dragon Innovation will now review and certify the products via the “Dragon Certified program”. This process will demonstrate to potential backers / investors… Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 9:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Any entrepreneur that can raise $1 million or more through the Dragon Innovation crowdfunding platform will receive an additional $100,000 in the form of a convertible note from the company.  Dragon is a crowdfunding site that targets hardware entrepreneurs.  The company not only crowdfunds but… Read More

December 16, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

An anonymous user on Quora asked me and a few others to answer the following question: What is the future of Crowdfunding? It’s a great question and one we think about quite often here at Crowdfund Insider. We cover so many stories in the space and… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Technical Machine is a startup that up to now has been based at Olin College. They’re also the outfit behind the Tessel, a device we’ve reported on in the past. The Tessel is a small microcontroller that interfaces with real-life objects and can be programmed… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 12:46 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

BackerKit Blog | 2014 is the Year of the Crowdfunding Hero, and she’s got new tools in her belt. BackerKit is a service for crowdfunding project creators that “helps you manage your post-crowdfunding mayhem so that you can deliver on time.” They’ve seen a few… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 12:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Paul Niederer | Crowdfunding and Innovation Paul Niederer is the founder of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) and an equity crowdfunding pioneer. On his blog, he explains that crowdfunding is about more than just raising money and goes on to explain how crowdfunding… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Tessel has successfully raised $196,682 on Dragon Innovation, a maker-focused crowdfunding platform. This represents the largest raise in the short history of Dragon Innovation, which opened to the public on September 5th. Tessel is an internet-connected microcontroller programmable in JavaScript that enables developers to… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware crowdfunding platform, Dragon Innovation, has announced the success of their first three crowdfunded projects.  The inaugural round of projects having successfully raised funds on their site include: Dash – A DIY Robot having raised $74,461 on a goal of $64,000 Tessel – An internet… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dragon Innovation hardware crowdfunding platform earlier announced their site had gone live with multiple hardware projects followed the release with a note indicating they were broadening their services further by collaborating with Qualcomm Atheros.  This additional partnership will help facilitate clients growing need to integrate… Read More

September 5, 2013 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware Platform Simultaneously Announces Partnerships with GE, Arrow Electronics and Freescale. In an email to supporters Dragon Innovation announced their platform had gone live along with several new hardware projects on its site. Dragon shared their pending site launch just last month as they revealed investments from… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Manufacturing service firm Dragon Innovation has launched a new crowdfunding platform dedicated to funding hardware companies – exclusively.  The new platforms announcement comes after a succcessful round of funding from Flybridge Capital Partners, the Foundry Group, the Box Group, Lerer Ventures and Undercurrent Ventures.  The… Read More