Kickstarter

Launched in 2009, Kickstarter has rapidly become the go-to place for raising funds for a wide range of projects. It has so far seen five million people fund over 50,000 creative projects, including films, music, comics, video games and journalism. The documentaries Sun Come Up and Incident in New Baghdad were both nominated for Oscars […]

Launched in 2009, Kickstarter has rapidly become the go-to place for raising funds for a wide range of projects. It has so far seen five million people fund over 50,000 creative projects, including films, music, comics, video games and journalism. The documentaries Sun Come Up and Incident in New Baghdad were both nominated for Oscars after Kickstarter fundraising. Based in New York, the company has pioneered the recent trend of crowdfunding initiatives, backed by several high profile angel investors, including Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Flickr’s Caterina Fake.