List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects" in English language version.

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9kickstarter.com

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1,517^th place

220^th place

155^th place

3uhaulinvestorsclub.com

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99^th place

77^th place

3venturebeat.com

616^th place

430^th place

1,746^th place

1,165^th place

79^th place

65^th place

5^th place

5^th place

2businessinsider.com

140^th place

115^th place

1,994^th place

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288^th place

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28^th place

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1robertsspaceindustries.com

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1gamesindustry.biz

1,124^th place

697^th place

1guinnessworldrecords.com

550^th place

453^rd place

6^th place

6^th place

1theguardian.com

12^th place

11^th place

1books.google.com

3^rd place

3^rd place

49^th place

47^th place

7^th place

7^th place

272^nd place

225^th place

2,053^rd place

1,340^th place

1techcrunch.com

187^th place

146^th place

1techinasia.com

5,498^th place

4,278^th place

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1translate.google.com

1,064^th place

992^nd place

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152^nd place

120^th place

1hollywoodreporter.com

15^th place

16^th place

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1elevatodigital.com

low place

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4,157^th place

2,583^rd place

108^th place

80^th place

1marketwatch.com

1,303^rd place

808^th place

1greenisthenewblack.com

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1time-planet.com

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1greentechmedia.com

low place

9,667^th place

1businessinsider.com.au

4,389^th place

2,638^th place

1copperlaunch.com

low place

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1cosmos.network

low place

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1web.archive.org

1^st place

1^st place

1gameinformer.com

499^th place

347^th place

53^rd place

44^th place

9^th place

13^th place

1gametyrant.com

low place

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114^th place

90^th place

1companisto.com

low place

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1gospelmusic.org

low place

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1christianitytoday.com

2,002^nd place

1,199^th place

136^th place

93^rd place

1financemagnates.com

low place

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312^th place

197^th place

784^th place

604^th place

1tekcapital.com

low place

low place

1chroniclesofelyria.com

low place

low place

1longevity.technology

low place

low place

7,398^th place

5,036^th place

38^th place

40^th place

angel.com

invest.angel.com

The Wingfeather Saga (Angel Funding)
The Wingfeather Saga Season 2 (Angel Funding)

archive.org

Glanday, Craig; Fall, Stephen; Mackey, Roxanne; Bebbington, Theresa; Lorimer, Marie, eds. (2014). "Crowdsourcing". Guinness World Records 2015. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-90-884363-0. OCLC 869770714. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

avclub.com

tv.avclub.com

Hughes, William (May 8, 2021). "Joel and the Bots have successfully funded a full new season of MST3K". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

bloomberg.com

"Terms of Service Violation". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
"Hollywood Hitmaker Plans to Fund Next Blockbuster With Crypto". Bloomberg.com. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
Staude, Achim (19 January 2020). "German Solar Car Startup Sono to Stay in Business After Crowdfunding Success". bloomberg.com. Oliver Sachgau. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

books.google.com

Au, Sean; Power, Thomas (2018-10-08). Tokenomics: The Crypto Shift of Blockchains, ICOs, and Tokens. Packt Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-78913-260-1.

businessinsider.com

uk.businessinsider.com

"The 11 biggest ICO fundraises of 2017". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
"The 11 biggest ICO fundraises of 2017". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

businessinsider.com.au

Thomsen, Simon (2017-10-15). "Australia's first Initial Coin Offering raises $34 million". Business Insider Australia. Retrieved 2017-12-07.

cbsnews.com

Rosenkrantz, Holly. "GoFundMe for border wall raises over $8 million from 140k donors". www.cbsnews.com. CBS News. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

christianitytoday.com

Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga Raises $5M for TV Series (Christianity Today)

chroniclesofelyria.com

"Chronicles of Elyria". Chronicles of Elyria. Retrieved 2018-12-04.

cnbc.com

"A blockchain start-up just raised $4 billion without a live product". www.cnbc.com. 31 May 2018.
"Ethereum falls on report that the second-biggest cryptocurrency is under regulatory scrutiny". cnbc. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
Anthony Volastro and Eric Rosenbaum (2014-08-28). "A new king of Kickstarter is crowned!". CNBC. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
Whitten, Sarah (March 4, 2019). "Critical Role fans finance Dungeons & Dragons Kickstarter in an hour". CNBC. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
Whitten, Sarah (2019-04-19). "'Dungeons and Dragons' Kickstarter breaks record with $11.3 million campaign". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

cnet.com

"Foxconn will make the world's first blockchain smartphone". CNET. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

cnn.com

money.cnn.com

Kavilanz, Parija. "Baubax jacket sought $20,000 on Kickstarter, but got $9 million". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

cnn.com

Imam, Jareen (2015-01-21). "Exploding Kittens sets fire to Kickstarter". CNN. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

companisto.com

"Crowdfunding and Equity-based Crowdfunding – Weißenhaus". Companisto.

copperlaunch.com

"Balancer-based Dutch Auction of Sandclock's Quartz token". Retrieved 2021-12-07.

cosmos.network

blog.cosmos.network

"Fundraiser Was a Resounding Success – Cosmos Blog". Cosmos Blog. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

elevatodigital.com

Elevato. "Elevato helps Glowforge sell $27.9M in lasers using WordPress".

eurogamer.net

"Prison Architect earns $19m from 1.25m sales - but what's next?". Eurogamer.net. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (23 November 2018). "Shenmue 3 dev declares $7.1m crowdfunding total". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

f-lys.com

"Polybius : la première banque pour les Cryptomonnaie". 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-28.. Translated into English.

financemagnates.com

"Ethereum eSports Rewards Platform FirstBlood Raises $6m in Crowdsale | Finance Magnates". 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-10-04.

foxnews.com

Story about life of Jesus emerges as largest crowdfunded entertainment project in history (Fox News)

gameinformer.com

Garcia, Louis (2013-04-08). "Shroud Of The Avatar Raises $2 Million In Crowdfunding". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

gamesindustry.biz

Weber, Rachel (2013-04-30). "Star Citizen funding now over $9m". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

gametyrant.com

Norris, Devon (September 8, 2020). "The Wyrmwood Modular Gaming Table Could Raise More Than $10 Million On Kickstarter". GameTyrant. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

geekwire.com

GeekWire (2015-10-26). "Glowforge 3D laser printer breaks 30-day crowdfunding record after $27.9M in sales". Retrieved 2018-01-23.

gospelmusic.org

Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga Successful Film Kickstarter Campaign (Gospel Music Association)

greenisthenewblack.com

"Top 10 Venture Capital Funds Going Beyond Sustainability & Regenerating The Planet". Retrieved 2022-07-31.

greentechmedia.com

"Blockchain Energy Trading Startup Power Ledger Raises $17M in Cryptocurrency 'ICO'". Retrieved 2017-12-07.

guinnessworldrecords.com

Glanday, Craig; Fall, Stephen; Mackey, Roxanne; Bebbington, Theresa; Lorimer, Marie, eds. (2014). "Crowdsourcing". Guinness World Records 2015. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-90-884363-0. OCLC 869770714. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

hollywoodreporter.com

Largest-Ever Crowdfunding Campaign for a TV Show Issues Equity to Investors (The Hollywood Reporter)

ibtimes.co.uk

Allison, Ian (14 April 2016). "WAVES raises $2m in 24 hours in bid to take on permissioned blockchains". International Business Times.
Allison, Ian (8 May 2016). "Blockchain platform WAVES partners with 'Swiss knife' Bitcoin wallet Mycelium". International Business Times.
Allison, Ian (2017-03-21). "Qtum token sale raises over $15m in five days". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2017-03-24.

ign.com

Dornbush, Jonathon (March 7, 2019). "Update: Critical Role Kickstarter Breaks Record, Reveals Episode Plans". IGN. Retrieved March 9, 2019.

inc.com

D. Evans, Brian (21 June 2017). "Status ICO Raised More Than $100 Million for Ethereum-Powered DApps on iOS and Android". Inc. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
Shama, Hyder (2021-12-03). "4 Different ways to carve out a niche in a crowded market". Inc Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

indiegogo.com

"An Hour of Code for Every Student".

kickstarter.com

"Kingdom-death-monster". 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
Lee, Elan (2015-01-20). "Exploding Kittens". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
"Ouya: A New Kind of Video Game Console". Kickstarter. Ouya. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
"Snapmaker 2.0: Modular 3-in-1 3D Printers".
The Way of Kings Kickstarter Campaign
Pono (digital music service) (2014-04-15). "Pono Music - Where Your Soul Rediscovers Music". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
"Fidget Cube: A Vinyl Desk Toy". Kickstarter. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
Igarashi, Koji (2015-05-11). "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
LeVar Burton & Reading Rainbow (2014-07-02). "Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

longevity.technology

"VitaDAO raises 400% of expectation and will use it to fund longevity research and projects that promote healthspan and lifespan".

marketwatch.com

Feuerherd, Ben. "GoFundMe for Trump's Mexican-U.S. border wall raises more than $3 million in a few days". MarketWatch. MarketWatch. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

nytimes.com

Popper, Nathaniel (17 June 2016). "A Hacking of More Than $50 Million Dashes Hopes in the World of Virtual Currency". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

politico.com

Tau, Byron. "Mayday PAC secures matching pledges". Politico. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

polybius.io

blog.polybius.io

"What's next: ICO report and plans of Polybius – Project: PolybiusBank". PolybiusBankProject. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

polygon.com

Hall, Charlie (December 22, 2020). "Games broke funding records on Kickstarter in 2020, despite the pandemic". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
Kuchera, Ben. "Fidgeted made this toy one of Kickstarter's most successful campaigns". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-09-13.

reuters.com

uk.reuters.com

Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (18 May 2016). "Virtual company may raise $200 million, largest in crowdfunding". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

robertsspaceindustries.com

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals

sandclock.org

"Sandclock Official Website". Retrieved 2021-12-07.

solve.care

"Solve.Care Token Sale is Successfully Complete - Solve.Care Foundation". solve.care. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

streetwise.co

chicagoinno.streetwise.co

Dallke, Jim (3 August 2015). "This Chicago-Based Jacket is Now the Most Funded Clothing Project Ever on Kickstarter". ChicagoInno. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
"Hugely Successful Kickstarter Jacket BauBax Heads to Indiegogo to Keep Momentum Going". Chicago Inno. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

techcrunch.com

"Polkadot passes the $140M mark for its fund-raise to link private and public blockchains [October 23-29, 2017]". techcrunch.com. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

techinasia.com

Ellis, Jack (29 June 2017). "Singapore startup raises $80m in cryptocurrency sale; another follows suit". Tech in Asia. Tech in Asia. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

tekcapital.com

"Press release on Lucyd crowdfund" (PDF).

theguardian.com

Woolf, Nicky (3 December 2014). "Star Citizen sets crowdfunding record as players spend $65m on spaceships". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 16 December 2016. These spacecraft are being pre-purchased for use in an eagerly awaited multiplayer online PC game called Star Citizen, currently in development by Cloud Imperium Games. In their eagerness to play, people have been buying starships in huge numbers, which has helped the game's makers completely annihilate all previous crowdfunding records.

theverge.com

Vincent, James (2015-01-28). "Exploding Kittens becomes the most backed Kickstarter project of all time". The Verge. Retrieved 2015-01-28.

time-planet.com

"Time for the Planet Official Website". Retrieved 2023-01-10.

translate.google.com

"Polybius : la première banque pour les Cryptomonnaie". 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-28.. Translated into English.

tumblr.com

lessig.tumblr.com

Lessig, Lawrence (4 July 2014). "At 9:30pm ET, 4 July, this happened". LESSIG Blog, v2. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

uhaulinvestorsclub.com

variety.com

Spangler, Todd (2019-03-07). "Critical Role's 'Vox Machina' D&D Animation Project Breaks Kickstarter Record". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
Spangler, Todd (November 5, 2019). "Amazon Orders Two Seasons of Critical Role's Animated D&D Series". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

venturebeat.com

"CyberMiles Successfully Completes ICO With Record Token Contribution Rush [November 22, 2017]". venturebeat.com.
"Public blockchain investments heat up: $5 million in 5 minutes". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
Novet, Jordan (2015-03-02). "Website builder The Grid gets Chrome extension". Venture Beat. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

vidangel.com

studios.vidangel.com

Pay It Forward (VidAngel - The Chosen) (VidAngel)

web.archive.org

Garcia, Louis (2013-04-08). "Shroud Of The Avatar Raises $2 Million In Crowdfunding". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

wired.co.uk

"The hottest startups in Tel Aviv". Wired.

worldcat.org

Glanday, Craig; Fall, Stephen; Mackey, Roxanne; Bebbington, Theresa; Lorimer, Marie, eds. (2014). "Crowdsourcing". Guinness World Records 2015. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-90-884363-0. OCLC 869770714. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
Vigna, Paul (2017-08-12). "Latest Hot Digital Coin Offering: $187 Million in One Hour for Filecoin". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

wsj.com

wsj.com

Vigna, Paul (2017-08-12). "Latest Hot Digital Coin Offering: $187 Million in One Hour for Filecoin". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
"Forget an IPO, Coin Offerings Are New Road to Startup Riches". Forbes. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

online.wsj.com

Fritz, Ben (February 21, 2014). "'Veronica Mars' to Break the Mold for Movie Releases". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2014.

yahoo.com

finance.yahoo.com

"Backed by $5 Million in Funding (4,700 BTC), Mastercoin Is Building a Flexible, New Layer of Money on Bitcoin". Yahoo Finance. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2015-08-07.

youtube.com

Wyrmwood Gaming (August 12, 2020). We Broke Kickstarter! (And it was their fault) S5E12 (YouTube video). Retrieved February 21, 2021.