Kickstarter

This report presents a range of statistics and facts about the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a global crowdfunding platform that helps creative projects raise funding from backers. Project creators choose a deadline and a minimum funding goal. Projects must reach their funding goal; otherwise no money will be collected. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards such as custom editions and early releases of the projects, as well as special experiences, in exchange for their pledges. The platform is currently only open to project creators from a small selection of countries but project backing is available internationally.