Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in
Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on
creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to
life". The platform, launched in 2009, has developed almost 200.000 businesses
and projects collectively raise $5.6 billion in funding. Over all the 500.000
project, the 38% of them have been successful.