James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
The core team behind this work are two Ph.D.s in Marine Biology, Michael Moore and Michael Haley, and between us we have more than 60 years diving on coral reefs around the world. In 2001, Michael Moore started the company EcoReefs, dedicated to reef restoration; Mike Haley joined in 2003. We've placed artificial reefs in Indonesia, the Philippines, the Persian/Arabian Gulf (Abu Dhabi and Qatar), the Bahamas, Jamaica and the US (Florida and Texas).
Michael Moore grew up in California, got his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, and now lives in Washington State. He has dived all over the world, including many of the islands in the tropical Pacific. Mike Haley grew up in Jamaica and England, got his Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz, and now lives in Florida. He has dived all over the world as well, but most of his dives have been in the West Indies. Together we bring a perspective that combines academic training with practical hands-on knowledge to solving environmental problems.
Recently we've been joined by Andrew Ross, who just submitted his Ph.D. thesis, and who pioneered the floating line nurseries in Jamaica. Andrew grew up in Canada, but now lives in Jamaica.