Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter (2012)$18,591 / 520 backers
PopSockets Grip
A collapsible phone grip that sold 290 million units and nearly $200M a year - with zero venture capital.
PopSockets · United States→
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Kickstarter (2012)$18,591 / 520 backers
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter (2013)$266,622 / 5,305 backers
The Ridge Wallet
A minimalist metal wallet funded by two Kickstarters and scaled with roughly 1,000 YouTube partners a year.
The Ridge · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter raised$6,465,690
Fidget Cube
A desk toy that hit 43,105% of its Kickstarter goal and helped create the modern fidget-toy category.
Antsy Labs · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
First Kickstarter (2013)$273,278 / 5,746 backers
Nanoleaf Light Panels
A pivot from efficient bulbs to modular light panels turned three engineers' side project into a global retail brand.
Nanoleaf · Canada→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter (2014)$630,000+ / $100K goal
Onewheel
A self-balancing electric board that created its own category, 300,000+ riders and 100+ patents.
Future Motion · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter (2018)$50,448
Bala Bangles
Wearable weights that grew from a $50K Kickstarter to ~$40M in revenue through Shark Tank and the home-fitness boom.
Bala · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Kickstarter raised$4,882,784
Flipper Zero
Flipper Zero is a handheld, open-source pentest gadget funded by a 2020 Kickstarter that raised $4,882,784 from 37,987 backers. It shipped in 2022 and built a community now past 500,000 people.
Flipper Devices · United States→
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First batch sell-out20,000 units in under 20 minutes
Playdate
Panic's Playdate sold its entire first batch of 20,000 units in under 20 minutes when preorders opened in July 2021. More than 70,000 units were sold by February 2024.
Panic · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Cameras sold (company claim)500,000+
Camp Snap
Camp Snap is a screen-free 8MP digital camera made by a married couple in California. The company says it has sold over 500,000 cameras, with press reporting above one million units, and TIME named it a Best Invention of 2025.
Camp Snap · United States→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
Wooting 80HE campaign (Dec 2023)EUR 7,452,597
Wooting 60HE
Wooting's analog keyboards are made by a self-funded Dutch team that had just seven full-time employees in 2022. Its 80HE founders' campaign raised EUR 7,452,597 from 23,355 backers in 32 days.
Wooting · Netherlands→
Gadgets & Lifestyle
ShadowCast Kickstarter$1,931,677
GENKI ShadowCast
GENKI ShadowCast raised $1,931,677 from 30,382 backers on Kickstarter in January 2021 against a $30,000 goal. It was made by Human Things, a three-founder indie team that deliberately stayed investor-free.
Human Things (GENKI) · United States→
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