KICKSTARTER has funded 90,000 creative projects since its launch in 2009. According to Kickstarter’s data, 9.3 million people have pledged more than $1.9 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-
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