Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of February 2023, Kickstarter has received US$7 billion in pledges from 21.7 million backers to fund 233,626 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.
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Visitors at Kickstarter's Lower East Side, Manhattan offices in 2013
Kickstarter HQ library, Brooklyn in 2017
At $20.3 million, the Pebble Time is the second-largest successful Kickstarter campaign.
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over US$34 billion was raised worldwide by crowdfunding.
A printed receipt 135 × 97 mm issued between 1850 and 1857 to support French philosopher Auguste Comte[unreliable source?]