▁Ser bian - American ▁elect rical ▁engineer ▁and ▁invent or ▁Nik ola ▁T es la . ▁The ▁state ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁agreed ▁to ▁match ▁don ations ▁up ▁to ▁half ▁that ▁amount ▁if ▁the ▁fund ra iser ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁raise ▁$ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 1 , ▁a ▁don ation ▁from ▁El on ▁Mus k , ▁co - found er ▁of ▁T es la ▁Mot ors , ▁raised ▁the ▁total ▁to ▁$ 7 9 2 , 0 0 0 . ▁Later , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day , ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁$ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁was ▁reached   – ▁in ▁just ▁over ▁six ▁days . ▁ ▁A ▁day ▁later , ▁the ▁fund ra ising ▁group ▁exceed ed ▁its ▁target ▁after ▁a ▁$ 3 3 , 3 3 3 ▁don ation ▁from ▁the ▁produ cers ▁of ▁the ▁T es la ▁film ▁F rag ments ▁From ▁Olymp us - The ▁V ision ▁of ▁Nik ola ▁T es la ▁put ▁the ▁total ▁amount ▁raised ▁at ▁$ 8 7 3 , 1 6 9 . ▁Don ors ▁continued ▁to ▁contribute ▁after ▁the ▁goal ▁was ▁reached , ▁don ating ▁over ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁over ▁nine ▁days . ▁In cluding ▁New ▁York ’ s ▁matching ▁grant , ▁the ▁crowd ▁fund ing ▁campaign ▁raised ▁approximately ▁$ 1 . 7 ▁million ▁in ▁six ▁days , ▁with ▁the ▁campaign ▁originally ▁sl ated ▁to ▁run ▁ 4 5 ▁days . ▁Ult imately , ▁the ▁campaign ▁( plus ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁grant )