Achieving a million dollars in crowdfunding was crucial for us to break into Silicon Valley and prove our success to investors.

On January 2015, we launched our crowdfunding campaign and within six hours, we made $100,000 in pre-orders, which was a huge milestone for us.

We were confident about our startup, thinking we would get a lot of PR and funding, and we did receive significant media attention and raised $1.2 million in funding.

I launched Indiegogo in January 2008 with my two co-founders, and today we are the largest global online funding platform, helping people from every industry raise money for their dreams.

We raised two and a half million dollars on a twelve million dollar valuation after nine months of fundraising post-Y Combinator demo day.

We decided to launch our product through crowdfunding, as it was such an innovation that we couldn't compare it to anything else in the market.

We raised money for the first time after five years of existence, once we had a clear picture of our market and customer traction.

Despite having a promising product, we struggled to secure investment, leading us to consider launching on Kickstarter, which was suggested by Paul Graham. We built our Kickstarter page and filmed the video ourselves, starring our friends and interns.

After exiting Y Combinator, we achieved $200,000 in revenue within six weeks, and by the end of the year, we reached about $1 million, showcasing our rapid growth trajectory.