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Extra Credits
Launch:

James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Fund:

Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
Fly:

James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.

AFIA
Launch:

Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Fund:

Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Fly:

Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.

Aram Bajakian
Launch:

Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Fund:

Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Fly:

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.

Here and There
Launch:

Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Fund:

Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Fly:

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
Launch:

When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
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Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Fly:

Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.

Through the Looking Glass
Launch:

Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Fund:

Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
Fly:

RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.

Paris in HDR
Launch:

Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
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Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Fly:

Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.

NONVIOLENCE
Launch:

Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Fund:

Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Fly:

Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.

Paul Davis Collection
Launch:

Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Fund:

Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Fly:

Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.

Big Puzzle, One Piece
Launch:

Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Fund:

Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Fly:

Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.

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$2,500 Campaign Goal
$2,835 Raised So Far (114%)
Support Status
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61 Fuelers
63 Contributions
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Rewards

Fuel $5 or more:

Any contribution of $5 receives: Personalised thanks and name in the blog post about the project 10 Fuelers!

Fuel $10 or more:

Any contribution of $10 receives: Certificate of project supporter (plus previous) 9 Fuelers!

Fuel $20 or more:

Any contribution of $20 receives: Mosaic of pictures of the project (plus previous) 22 Fuelers!

Fuel $50 or more:

Any contribution of $50 receives: Post in my blog about any subject (related to biomedical/cancer/yeast research) chosen by the supporter, with special mention to him/her (plus previous) 8 Fuelers!

Fuel $100 or more:

Any contribution of $100 receives: Personalised copy of the next article published out of this project (it may take a bit of time to receive but you will receive it) with an explanation in plain language of what it is about (plus previous) 5 Fuelers!

Fuel $250 or more:

Any contribution of $250 receives: 2012 calendar with pictures from the project (plus previous)

Started by Marisa Alonso-Núñez October 31st, 2011

Cancer? Yeast has answers

A big thank you to the first fuelers By Marisa Alonso-Núñez

I can't believe what it's happening. My project has raised the 11% of the total thanks to 11 fuelers!!!! I cannot thank you all enough for your contributions. But thank you very much Maria, Santi Rello Varona, FredericBaud, Jesús, Daniel Torregrosa, Jorge Mederos, Santiago Campillo Brocal, Maurice Cowell, Rafael Medina, Lopez-Carr Walker Davies Murphy Bambridge and Mary Canady. I'm glad you like and find my project interesting enough to contribute to it.

Posted Nov 5th, 2011 at 07:33 AM EDT

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