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Kickstarter is an American public-benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York which has built a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company’s stated mission is to help bring creative projects to life. Kickstarter has reportedly received more than $1.9 billion in pledges from 9.4 million backers to fund 257,000 creative projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, technology and food-related projects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Kickstarter )〕 People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards and one of a kind experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. ==History== Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's NEA". ''Time'' named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011". Kickstarter reportedly raised $10 million funding from backers including NYC-based venture firm Union Square Ventures and angel investors such as Jack Dorsey, Zach Klein and Caterina Fake. The company is based in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kickstarter )〕 Andy Baio served as the site's CTO until November 2010, when he joined Expert Labs. Lance Ivy has been Lead Developer since the website launched.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kickstarter CrunchBase Profile )〕 On February 14, 2013, Kickstarter released an iOS app called Kickstarter for the iPhone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=February 15, 2013 )〕 The app is aimed at users who create and back projects and is the first time Kickstarter has had an official mobile presence. On October 31, 2012, Kickstarter opened to projects based in the United Kingdom, followed by projects based in Canada on September 9, 2013, Australia and New Zealand on November 13, 2013, and Denmark, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden on September 15, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Ben )〕 and in Spain on May 19, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kickstarter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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