Here Are 12 Strangest Crowdfunding Projects That Actually Succeeded
Sep 02, 2015 20:32
Crowdfunding can be tricky. Often times, there are tons of ridiculous ideas that are looking for funding. And sometimes, these ridiculous ideas actually get funded. Here are some 12 campaigns that actually made it. Check it out:
This phone case invention was made mostly of aluminum, and they raised over $85,000. Too bad it blocked a lot of the cellular/Wi-Fi signals of the users’ phones.
Noboru Bitoy asked for $8 on Kickstarter to buy a Chipotle burrito and graph his enjoyment of it. He raised $1,050. Because he made more money than he asked for, he filmed himself eating a burrito while skydiving.
Thom Feeney wanted to help Greece out of its debt by opening an IndieGoGo campaign. His effort to raise 1 million Euros ($1.8 million) to save the country from default actually raised almost 300,000 Euros ($338,000), most likely from people who knew he would never reach his goal. Still, it raised 300k Euros!
It had a goal of $15,000. Lorenzo Maggiore wanted to produce a device to kill bugs in the most entertaining and non-toxic way possible, which is by blasting them with salt with an assault weapon. He raised $577,636.
‘Do you enjoy photos of cats dressed up as magical creatures? Yes? Then we have something for you.’ 1,000 backers put up $25,183 to bring this to life.
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