It turns out that people who are good at raising money through crowdfunding campaigns are also pretty good at raising money from venture capitalists.
Hardware projects that have raised at least $100,000 through Kickstarter or Indiegogo have gone on to raise $321 million from venture capitalists, according to a report published on Monday by research firm CB Insights. About 9 percent of the 443 projects that reach the $100,000 threshold on the crowdfunding platforms have raised venture capital, too.
Image: Photograph by Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg - Oculus VR attracted $91 million in Venture capitalist funding before being bought by Facebook for $2 billion
