Once you’ve had a flash of cash and decided to act on it by starting a new business, then you will need to come up with some funding to bring it to life. If you don’t have enough money in your bank account, or enough credit left on your credit cards, then one of the things you should consider is crowdfunding using Kickstarter.

1. Funding Your Flash of Cash with a Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign
(Most Funded Kickstarter Projects by Category)
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Crowdfunding
Project Name Category Description
Funding
Amount
Raised
Number
of
Bakers
Amount
per
Backer
Date
Funded
Mini Museum Art A collection of rare specimens, like a T-Rex tooth, from Hans Fex
that is contained in a pocket sized book.
$1,226,811 5,030 $244 3/20/14
The Order of the
Stick
Comics Book compilation of older out of print comics by Rich Burlew. $1,254,120 14,952 $84 2/21/12
This is Fine Plush
Dog
Crafts From KC Green comes a plush toy boy dog based on This is Fine
webcomic strip.
$454,717 12,705 $36 9/2/16
Where the Heck is
Matt?
Dance Matt Harding dances around the world and puts the videos on
YouTube.
$146,075 4,133 $35 12/17/15
Pebble Time
Smartwatch
Design Variety of smart watches that come in different colors and offer a
variety of time functions.
$20,338,986 78,471 $259 3/27/15
8-in-1 Evolution Bra Fashion Bra developed by Knix Wear that can be worn in 8 different ways. $1,105,177 13,642 $81 10/24/15
Mystery Science
Theater 3000
Film & Video Joel Hodgson is bringing back this classic TV series about B movies. $5,764,229 48,270 $119 12/12/15
Anova Precision
Cooker
Food Sous vide cooking circulator tool to make sure food is cooked to
precise temperature like in high end restaurants.
$1,811,321 10,508 $172 6/17/14
Exploding Kittens Games Card game by Elan Lee that is suitable for people of all ages. $8,782,571 219,382 $40 2/19/15
Newsbud Journalism Online news outlet create by Sibel Edmonds that is funded by
people instead of a large corporation.
$171,755 1,330 $129 6/22/16
Theatre Is Evil Music Studio album by Amanda Palmer with The Grand Theft Orchestra. $1,192,793 24,883 $48 5/31/12
Wonder Bokeh Lens Photography Recreation of Primoplan 58 f1.9 camera lens by Meyer Optik USA
for landscape and portraits.
$691,163+ 895+ $772 10/12/16
Good Night Stories
for Rebel Girls
Publishing Children’s book with stories of famous women from Serena
Williams to Queen Elizabeth
$675,614 13,454 $50 5/26/16
Pono Music Player Technology Neil Young’s Ponomusic player allows the listener to hear music
with higher resolution than has been traditionally available.
$6,225,354 18,220 $342 4/15/14
Opera for
Everybody
Theater Opera di Firenze will offer live streaming performances of the
Operas that they produce.
$361,930 426 $850 7/15/16
+ Campaign still running. Expect these amounts to increase further.