Serial co-founder Andy Baio re-introduced Upcoming, the collaborative events site.

Purchased by Yahoo in 2005 andshutdown last year, Baio is relaunching the site viaKickstarter.

The site was a collaborative calendar of art and tech events.

Andy Baio crowdfunds $30,000 in 90 minutes to relaunch community event site Upcoming

Curated by the community, Upcoming surfaced what was happening in your area and what your friends were doing.

The original site launched in 2003.

He left Yahoo in 2007.

A month ago Baio was contacted by Yahoo.

The company offered to sell him back the Upcoming.com domain.

The $30,000 goal should be relatively easy to achieve.

Within eight minutes of the announcement, the Kickstarter generated $2,600.

Update:The Kickstarter page has reached its$30,000 goal.

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