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TrackR amassed over 25,000 backers on Indiegogo

Christian Smith · He Crowdfuned $1m. You Won't Believe Why with Christian Smith of Trackr Ep 13 · Feb 28, 2016 · at 8:02

TrackR co-founder Christian Smith discusses total campaign participation on Indiegogo.

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“I think that we had a little bit over 25,000 backers.”

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The claim, plainly

TrackR had slightly over 25,000 backers on its Indiegogo campaign.

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Assessment

Then-co-founder Christian Smith qualified his statement as an approximation ('I think that we had, um, a little bit over 25,000 backers'). Primary public records from Indiegogo for the flagship TrackR bravo campaign show 20,590 distinct backers (raising $1,739,149), which is roughly 17.6% below the 25,000 figure cited. However, third-party crowdfunding tracker Hyperstarter recorded 25,475 backers for the same campaign, suggesting the cited figure may reflect total order/pledge counts or aggregated platform data rather than the primary page's distinct backer tally. Under the guideline for offhand approximations and conflicting tracking metrics, this qualifies as partially true.

Indiegogo public campaign records for TrackR bravo show 20,590 backers and $1,739,149 raised.
Crowdfunding tracking platform Hyperstarter logged 25,475 backers for the TrackR bravo campaign.

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[1] newatlas.com [2] indiegogo.com [3] blogspot.com [4] indiegogo.com [5] hyperstarter.com [6] thenextweb.com [7] crowdfundinsider.com [8] blogspot.com

"TrackR Atlas" Indiegogo backers TrackR indiegogo campaign backers total "TrackR bravo" Indiegogo backers "TrackR" "Indiegogo" "backers" "2014" OR "2015" TrackR Indiegogo backers 2014 OR 2015 OR 2016 "20,590" "TrackR" indiegogo "Wallet TrackR" "backers" indiegogo

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