Evaluating Risk
There is a big project coming up on Indiegogo very soon – the Reliq Hybrid Control Surface.
This is a very ambitious innovative project with a lot of separate goals being done by a small startup – so that may indicate a higher risk factor. But they have been working on their own for a while which means they should be past some of the riskier parts.
It occurs to me then that somewhat enigmatically, presuming they openly show a product well along, that a shorter time schedule promised ( let’s say under 6 months ) would likely mean less risk. They still could need crowdfunding as the actual manufacture of a product is a big expense. But if they are raising funds to pay for continuation of any of the upfront design work there is considerably more risk with those phases.
This one is also a little more expensive, so you need to gauge your own financial situation as well.