Pebble today wrapped up today the most successful Kickstarter campaign ever. Its Pebble Time campaign raised over US$20 million (about CA$25 million) in about a month, easily surpassing the previous record (about US$13 million). The campaign officially closed tonight with 78,471 backers pledging a total of US$20,338,986.
Pebble kicked off its Pebble Time Kickstarter campaign on February 24th. The project topped its US$500,000 funding goal in 17 minutes. It topped the US$1 million mark in less than an hour. Over 50,000 Pebble Time smartwatches were ordered in the first 48 hours alone.
The campaign got another boost when Pebble unveiled the Pebble Time Steel. Those who had already pledged could easily upgrade their pledges to the new variants.
With the campaign now over, Pebble is turning its attention to processing all those pledges and getting the new smartwatches out the door. It earlier this week announced its shipping plans and expects to begin shipments in May.
Source : Kickstarter