Startup news ticker: Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter in 6 hours; Kamel Al-Asmar in Forbes’ 30 Under 30
Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick news release to share about your startup, let us know at editor@wamda.com.
Tuesday January 7th, 2014
Integreight reaches its goal on Kickstarter during the first 6 hours
Two months ago, Egyptian startup Integreight launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in order to raise 10,000 USD for its new product, 1Sheeld.
1Sheeld is an arduino shield that can be configured to act as a GPS, LCD, WiFi or other. It has raised 850% of its target reaching on Kickstarter, reaching US $85,210 before the end of the campaign. “We studied the reasons behind the failure and success of 75 technical products on crowdfunding websites,” says co-founder Amr Saleh to our Wamda contributor Eman Mostafa, “and we connected with many tech-related websites to promote the campaign before it launches.”
The team knows this is just the beginning. Now comes the hard work, as they begin building a professional technical team in order to finish developing the product.
Kamel Al-Asmar awarded in Forbes’s 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs
Forbes released this week its 2014 30 Under 30 list for each of the following categories: finance, Hollywood, tech, music, sports, games, science, education, law, media, marketing, art, energy, food, music and social as in social entrepreneurs.
Under the social entrepreneurs category, Kamel Al-Asmar, founder of non-governmental organization Nakhweh, was named one of the top 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs worldwide. “If I'm to write my bio now it would be as simple as: an extremely overwhelmed proud Jordanian and Arab citizen,” he tweeted.
To check the full list of social entrepreneurs click here.