KickTraq

For many entrepreneurs, Kickstarter represents a level playing field where good ideas can find people with the cash to help make their dream a reality. Just look at the success of the legendary Potato Salad, where a guy tried to raise the funds to make, well, potato salad -- and ended up raising over $55,000 and throwing a potato party for charity. (Read More)

Kickstarter. The land of angel investors, niche markets and (at least in one point in time) the world (Read More)

The story of the smartwatch pioneer who used crowdfunding to bring its products to market, yet its success proved short-lived (Read More)

In less than five years, Pebble experienced a meteoric rise and a fatal crash. (Read More)

Pebble, Fitbit, and Kickstarter have yet to comment on the matter, but we have reached out to Fitbit for clarification. (Read More)

What does that mean? Here (Read More)

After days of rumors and speculation, Pebble finally confirmed yesterday that it's getting acquired by Fitbit. At first, this sounded like it might be a good thing.... (Read More)

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Pebble Kickstarter campaigns are numbers 1, 3 and 4 for most funded projects ever on Kickstarter. The only interloper in the top four mix is the Coolest Cooler. But today, according to numerous reports, Pebble is being sold to Fitbit only to be shut down, becoming a footnote in the history of wearable technology. (Read More)

Late yesterday it was reported by The Information that Fitbit is close to buying wearable startup Pebble, news that has since been independently confirmed by The Verge. Fitbit and Pebble have been in the final stages of the deal since before the Thanksgiving holiday; the buying price has not yet been confirmed. While it ultimately might not be as good of a deal as Pebble would have hoped for, there are a lot of reasons why a Pebble-Fitbit deal makes sense. (Read More)

Pebble, is a startup credited for being one of the first companies to launch a modern smartwatch. The company failed to attract traditional investors so turned to crowdfunding back in April 2012. The campaign proved massively successful, collecting around $10 million, the most money raised for any product on Kickstarter at that time. Since then, Pebble has released a slew of other devices. (Read More)

While the vast majority of campaigns raise $10,000 or less, an increasing number are raising $1 million of more. (Read More)

The formula for inventing a new gadget used to be simple: have an idea, set up shop in your parents’ garage, eat only ramen, and eventually create a multi-billion dollar company. (Read More)

Pebble raised $20 million on Kickstarter last year and just laid off 25% of its staff. What happened? (Read More)

People with big dreams are no longer relying on professional investors to fund their ideas. (Read More)

Here’s a look back at the five campaigns on each site that raised the most money this year, and where those campaigns are now. (Read More)

We take a look at some of the success stories to come out of Kickstarter crowd funding as well as the best forgotten failures. (Read More)

Pebble's first two products were blockbuster hits on Kickstarter. But with its latest product, the smartwatch maker is bypassing crowdfunding altogether. (Read More)

The Pebble Time Round has a round color e-paper screen, two-day battery life and comes in 14 mm and 20 mm band sizes. (Read More)

Kickstarter backers of the Pebble Time Steel will have to wait a bit longer for their snazzy new smartwatch to arrive at their doorstep. Those who opted for the metal band will have to wait even more. (Read More)

The Pebble Time has already been percolating out to backers of the record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, but now anyone can pre-order the wearable. (Read More)

While the already-established brand Pebble decided to head back to the startup-friendly Kickstarter for its second release, regular sales have begun now. (Read More)

The Kickstarter-funded Pebble Technology Corp. has revealed a May 27 launch date for its Pebble Time smartwatch. (Read More)

With the Pebble Time Kickstarter ending with a bang, all that's left is for Pebble to deliver on its promise. Being Pebble, there is perhaps little doubt they can pull that off too, but it's still a good thing to hear an update or two from them. (Read More)

An interesting position to be in. (Read More)

Over the past few years, crowdfunding has taken off in a big way, nabbing some startups serious cash, not to mention publicity. Even the SEC has. (Read More)

It only took Pebble Time 49 minutes to raise its first $1 million on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Proving just how successful sites like Kickstarter can be, smartwatch maker Pebble has surpassed all previous records. (Read More)

While you were out getting IPAs with friends (or binge-watching on Netflix) last friday night at 10PM ET, the most-funded campaign in the history of Kickstarter was wrapping up after raising a staggering $20 million over its month-long campaign. (Read More)

Pebble went back to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to help fund the Pebble Time, its second major hardware iteration. The company likely could’ve gone with a more traditional product launch, with a brief pre-order window or direct to market availability, but the campaign did break Kickstarter’s all-time records, netting over $20 million ($20,338,986 to be exact) from 78,741 backers, which is newsworthy over and above the actual product it’s selling. (Read More)

The recently announced Pebble Time smartwatch has done it again, setting a new funding record for Kickstarter, much as the original Pebble watch in 2012 was the most successful product on the crowdfunding site for some time. The funding period for the Pebble Time ended on March 28th, raising $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers. The initial funding goal was only $500,000, an amount that was met only 15 minutes into their campaign, with $1 million met in just 49 minutes. (Read More)

The most successfully funded campaign in the history of Kickstarter (in terms of amount raised) belongs to a smartwatch. That was true a few weeks ago when the Pebble Time smartwatch raised over $17 million from more than 67,000 backers with 18 days remaining, and now that the crowdfunding period is over, the new record to beat is $20,338,986! (Read More)

Kickstarter darling, Pebble, does it once again. The company set its newest record when it managed to raise $1 million within the first hour. The upcoming version of the watch, Pebble Time, managed to raise $20 million, making it the highest funded project in the history of Kickstarter. (Read More)

The Pebble Time Kickstarter has surpassed $20 million in funding with a few hours to go, doubling the total set by the original Pebble in 2012. (Read More)

We have one last MEGA update for you today before the campaign closes! What’s on deck: New Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel Photos  Kickstarter Edition Engravings  Timeline SDK Preview Release Water Resistance Q&A Fresh Pics! Finally got a... (Read More)

We’re in the final week of the campaign and we’re ramping up to put Pebble Time on your wrist as quickly as we can! With Pebble Time backers in 161 countries, shipping fees, duties and shipping time can vary widely. To give you a heads up on what... (Read More)

Pebble will monitor crowdfunding sites for smart strap-related projects, and help finance the best ones. (Read More)

When Pebble announced its new Time duo last month, one of the more interesting aspects was the smartstraps platform, and the Kickstarter-backed company has announced plans to put a sizeable chunk of its crowdfunded cash towards boosting the idea. (Read More)

The Pebble Time Kickstarter for Pebble’s second-generation smartwatch has exceeded all expectations, but the company is still revealing more about the upcoming device: Today, it’s announcing a $1 million fund to support the development of smartstraps, the add-on accessories that are open to hardware makers and that will add functionality to Pebble Time via add-on sensors, batteries and more. (Read More)

Earlier this month we published an update about smartstraps for Pebble, our open hardware accessory platform. Since then, hundreds of developers, hackers and established brands have approached Pebble to take part.  Today we are pledging 1 million... (Read More)

Hope you enjoyed your weekend of fun and games! Three updates today: Chinese notification support A brief update on production Official size and weight specs Chinese character support coming to Pebble TimePebble Time 中文字体支持 We’re super... (Read More)

The Pebble Time Kickstarter gained some momentum thanks to Apple’s special Watch event Monday. The new smartwatch from the smartwatch pioneer was drawing in funding at a rate of around $6,000 per hour on Sunday, March 8, which rose to $10,000 per hour on Monday, March 9 (when the event took place), and capped out at $16,000 per day on average during March 10, the day following Apple’s press presentation. (Read More)

Hey Everyone! It’s only been two weeks since we released the Pebble SDK 3.0 and the development elves have already been working their magic. Here are a few examples we just had to share! If you're working on a cool app or watchface that you want... (Read More)

As of Monday morning, the Pebble Time has racked up more than $17 million, easily beating out the Coolest Cooler. (Read More)

The Pepple Time smartwatch has more than three weeks before its release and it has already has become the most funded Kickstarter campaign in history. The second generation of the smartwatch has racked in $15.4 million with over 62,000 backers on the list. This is not strange for the maker since the first iteration racked in $10 million in 2012. (Read More)

The Pebble Time smartwatch fundraising campaign has surpassed all other Kickstarter campaigns, having raised $15.4 million from more than 62,000 backers. (Read More)

Pebble announced a new version of its trailblazing smartwatch last week called the Pebble Time. The Pebble Time has a color screen, new design, 7-day battery life, a microphone for voice commands, and it’s available for preorder on Kickstarter right now for $179. Pebble also announced new software for all of its watches called timeline, a reorganization of notification data into past, present, and future viewing modes. As before, the watch will work with both Android and iOS, and will have interchangeable wrist straps. (Read More)

Pebble's latest smartwatch has broken the record for the most-funded Kickstarter project. (Read More)

Smart watch maker has smashed the $13.3 million record on crowd funding site for two new devices (Read More)

Pebble’s extra bump from the Pebble Time Steel announcement has put it over the edge, helping it break the record for most-funded project of all time on Kickstarter. The Pebble Time campaign beats out the Coolest Cooler, a camper cooler with various tech-friendly additional features. It’s currently sitting at just under $13.5 million, with 24 days left in the campaign still to go. (Read More)

In one week, Pebble’s new Time smartwatch has become the most “funded” project in Kickstarter history, approaching $14 million in pre-orders. The watch project generated more than $9 million in pre-orders on its first day alone, and has slowly been making its way up the chart all week. (Read More)

Pebble, the leader in the smartwatch space, launched a second round of crowdfunding on Kickstarter at the end of last month. The project rocketed immediately, easily topping its half a million dollar “goal” and now stands at over $12 million today as it nears the all time Kickstarter record of $13.285 million set by Coolest Cooler last year. (Read More)

Over the last week, you (54,568 of you!) supported our shared vision for an outstanding smartwatch with no compromises. A watch that helps you get stuff done, without breaking the bank or forcing you to change your habits. The Pebble team and I... (Read More)

Hi! We told you we had a few surprises in store, and boy do we have something special for you coming this Tuesday at 8 AM EST! We’re super excited, but for now here’s one little hint: There’s something in it for everyone. A little reveal that... (Read More)

A new version of Pebble smartwatch promises seven-day battery life. (Read More)

I wrote a blog yesterday that wondered if a product like the Pebble Time is too big for Kickstarter. Will it make it extraordinarily difficult for small start-ups to compete on the level playing field Kickstarter had once offered, where you’re meant to be judged on your pitch and not your name? (Read More)

It’s been an exciting 2 days, but hold onto your seats...this is just the start! We can’t wait to show you more of the cool stuff that we’ve been working on. Today, we’re releasing Developer Preview 1 of our Software Development Kit (SDK)... (Read More)

With Apple’s first foray into smartwatches still on the horizon, a competitor is generating big buzz online for a similar product. The Pebble Time, a smartwatch from the makers of the e-ink Pebble watch, was introduced last week in a Kickstarter campaign. Within a day, the campaign raised more than $9 million with weeks to go. (As of this writing, it’s at $10.3 million.) The record for a Kickstarter campaign is $13.2 million and the Pebble Time at the time of this writing looked set to easily surpass it. (Read More)

It took the original Pebble five weeks to raise $10.3 million. It took Pebble Time just 48 hours. (Read More)

Hi! Looking forward to answering as many questions as we can from our community! We're using Reddit to host the AMA, here's the link: http://pbl.io/ks2ama Thanks so much for your support! Team Pebble  (Read More)

In a little more than 24 hours, a Kickstarter campaign for startup Pebble's latest smartwatch -- which will boast a color screen and built-in microphone -- topped $9 million. (Read More)

The new watch has raised almost $10M after one day of funding. (Read More)

Kickstarter says that the roughly two-hour-long outage that took place today was unrelated to the massive traffic sent to its service by those backing the Pebble smartwatch’s latest, and now record-breaking, campaign. According to a company spokesperson, it was only a coincidence that the Kickstarter website went down today, even though yesterday was one of the company’s “biggest traffic days ever,” they noted. (Read More)

Seven hours in and all of us here at Pebble HQ are absolutely stunned by the enthusiasm you've had for Pebble Time. We had hoped you'd like what we've been working on...but you never know for sure until you launch!  The good news is that you've made... (Read More)

When Apple unveiled the Apple Watch last year, the company chose to do so in the same space it showed off the Macintosh computer 30 years earlier. (Read More)

Pebble Time, the latest gadget from smartwatch maker Pebble Technology, launched on Kickstarter today and has already smashed its $500,000 target, raising over $4m (£2.5m) in its first three hours. (Read More)

As promised, Pebble is announcing its new smartwatch on Tuesday, the Pebble Time. And the company will be returning to Kickstarter to help tell the story. (Read More)

Early this morning, we noted that the Pebble Time — Pebble’s new color e-ink smartwatch — had smashed through its $500,000 goal in an absolutely preposterous seventeen minutes. (Read More)

The success of the Pebble Time campaign begs the question: Who is Kickstarter really for? (Read More)

It's been almost three years since the original Pebble ( still one of the very best) closed up Kickstarter-shop with over $10 million, and now the little watch that could has a true successor. This is the Pebble Time. It's thinner. It's got a color screen. It's got a microphone. And...it's on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Pebble today revealed the Pebble Time, a new smartwatch in its line of smart wearable devices that includes the company's first color-based display and introduces a thinner, more ergonomic design than its predecessor. (Read More)

Pebble has announced the next generation of its smartwatch, called Pebble Time. Less than 30 minutes after launching its Kickstarter campaign, the Pebble Time was fully funded. (Read More)

Pebble knew that a return to Kickstarter was the right path for its new hardware, and the speed with which it reached its goal has proven that to be true. (Read More)

Fans of the second-generation smartwatch couldn't hand over their cash fast enough. (Read More)