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.
Paul Davis was born in Ottawa, Canada on July 26, 1984. At a young age, Davis' family relocated to the west coast of Canada to an island not far from Vancouver. It was in the island's southernmost city, Victoria, where he was raised.
After graduating from Lambrick Park Secondary School, Davis relocated to Montréal, Québec to pursue his studies in fashion design. As a design student at LaSalle College, he was the recipient of Montréal's highest fashion honour: the Montréal Fashion Foundation's Design Student of the Year Award. Yet with his sights set on Europe, he would eventually have to turn down the award after his candidature was accepted by the renowned Studio Berçot in Paris.
Under the guidance of fashion industry veteran Marie Ruckie, Davis' strength in design would later lead to collaborations with several Paris-based fashion houses as well as mentorships with journalists from Vogue Uomo Italia and L'Officiel magazine.
It was a incidental meeting with a menswear designer, however, that solidified Davis' future in the fashion industry. In July 2007, he was introduced to American fashion designer Geoffrey Small. After collaborating with Small on several collections, Davis went on to design his first menswear collection under the Paul Davis label in July 2009.
Today, the Paul Davis label operates from its studio and office in Berlin, Germany.
107% Fueled
$8,000 Raised
Successful
107% Fueled
$8,000 Raised
Successful
