Took money from Kickstarter campaign and ran.
Had a very successful kickstarter (again) and is now ghosting backers. It is now a year since shipping was due and they stopped updating backers on the 4th June.
Some research another backer did shows ESPRO changed hands a couple times since their original successful project. And the original creators don't appear to be associated with the brand anymore?
You can even see on the Kickstarter account is a new account under the same brand - not the same account that ran the previous project (1 Project Created) how this representation is allowed by Kickstarter is WILD. This is a direct quote from the campaign "This is our 5th Kickstarter Campaign..." yet it really is not as this organization seems to be under totally new ownership - previous projects were run by a founder who has left the organization - Bruce Constantine.
Additionally it looks like shortly after they ran this kickstarter campaign they opened a Espro branded custom cafe in toronto so perhaps their efforts have been focused elsewhere?
We are a year behind expected delivery date and the creator of this project isn't even logging into kickstarter on a monthly basis to even pretend they are making progress - check the account by clicking Espro Coffee under "Created by" at the top of this page as of writing this the last login was July 8th.
Would be nice if we could get some pressure from kickstarter on this project - they got their cut of the money so they have some obligation to at least try and hold the creator accountable in some way. Where is the project actually at, where has the money been spent specifically on the development of this product.








