Kickstarter
Leading crowdfunding platform helping bring creative projects to life, structured as a Public Benefit Corporation since 2009.
About
Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Founded in 2009 and structured as a Public Benefit Corporation, the company has supported over 275,000 projects with more than $8 billion pledged by around 23 million backers.
Fully remote across supported US states (CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OR, VA, VT, WA), the UK, and Canada (Ontario and British Columbia). LinkedIn lists 387 employees.
Kickstarter donates 5% of after-tax profit to organizations fighting systemic inequality and promoting arts education. The iOS and Android apps are open source on GitHub (Swift, 8.6k stars; Kotlin, 5.8k stars).