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Wharton Impact Venture Associates, a student-run impact investing program out of the University of Pennsylvania, announced this week that it has sourced 7 Generation Games as a deal to connect for community round investment. In sourcing 7 Generation Games, WIVA wrote: Beyond the impact, the student team was incredibly impressed […]

Wharton Impact Venture Associates Selects 7 Generation Games as Deal

September 14, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

invest in 7 Generation Games - go to our WeFunder page — 7 Generation Games Community Round has officially launched to the public. First and foremost, thanks so much to all who invested in our WeFunder community round during “Friends Invest First.” We were hoping to get 50 early investors before our public launch, and at launch, we were already at 71! […]

Our WeFunder Campaign Has Publicly Launched!

July 4, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising by Maria Burns Ortiz

A few years ago, when we were doing a Kickstarter for AzTech: Meet the Maya, I was trying to think of a catchy subject line that would get people to open my email. My husband suggested “Free Cheeseburgers” because everyone loves burgers. Our CTO Dennis weighed in on this very […]

Better Than Burgers: Investing in 7 Generation Games

June 21, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising by Maria Burns Ortiz

Recently, I was asked if we would ever consider raising capital for 7 Generation Games via a community round. My answer was that I had not considered it – but now that the subject had been raised, I was interested in learning more. I mean, learning is literally the foundational […]

Would You Ever Consider Doing a Community Round?

May 9, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

It is Mother’s Day this weekend. We are here to help you out in case you haven’t found that perfect Mother’s Day gift or worse yet, you forgot the date. (It happens.) 7 Generation Games is partnering up with the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation this Mother’s Day to help […]

Help Build Strong Communities for Mother’s Day

May 5, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Non-Profit / Non-Profit Fundraising / Strong Body Strong Mind tagged Donate / fundraising / Mother's Day / newsletter / non-profit / strong body / strong mind / Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation / strong mind studios by Diana Sanchez

Thinking of the hard questions If you follow us on social media, you’re aware of our recent Kickstarter campaign. As part of organizing that, we had to address project risks and challenges. We needed to ask ourselves the hard questions: What risks did our project involve? (“Lose money” risks, not […]

Risks and Challenges

March 5, 2013 in 7GenGames / Game Progress / Kickstarter / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

7 Generation Games Blog — We did it! We not only hit, but exceeded $20,000—and with 48 hours to go! The video below shows you what we’re doing around our respective home offices at the moment. So there goes our plans for a dramatic racing-to-the-finish push where we were directing everyone to dig through their […]

Kickstarter: We did it! But it’s not over yet

February 26, 2013 in 7GenGames / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz

Update: Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! Check back in with us soon! Did you know UFC women’s champion and UFC 157 headliner Ronda Rousey is an avid gamer? If you’re a fan of hers, you might have already known that! However, you might not have known that if […]

What you won’t learn about Ronda Rousey on HBO

February 19, 2013 in 7GenGames / fundraising / Kickstarter / Uncategorized tagged crowdfunding / Kickstarter / Ronda Rousey by Maria Burns Ortiz

Thank you for all your support on Kickstarter! Check back in with us and play our learning games! We’re adding a new reward for Kickstarter backers who pledge $50 or more to support Spirit Lake: The Game — an 8×10 signed photo of UFC women’s champion Ronda Rousey. The “Thank You […]

Kickstarter: How much torque does it take to break a ...

February 16, 2013 in 7GenGames / fundraising / Kickstarter / Uncategorized tagged crowdfunding / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz

Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! There are myriad opportunities in math, and we want to be part of the journey. Our Kickstarter project launched. Please check it out–and consider backing us! Any amount gets us closer to our goal. Share us on social media. You can also reach us […]

14 Awesome Reasons to Back Us on Kickstarter

February 12, 2013 in 7GenGames / Kickstarter tagged crowdfunding / fundraising / Kickstarter by Maria Burns Ortiz

Update: Thank you for backing us on Kickstarter! There are myriad opportunities in math, and we want to be part of the journey. Stay tuned! Our Kickstarter project launched today. Please check it out – and consider backing us! Any amount gets us closer to our goal. Also please share us […]

Kickstarter: AzTech Games

February 7, 2013 in 7GenGames / Kickstarter / Start-up Diaries tagged crowdfunding / Kickstarter / Kickstarter launch party by Maria Burns Ortiz

So we’re getting ready to launch our Kickstarter campaign. If you’re not familiar with Kickstarter, you can read a bit more about our post on that here or check out the actual Kickstarter page. But more than just asking people to give us money, we figure it’s a good idea to […]

Short Term Plans of 2013

January 31, 2013 in 7GenGames / fundraising / Kickstarter tagged crowdfunding by Maria Burns Ortiz