Popular crowdfunding platform and one of the industry\u2019s modern pioneers, Kickstarter, crossed an important milestone in 2021 in terms of the amount of funding pledged on its platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to data from Buyshares.co.uk<\/a>, the total amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter amounted to almost $6.3 billion as of December 2021 \u2013 almost 70% of which belongs to three categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kickstarter was founded in 2009 and then fast became the darling of the US tech scene. The website runs a crowdfunding platform that aims to \u201chelp bring creative projects to life,\u201d as per the company\u2019s stated mission. A year later it was named by Time magazine as one of the \u201cBest Inventions of 2010\u201d and one of the \u201cBest Websites of 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n By July 2012, $276 million had been pledged on the platform, which more than tripled just a year later. Fast-forward to 2021 and Kickstarter still remains a popular crowdfunding platform, albeit less so than its earlier years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As of December 2021, the cumulative amount pledged to projects on Kickstarter breached the $6 billion mark for the first time, reaching almost $6.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKickstarter breaches $6 billion mark<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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