Kickstarter investigates US$3.5 million failed project

Kickstarter is taking a look into a massively funded and failed ZANO drone campaign. They hired an investigative reporter to look into why the project didn’t push through. Over 12,000 backers paid over US$3.5 million to fund this small autonomous drone. It was supposed to be released in January of this year but the release date came and went without any word from the company, Torque Group Ltd, and it ultimately shut down last month, leaving backers without any compensation for their support.

Kickstarter hired Mark Harris to get the details. According to Harris, “[Kickstarter] would like to uncover the story of Zano, from its inception to the present…” He’ll also look into Kickstarter’s role in the project and how it could have helped the both the creators and its backers. Kickstarter will see the final story before publication but they have “no right” to make or suggest changes to the story. He anticipates publishing his story maybe mid next month.

Source: Slash Gear