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Kickstarter

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Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, games, fashion, food, publishing, and other creative fields. Since its launch on April 28th, 2009, more than two million people have pledged more than $300 million to projects by creators who always maintain full ownership and complete creative control of their work.

Recent Milestones

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  Kickstarter invested in Formlabs. (10/25/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 7:14pm via businessinsider.com
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  Kickstarter invested in OUYA. (8/9/12)
  Posted 8/9/12 at 7:24pm via businessinsider.com
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  Kickstarter invested in Oculus VR. (1/1/12)
  Posted 5/20/13 at 4:05pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kickstarter invested in Triggertrap. (7/31/11)
  Posted 12/18/12 at 12:21am via kickstarter.com
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  Kickstarter — Kickstarter, Two Years And 20,000 Projects Later: $53 Million Pledged, $40 Million Collected (4/28/11)
  Posted 4/28/11 at 7:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  Kickstarter invested in Pebble. (4/17/11)
  Posted 4/19/12 at 2:21am via bloomberg.com
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  Kickstarter received $10M in Venture Round funding. (3/18/11)
  Posted 3/18/11 at 3:04am via allthingsd.com
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  Kickstarter invested in LUMI Mask. (1/6/11)
  Posted 1/6/11 at 2:57pm via kickstarter.com
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  Kickstarter — The iPod Nano Watch Raises $941,718 On Kickstarter. (12/17/10)
  Posted 12/23/10 at 7:38pm via businessinsider.com
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  Kickstarter added Andrew Cornett as Designer. (2/1/10)
  Posted 7/26/11 at 11:54am
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  Kickstarter added Fred Wilson as Board of Directors. (11/1/09)
  Posted 1/13/12 at 1:13pm
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  Kickstarter added Lance Ivy as Lead Developer. (11/1/08)
  Posted 7/3/10 at 7:34pm
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  Kickstarter added Sunny Bates as Board of Directors. (11/1/08)
  Posted 11/15/10 at 7:47pm
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  Kickstarter added Charles Adler as Co-founder. (3/1/06)
  Posted 1/13/12 at 1:13pm
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  Kickstarter added Yancey Strickler as Co-founder. (11/1/05)
  Posted 5/10/11 at 4:36pm
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  Kickstarter added Perry Chen as Co-founder and CEO. (1/1/02)
  Posted 11/15/10 at 7:47pm

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Screenshots

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Above: Kickstarter Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/25/11

Above: Kickstarter Screenshot -- #2
Uploaded: 7/25/11

Products

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Sources

1. Wow! Formlabs Has Raised Almost $3 Million On Kickstarter (businessinsider.com) [edit]
2. This Little $99 Box Just Raised $8.6 Million To Crush The Xbox (businessinsider.com) [edit]
3. Oculus Shows Off Its Virtual Reality Goggles For Genuinely Immersive Gaming (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Kickstarter (kickstarter.com) [edit]
5. Rejected By VCs, Pebble Watch Raises $3.8M on Kickstarter (go.bloomberg.com) [edit]
6. KickStarter (kickstarter.com) [edit]
7. Kickstarter Fesses Up: The Crowd-Sourced Funding Startup Has Funding Too (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) [edit]
The iPod Nano Watch Raises $941,718 On Kickstarter (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Kickstarter, Two Years And 20,000 Projects Later: $53 Million Pledged, $40 Million Collected (techcrunch.com) [edit]