Utah-based wallet companies raise thousands on Kickstarter

Two Utah-based Kickstarter campaigns have received an overwhelmingly positive response for a unique product — minimalist wallets.

Svelte Wallets and Thread Wallets each raised thousands of dollars more than was originally asked for on Kickstarter.

Andrew Titensor created Svelte Wallets due to the frustration of “the inconvenience of large, bulky wallets that kept getting in the way,” he said.

Made from a synthetic, paper-thin material called tyvek, Svelte Wallets are about the size of a cred