Tagged: motorcycle

June 16, 2015 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, established British motorcycle clothing company, Arc-On, took to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £65,000 to continue the development of its new gloves. The company was launched by Ian Gillett to design and manufacture top quality motorcycle clothing. Its description reads: “[Arc-On is] an established,… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 1:53 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

The faster you go, the more you should demand from your helmet. (This may be why my days of mile-per-hour roller blading only required a good-fitting helmet from Costco.) For Ryan Shearman, founder and CEO of FUSAR Technologies and a lifelong motorcyclist, this principle was driven home as… Read More

February 27, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a month after announcing their startup has received $1.5 million in seed capital, creators of Indiegogo alum Skully have revealed the California company has raised $11 million during Series A funding. According to TechCrunch, Walden Riverwood Ventures and Intel Capital led the round, along with participation from Formation 8, Techstars, and Western… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last summer, California-based Skully launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with a goal of $250,000 for its new smart helmet, AR-1. During its run on the global platform, the project quickly surpassed its initial goal and at the end raised $2.4 million from over 1,900 backers…. Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SKULLY, makers of the world’s first augmented reality motorcycle helmet, today announced that the AR-1 helmet will be made available for pre-order as an exclusive holiday offering. This is the public’s first opportunity to order the AR-1, the first head-up display (HUD) helmet for motorcyclists,… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 2:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creators of the SKULLY AR-1 smart motorcycle helmet are celebrating the end of its record-breaking Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for the AR-1, the world’s first augmented reality motorcycle helmet. Over the two-month project, 1,950 helmets were sold to motorcycle enthusiasts from 47 countries, grossing SKULLY $2,815,401 in sales, a total that… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just before its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo came to an end on Tuesday (September 9th), SKULLY Systems, the creators of the “world’s smartest” helmet, SKULLY AR-1, announced it is officially extending the project on the platform for another 30 days. During a recent update, Chairman and CEO… Read More

August 14, 2014 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, SKULLY AR-1 motorcycle helmet raised over $1 million dollars from more than 750 backers. As previously reported, the already dubbed world’s smartest motorcycle helmet reached its initial $250,000 campaign goal within 24 hours… Read More

August 12, 2014 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SKULLY AR-1, dubbed the world’s smartest motorcycle helmet, has been making headlines since its crowdfunding campaign launched on Indiegogo Sunday (August 10th). Within the course of one day, the project reached well over its $250,000 initial goal and jumped over $765,000 with more than 539… Read More

October 10, 2013 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bike Systems, located in Stoke on Kent,  has launched an equity crowdfunding offering through Seedrs to support the launch and ongoing development of its new Bike HUD heads-up display for motorcyclists. Bike Systems will be launching Bike HUD at the Motorcycle Live show at the National Exhibition… Read More