Tech Companies Raised $225M on Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Platforms in 2015, Report Finds

Technology companies raised $225 million globally on rewards-based crowdfunding sites in 2015, according to a new report from the UK-based Crowdfunding Centre. In State of the Crowdfunding Nation, the Crowdfunding Centre reported that reward-based crowdfunding sites helped raise over $1.5 billion worldwide between the calendar years of 2014 and 2015. Global rewards-based crowdfunding campaigns raised $823.5 in 2015 million (a 20 percent increase over 2014) from nearly 10.2 million backers. In the United States, approximately 20,000 fully funded campaigns raised over $590 million in the United States in 2015. When broken down by category, tech companies attracted the most funding from backers and on average raised over $51,000 per campaign. In addition to tech companies, video games companies raised over $47 million in 2015 using reward-based crowdfunding sites. Download the report (purchase required)