Kickstarter is the world’s largest fundraising platform for creative ventures.

The Kickstarter website allows creators to share their ongoing projects, or ideas for independent creations, online to garner public interest. In turn, those interested are able to pledge financial support to the creative projects of their choice. Essentially, the Kickstarter platform facilitates the funding process by collecting pledges.

Kickstarter features numerous independent projects from a range of creative fields: music, film, food, publishing, technology, design, art, etc.