Comments on: Kickstarter is going global. First stop: UK

By: Daniel Daboczy

Daniel Daboczy — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:41:06 +0000

Cool to see. Kickstarter has missed a huge market by not allowing non-americans to run campaigns. So that’s why sites like FundedByMe launched and are gaining traction. FundedByMe.com has been global from day one and has several UK & American projects.
Also launching equity-crowdfunding in September.
http://www.fundedbyme.com

By: PleaseFund.Us

PleaseFund.Us — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:25:58 +0000

It is great to see Kickstarter opening up to UK projects, lets hope that it raises the profile of crowdfunding over here and really shows people how powerful a concept it really is!
If you are looking to crowdfund a creative project, http://www.PleaseFund.Us is based in the UK, but helps projects from all over the world!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:13:10 +0000

This gets interesting, especially since PledgeMusic has just started to expand their business as well. They came up with a german site recently.

By: Max Roald Eckardt

Max Roald Eckardt — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:01:18 +0000

people in europe can already use gofundme with the same features.

By: Bobbie Johnson

Bobbie Johnson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:13:47 +0000

Although Kickstarter and Seedrs are obviously in the same general crowdfunding space, they’re very different operationally: Seedrs is about raising cash for equity. Kickstarter is not. That’s important for a couple of reasons: it makes the sort of projects very different (the headline projects on KS may be the sort of thing you could find on Seedrs, but the vast majority of creative projects would not fit there) and it makes expansion far easier for KS (they’re trying to get tax issues sorted, Seedrs needs regulatory approval).

More here, for those interested:
http://gigaom.com/europe/seedrs-uk-crowdfunding-investment/

http://gigaom.com/europe/seedrs-opens-dragons-den-crowdfunding-for-startups/

By: yuryprokashev

yuryprokashev — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:04:02 +0000

I hope some day Kickstarter will come to Russia.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:05:25 +0000

No real surprises that they picked the UK… A competitor just launched this week in London. Seedrs looks to target the UK and all the EU.

By: Bobbie Johnson

Bobbie Johnson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:40:59 +0000

Basically you have been able to run a campaign from outside the US, as long as you run the money through an account linked to a valid US tax ID. I know it’s possible: I’ve done it, and I’m based in the UK.

But while it can work for a few who (basically) have a friend who is prepared to handle the money, it’s effectively a loophole: until now it’s made the platform inaccessible to the vast majority of people outside the US who want to run projects. This is different.

By: MuuminTroll

MuuminTroll — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:56:54 +0000

This came from Finland. I’m not sure how they managed that if what you say is true.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47312922/wishbhone-the-new-clever-earphone-cord-manager