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55 posts and columns on crowdfunding
Patreon Is a Recurring Tip Jar for Fans Who Love Everything You Make
Jack Conte of Pomplamoose has a different take on paid subscriptions.
CircleUp Raises $7.5M Led by Union Square Ventures
One VC firm seems a little obsessed with crowdfunding.
Mosaic Helps the Little Guys Invest Directly in Solar
Mosaic is posting $900,000 in solar projects that promise a 4.5 percent estimated annual return to individual backers.
Medical Crowdfunding Site Watsi Becomes Y Combinator’s First Nonprofit Startup
“I’ve never been so excited about anything we’ve funded,” says YC chief Paul Graham.
News Byte
Kickstarter Channeled $274M Worth of Funding to Indie Projects in 2012
We’ve written before about unreliable estimates for the size of the total crowdfunding market, but here’s one that’s a bit more concrete. Kickstarter, which is thought to be the largest player (some others, like Indiegogo, don’t release stats) said today that 2.24 million users provided $274 million in funding for 18,100 successful projects in 2012, with total funding up 238 percent from the year before. There were also a bunch of great Kickstarter parodies last year.Independent ISP Tries to Raise $325M on Indiegogo to Launch a Satellite (Kinda)
It’s certainly the largest online crowdfunding campaign I’ve ever seen.
Crowdfunder Targets the Social Enterprise
X Prize, Singularity University and others sign on to help social enterprises raise money.
iOS Transit App Refunds Its Kickstarter Backers
Refunds aren’t standard practice on Kickstarter, despite the fact that some projects fail to complete whatever they were backed to do.
Christie Street Launches a Kickstarter for Products
Still waiting on that Kickstarter product you backed? Christie Street says it has a better solution.
Crowdfunding for a Cause: Nonprofits Can Now Hold Fundraisers on Crowdtilt
Crowdtilt says it is the first crowdfunding site to fully support charity fundraising.