One Kickstarter campaign allegedly had $100,000 stolen, but still shipped its keyboards

In our monthly Rise and Fall column we look back at crowdfunded gadgets that reached their funding goal. Months or year later, how are they doing? If they’ve shipped to backers, are they still supporting the gadget? If they haven’t shipped, why haven’t they met their shipping deadline? We hope this column will give us all a place to understand.

On its quest to make a “better keyboard,” Keyboardio raised more than $650,000 — then found itself scammed out of $100,000, according to the company’s founders. It could have been an existential problem for such a small company, but Keyboardio has managed to weather the setback and now has advice for others on how to avoid running into the same scam.

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