KICKSTARTER has funded 59,000 creative projects since its launch in 2009. According to Kickstarter’s data, 5.9 million people have pledged a total of $1 billion for the projects. Some notable successes from 2013 include the Oculus Rift (9,522 backers pledging $2.4 million), a virtual reality gaming headset bought in 2014 by Facebook for $2 billion; a human- t-