WORST CROWDFUNDING FAILURES

SKARP A razor that was pulled from Kickstarter when the platform learned that the product didn’t actually exist at all. TYPE Razor PLATFORM Kickstarter TARGET $160,000 RAISED $4,000,000 ZANO Kickstarter hired a journalist to uncover how this product took $3.4 million from backers and ended up not working. TYPE Drone PLATFORM Kickstarter TARGET $125,000 RAISED $3,400,000 CRYSTAL WASH 2.0 A device that claimed it could shrink water molecule clusters has not surfaced at all and there’s no news in sight. TYPE Laundry PLATFORM Kickstarter TARGET $100,000 RAISED $286,000 COOLEST COOLER After asking for $97 on top of the $110 backers already had to pay, this campaign was ridiculed all over the internet. TYPE Cooler PLATFORM Kickstarter TARGET $50,000 RAISED $13,000,000 FISH ON WHEELS Frankly, we don’t understand how this ever…

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