Kickstarter Crowdfunding Creative Projects

Like a lot of companies, Kickstarter hosts an annual Hack Day. It's a chance for us to experiment — to drop what we're doing and try our hand at projects we've been wanting to undertake but never had the time. As one of our engineers said, "It's like Halloween for nerds." One of the coolest thing... Read More

The Veronica Mars and Zach Braff Kickstarter projects have generated a lot of headlines, a lot of fan excitement, and a lot of questions. Should famous people use Kickstarter? Do they hurt other creators? Is it fair? We’ve read a lot of opinions, and today we’d like to share our own.Kickstarter�... Read More

Kickstarter is thrilled to once again be a part of IDEAS CITY at the New Museum. This year, we’ve invited a number of projects (MaKey MaKey, Impossible Project, Balloon Mapping, Walk [Your City], Sportsfriends) to join us to create what we are calling "Kickstarter and the Creative City." The fe... Read More

Since Kickstarter launched in 2009, over 75,000 project videos have been uploaded to Kickstarter. From day one, we’ve been blown away by the amazing videos you've created — from the singer Allison Weiss setting the standard early on, to the incredible Wes Anderson spoof the Inman Park Squirrel ... Read More

As we gear up for PAX East, the big gaming convention in Boston this weekend, we thought we would share an exciting stat: more than $100 million has been pledged to Games projects on Kickstarter, giving 1,476 new games the green light!Games Category Stats Total Dollars: $107.6 Million Successfu... Read More

About a year ago, whilst working by candlelight one foggy night on the Lower East Side, we thought, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we brought together a group of Kickstarter creators to show off their games at PAX?" That very same night The Kickstarter Arcade was born, and after drawing up a plan ... Read More

Way back in 2006, when Arrested Development was canceled for the second time, we thought Kickstarter could save it. At the time Kickstarter didn't exist — we were trying to get it off the ground, and it would be three years before we would — but as fans of the show we thought Kickstarter could h... Read More

There’s another side of Kickstarter that most people never get to see. These are the tools that help creators stay on top of their projects and communicate with backers. We've recently released a slew of big improvements to these tools, so we thought we'd give everyone a quick tour.Backer ReportAt... Read More

Sunday night is Oscar night. Millions of people will soon be filling out their Oscar pool ballots — and scratching their heads when they hit the short-film categories.Let us help you with that.Among this year’s nominees in the short-film categories are three Kickstarter-funded films: Kings Po... Read More

We're excited to announce that the first official Kickstarter app launched in the iTunes Store this morning! It's available for iPhone and iPod Touch, it's free, and you can download it here.The app is a whole new way to experience Kickstarter. We took things we've learned from the past three years... Read More

We just got back from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where 17 films by Kickstarter creators premiered among the world's best and brightest. Of those 17, we're thrilled to report that six films won awards, including top honors for Blood Brother, which took home both the Grand Jury Prize and t... Read More

Today we're happy to introduce a new way to discover projects on Kickstarter: #tags.Over time, we've noticed certain themes and trends running through the projects on Kickstarter — some for a week, some for years. Tags give us a new way to share these patterns with everyone.Tags aren't tethered t... Read More

Today we’re thrilled to announce that more than $100 million has been pledged to film projects on Kickstarter. This is a big milestone for independent filmmakers and this new way of filmmaking. How big? Let’s take a look.Film & Video statistics (April 28, 2009 — January 1, 2013) Total ple... Read More

Kickstarter projects are great at a lot of things, but meeting deadlines isn’t one of them. This isn’t just a Kickstarter thing. All creative projects, whether they’re on Kickstarter or not, often take longer than expected. What’s unique about Kickstarter is that everyone gets to see how thi... Read More

On October 31, 2012, Kickstarter opened to projects from UK-based creators for the first time. How has it gone? Let’s have a look at what transpired in the first month.Statistics for projects from UK-based creators (October 31, 2012 — November 30, 2012)Total Pledged: £2,069,164Total Backers: 45... Read More

We're just shy of two weeks since opening Kickstarter to UK-based creators, and we couldn't be more excited about all of the wonderful projects already underway.  Have a project of your own in mind, or just want to learn more about Kickstarter? You're in luck! We've organized a few workshops in Lo... Read More

Kickstarter is proud to call New York City home, and we've felt the impact of Hurricane Sandy deeply within our community. In the past week, we've watched countless projects reach out to each other to offer extra space, a helping hand, and words of support to friends, neighbors, and strangers.On thi... Read More

It's been a week since Kickstarter officially opened to UK-based creators and we're excited to report on some major milestones. UK creators have launched 171 projects since Oct. 31, garnering more than 15,000 pledges from backers and raising over £588,000. Nine projects have already met or excee... Read More

Today Kickstarter is officially open to projects in the UK. Woohoo!We’re thrilled that Kickstarter is landing on another shore, and we can’t wait to see what creative projects our friends in the UK will launch — films, art, games, albums, plays, performances, and much more.Since our announceme... Read More

Beginning this weekend, a project which kicked off roughly five years ago is hitting theaters nationwide. It's been a long road for the creators of Brooklyn Castle, Katie and Nelson Dellamaggiore, who began their documentary after visiting the chess team at a Brooklyn middle school and falling ... Read More

The Kickstarter project video makes a crucial first impression. Creators introduce themselves and their dreams, sum up their plans, and ask for a little love. But as new projects continue to push the boundaries of what's possible on Kickstarter, the videos feel more and more like their own virtual f... Read More

In July we tweeted that Kickstarter would open up to UK-based projects for the first time this autumn. Today we're very excited to announce that that day has finally arrived. Hooray!Beginning October 31, people in the United Kingdom will be able to launch their projects on Kickstarter. Beginning tod... Read More

We're excited to announce that Kickstarter will be exhibiting at New York Comic Con for the first time this year! All weekend we'll be hosting an amazing lineup of comic-book artists and writers who've kickstarted some pretty spectacular projects, from single-issue comics and graphic novels to anth... Read More

It may be football season in the US right now, but it's always football season everywhere else in the world. Enter Howler, a new glossy periodical chronicling American and international soccer four times a year. The first edition, which is larger and more colorful than your average mag, began h... Read More

Every week, the Kickstarter staff collects a few of our favorite recently launched projects to share with all of you. This week's will take you the edge of forever and back, with a Mayan-inspired operetta, a documentary that's stranger than (science) fiction, and the story of a little girl and her r... Read More