History Website / Indiegogo

[[http://www.indiegogo.com Indiegogo]] is a well-known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding crowdfunding]] website, only behind Website/{{Kickstarter}} in popularity. On the surface, Indiegogo is very similar to Kickstarter; however, unlike its rival, which is restricted to creative projects, Indiegogo is a more general-purpose platform, and users can raise funds for almost any ''legitimate'' purpose, including charity[[note]]"personal cause" campaigns (e.g., funerals, medical expenses, etc.) are not allowed on Indiegogo; the site recommends that users host their personal cause campaigns on [[http://www.gofundme.com GoFundMe]][[/note]] and starting a business.

* ''VideoGame/TowerUnite'': A PartyGame made as a successor to ''VideoGame/GModTower'', which had successfully [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tower-unite/#/ raised]] $73,648 to secure a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Early Access release after [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeltailgames/tower-unite failing]] to raise $100,000 on Website/{{Kickstarter}} earlier.

* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': A FightingGame that started life as [[VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic a fangame]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', which was then hit with a Cease and Desist by Creator/{{Hasbro}}. Creator/LaurenFaust stepped in to create new characters and retool the game into a brand new game with original charaters. It managed to meet and surpass all the announced stretch goals at $587,026.

* ''Film/{{Tower|2016}}'', an animated documentary on the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. The film's production started in 2006, but didn't go anywhere until it successfully raised $70,000 in six weeks on this site.

'''[[http://www.indiegogo.com Indiegogo]]''' is a well-known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding crowdfunding]] website, only behind Website/{{Kickstarter}} in popularity. On the surface, Indiegogo is very similar to Kickstarter; however, unlike its rival, which is restricted to creative projects, Indiegogo is a more general-purpose platform, and users can raise funds for almost any ''legitimate'' purpose, including charity[[note]]"personal cause" campaigns (e.g., funerals, medical expenses, etc.) are not allowed on Indiegogo; the site recommends that users host their personal cause campaigns on [[http://www.gofundme.com GoFundMe]][[/note]] and starting a business.

* Thom Feeney started a campaign [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greek-bailout-fund#/ to bail out Greece]], setting his target at a record breaking 1.6 ''billion'' Euros[[note]]US$1.76 billion (2015)[[/note]]. The campaign only raised roughly 2 million Euros[[note]]US$2.2 million[[/note]] by over 108,000 backers before the project was closed.
* Canonical Ltd. with its high concept [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge Ubuntu Edge smartphone]] set the then-largest goal for any crowdfunding campaign at $32 million in 2013. The Ubuntu Edge was intended to combine desktop computing in a high end smartphone, dual booting Android in smartphone mode and Ubuntu Linux in desktop mode[[note]]Canonical admitted that the Ubuntu Edge was never intended for mass production; rather, it was intended to be a proof of concept[[/note]]. Unfortunately, Canonical did not reach their ambitious target, raising only $12.8 million in the campaign's 30 day period. The Ubuntu Edge ranks among one the top 10 most funded crowdfunded Indiegogo campaigns of all time, and to date, it is the highest funded campaign which failed to reach its target.
* Matthew Inman, aka Webcomic/TheOatmeal, hosted two successful Indiegogo campaigns. The first raised $220,000 split between the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Federation [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bearlove-good-cancer-bad--3 as a response to a lawsuit]] brought against him by content aggregator site [=FunnyJunk=]. The other campaign raised over $1.3 million to save UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's laboratory and [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-a-goddamn-tesla-museum--5 build a museum dedicated to Tesla's work]].

* ''Film/{{Tower|2016}}'', an animated documentary on the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. The film's production started in 2006, but didn't go anywhere until it successfully raised $70,000 in six weeks on this site.

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* Thom Feeney started a campaign [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/greek-bailout-fund#/ to bail out Greece]], setting his target at a record breaking 1.6 ''billion'' Euros[[note]]US$1.76 billion (2015)[[/note]]. The campaign only raised roughly 2 million Euros[[note]]US$2.2 million[[/note]] by over 108,000 backers before the project was closed.
* Canonical Ltd. with its high concept [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge Ubuntu Edge smartphone]] set the then-largest goal for any crowdfunding campaign at $32 million in 2013. The Ubuntu Edge was intended to combine desktop computing in a high end smartphone, dual booting Android in smartphone mode and Ubuntu Linux in desktop mode[[note]]Canonical admitted that the Ubuntu Edge was never intended for mass production; rather, it was intended to be a proof of concept[[/note]]. Unfortunately, Canonical did not reach their ambitious target, raising only $12.8 million in the campaign's 30 day period. The Ubuntu Edge ranks among one the top 10 most funded crowdfunded Indiegogo campaigns of all time, and to date, it is the highest funded campaign which failed to reach its target.
* Indiegogo's most successful campaign to date is the "[[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-hive-honey-on-tap-directly-from-your-beehive#/ Flow Hive]]" honeybee hive, which raised over $12.1 million against a target amount of $70,000.

* Matthew Inman, aka Webcomic/TheOatmeal, hosted two successful Indiegogo campaigns. The first raised $220,000 split between the American Cancer Society and the National Wildlife Federation [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bearlove-good-cancer-bad--3 as a response to a lawsuit]] brought against him by content aggregator site [=FunnyJunk=]. The other campaign raised over $1.3 million to save UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's laboratory and [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-build-a-goddamn-tesla-museum--5 build a museum dedicated to Tesla's work]].
* Creator/RoosterTeeth Productions held a campaign to fund the production of their first-ever feature film, ''Film/LazerTeam''. Its goal was $650,000, but their fans' support was great enough that it eventually raised $2,480,334 by the end, becoming (at the time) Indiegogo's most successful fully-funded campaign. Today, it is #5 overall in fully-funded campaigns, and is still most successful film campaign on the site.
* Creator/BrokenLizard held a campaign to finance the production of the ''Film/SuperTroopers'' sequel, hitting their $2 million goal in just a little over the first day and ultimately reaching over $4 million.
* ''Film/{{Tower|2016}}'', an animated documentary on the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting. The film's production started in 2006, but didn't go anywhere until it successfully raised $70,000 in six weeks on this site.

* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': A FightingGame that started life as [[VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic a fangame]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', which was then hit with a Cease and Desist by Creator/{{Hasbro}}. Creator/LaurenFaust stepped in to create new characters and retool the game into a brand new game with original charaters. It managed to meet and surpass all the announced stretch goals at $587,026.
* ''VideoGame/TowerUnite'': A PartyGame made as a successor to ''VideoGame/GModTower'', which had successfully [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tower-unite/#/ raised]] $73,648 to secure a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Early Access release after [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeltailgames/tower-unite failing]] to raise $100,000 on Website/{{Kickstarter}} earlier.
* ''VideoGame/DragonsLair Returns'': an animated pitch presentation by Creator/DonBluth for his upcoming ''Dragon's Lair'' movie which had been in DevelopmentHell for years.