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Opening South Seattle's Sake and Jazz Bar: Sake Noire

Name: Opening South Seattle's Sake and Jazz Bar: Sake Noire
Brand: Quan & Yael of Sake Noire
Rating: 4.1 (148 reviews)

An intimate sake and jazz bar serving Japanese-Italian inspired bar food

Created by Quan & Yael of Sake Noire · Launched May 24, 2026 · Closes Jul 23, 2026

Source: public Kickstarter page · all funding figures & images via KickstarterView on Kickstarter →

Raised

$28K

Goal $20K

Backers

148

147 data points

Funded

140%

Goal hit ✓

Time Left

7 days left

BackerLens analysis

🟢 Outperforming the Restaurants category average. This project has hit 140% of its goal, while the average live Restaurants project on Kickstarter sits at 13% (10.8× the category median).

Lens Score: 75 / 100 — high potential, flagged as a Kickstarter Staff Pick (a strong early-signal). 24-hour funding growth of +18350.0% suggests sustained momentum.

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Funding trend

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May 25, 2026Jul 16, 2026

Backer growth

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Funding curve story

front loaded

Hit goal in 5 days.

Front-loaded curve — most pledges came in the early days, typical of strong pre-launch lists.

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LENS SCORE

75/ 100

High potential

Based on funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick status.

Target completion140%

Backers148

Days running52d

Staff pickYes

FORECAST

BETA

~$37K

Predicted to fund 184% of goal

● High confidence

How is this calculated? ›

BackerLens uses an empirical Kickstarter funding curve: ~30% of final pledged comes in days 1-3, ~70% by 85% of duration, then a final-week push to 100%. We divide current pledged by where the curve says we should be at this point in the campaign.

Late-campaign forecast — most of the curve is already known, prediction is much more reliable.

This is an experimental model. Don’t bet sourcing decisions on a single number — the funding curve cross-section is just a heuristic.

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BackerLens analysis

🟢 Outperforming the Restaurants category average. This project has hit 140% of its goal, while the average live Restaurants project on Kickstarter sits at 13% (10.8× the category median).

Lens Score: 75 / 100 — high potential, flagged as a Kickstarter Staff Pick (a strong early-signal). 24-hour funding growth of +18350.0% suggests sustained momentum.

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