James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
Fuelers and Creatives can unlock badges for completing certain tasks. RocketHub badges are designed to recognize deeds and accomplishments that contribute to the community. These badges display your dedication, enthusiasm, and success to the rest of the community. New badges will be introduced on a regular basis - so stay tuned.
For jumping on board - the Mach 1 badge goes to those who've Fueled at least one project, the Mach 2 goes to those who've Fueled five or more projects, and the Mach 3 is for those do-gooders who've Fueled ten or more projects.
For going above and beyond - the Supernova badge goes to those who Fuel a project after it has hit the 100% mark.
For being the bold first-follower - the Spark badge goes to those who are the first to Fuel any project.
For liberating creativity - the Apollo Engineer badge goes to those Fuelers who Fueled a successful project.
For being brave and taking the plunge - the Explorer badge goes to those Creatives who launch their first project.
For flying high - the Wings badge goes to the Creatives who've fully Fueled their project.
For reaching out to many - the Magneto badge goes to the Creatives who've had at least fifty Fuelers contribute to their project.
For being a RocketHub veteran - the Aviator badge goes to Creatives who've successfully had multiple projects fully Fueled.
For having something to say - the Afterburner badge goes to those who've posted a comment on a project conversations or project blog section.