at the same time, the company planned to start kickstarter campaign to generate the funds necessary for a pre-sale, priced at $399 / €299. it spent two months setting up a company in the us, opening a bank account, an amazon account, getting a tax number and seeking a local resident. at the end, it came out that kickstarter does not accept the eyeglasses category anymore. on 9 june 2013 glassup started an indiegogo campaign to raise funds and as of 18 august the campaign has raised $105,641 of its pledged goal of $150,000.