The new thundering herd

economist.com — PEBBLE, a watch that displays messages from the wearer's iPhone, may not be a record-holder for long. The $10.3m raised last month from 68,929 people after Pebble's inventors posted a pitch on Kickstarter, a "crowdfunding" website, dwarfed the previous high of $3.3m set in March by Double Fine Adventure, a video game (see chart 1).
RT @EconBizFin: Around 10% of the films shown at the Sundance and Cannes festivals this year were crowdfunded t.co/aqvoWPFT #crow ...
$2.8 billion will be raised by crowdfunding worldwide this year, researcher estimates: t.co/DNUebGWc
.@TheEconomist: 10% of films at Cannes & Sundance were crowdfunded RT @mattbish The rise of crowdfunding t.co/HPYnrphH
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