As we neared our launch, we officially became a couple and launched our company in 2015, aiming to raise a million dollars through crowdfunding.

We've raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter and in the first week of sales, we generated over $30,000 in revenue, making us profitable right out of the gate.

We went from zero to seventy million in revenue in our first year after launching our product, which sold out in a few hours.

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

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.

After 45 days, we had made our million dollars in pre-orders, which was a cause for celebration, and shortly after, Matteo and I got married.

We raised $5.5 million after our demo day, which was a quick process due to our traction and the interest from investors.

Using crowdfunding as a marketing and sales channel can be effective, especially if you've already sold a significant number of units before launching the campaign. We received feedback from about 1,500 eager individuals who were very open with their thoughts, allowing us to tune and tweak the Pebble product effectively.

Launching Watsi on August 23, 2012, was initially underwhelming, but after posting on Hacker News, we quickly gained traction and funded all our medical treatments in our pipeline within hours.