Keychron Orca Echo Crowdfunding Passes 700 Million Yen
A media-run commerce site clearing 700 million yen on a single keyboard project shows how much reach GIZMART's editorial-led crowdfunding model now carries with Japanese gadget buyers.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
GIZMART closed its joint project with Keychron on September 14, and the split keyboard Keychron Orca echo passed 700 million yen. Final support totaled 704,681,824 yen from 26,165 backers, the highest figure for any GIZMART project. The campaign opened on June 19 and ran about three months, with the milestone reached during a YouTube live stream on the final day.
The campaign ran roughly three months, from its June 19 start to the September 14 close, and the total came in at 704,681,824 yen from 26,165 backers. That final figure is the highest for any project run on GIZMART.
The 700 million yen mark was crossed during a live stream on the GIZMART YouTube channel on the closing day, where the keyboard's features and development background were presented while support kept arriving. GIZMART also held touch-and-try events in Tokyo and Kyoto during the sales period.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.