CANDY HOUSE Inc. launched a Kickstarter campaign for Sesame - the world's first instant smart lock - on Feb. 25, 2015. Sesame has now raised more than $700,000 in crowdfunding and has more than 4,000 backers.

A Stanford master student raised half a million dollars a week after launching his product on Kickstarter. Sesame - the world's first instant smart lock - was introduced on Feb. 25, 2015.