Over $112 million was pledged to Kickstarter projects in the first three months of 2014
Apr02
Kickstarter today published new figures detailing how successful its crowdfunding platform was during the first three months of 2014. Over $112 million was donated to eligible products, equal to $1,244,868 on average each day. It’s a huge sum, although Kickstarter attracted $480 million in pledges last year – which is roughly $120 million for each quarter. Of course, the amounts raised on Kickstarter are dependent on the projects submitted. Pono Music, a new portable music player, raised over $5 million last month and was undoubtedly its most successful crowdfunding campaign over the three-month period. Only the Pebble smartwatch, Ouya video game…
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