Tagged: home security

November 25, 2020 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S. insurtech startup Hippo Insurance has joined forces with Kangaroo Home Security to bring customers flexibility and financial ease with home insurance. According to Hippo, the collaboration expands the suite of smart device kits available within Hippo’s expansive smart home program to include a… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kangaroo, a smart home security company, is now seeking funds through its regulation crowdfunding (Reg CF) campaign through funding platform Republic.  Founded in 2018, Kangaroo states its security systems have a singular aim of making the world safer. The company notes it wants to… Read More

March 3, 2018 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Angee Technologies, a company that combines smart hardware and cloud intelligence to deliver a home security solution, has successfully secured its £1.1 million funding target through its equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. The company has attracted more than 200 investors to the campaign.  As previously reported, the California-based… Read More

February 3, 2018 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Angee Technologies, a company that combines smart hardware and cloud intelligence to deliver a home security solution,  is now seeking £1.1 million through its equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. Founded in 2015, the California-based company has corporate offices in London, Prague, and Shenzhen. It is on… Read More

February 2, 2017 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo alum Cocoon has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The UK-based home security company is currently seeking £2 million and has already raised £1 million. Back in 2014, Cocoon raised $252,538 from 860 backers for its one device home security system.  The company… Read More

March 7, 2016 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Home security startup and Indiegogo success Canary recently announced that it has appointed Bob Stohrer as its new chief marketing officer. Stohrer reportedly joins Canary with more than 20 years of executive leadership experience for high-profile consumer brands across categories that included wireless and consumer… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 4:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adam Sager, the CEO of home security company and Indiegogo success, Canary, recently revealed to Business Insider that the business has had a great year in terms of sales. While at CES last week, Sager, shared details about the past twelve months: “We’ve had an incredible year…. Read More

January 10, 2016 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

After a 2 week Holiday sabbatical, Mailbox is back with a selection of rewards-based campaigns to feature.  For this weeks crowdfunding projects we have ZAR E-Scooter, mojoe portable coffee maker and iCamPRO deluxe. ZAR is a super light, electric scooter that is small enough to… Read More

September 20, 2015 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Ne’er do wells are constantly trying to hack your home computer.  If you do not believe me, load up some software and see how frequently your home network is scanned.  The fact is that just about anyone can be a casual hacker these days.  Just… Read More

September 6, 2014 @ 9:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Andover, MA-based company Blink close its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its wireless home monitoring and alert system. The project originally sought to raise $200,000 but successfully reached $1,069,386 all thanks to 6,879 backers. Blink has been dubbed the first ultra-affordable smart… Read More

August 8, 2014 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Las Vegas-based home network security company, Itus Networks, announced on Thursday (August 7th) the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its new device, the iGuardian. It features a completely new approach to home Internet security for consumers and aims to change the way… Read More

September 4, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Indiegogo, “Piper” Security Device and Home Automation application has flown past their initial $100,000 objective.  With over two weeks remaining in the campaign the tally stands at over $117,000 from almost 500 backers.  Piper, coming from Ottawa based Blacksumac, is the latest entrant… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 10:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding has already helped to bring the “Internet of Things” to our doorsteps. Remember the Lockitron? The wifi-enabled smart lock for the home raised over $2 million. The Goji Smart Lock‘s featureset suggests it is the spiritual (and technological) successor to the Lockitron. The campaign… Read More

January 31, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last week I sat down with Zac Sutton, the marketing manager for iSmartAlarm. We’ve covered their product recently in our “cool tech products crowdfunding now” post… For those of you tired of spending the monthly toll for a security system which is only used occasionally… Read More