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Kickstarter passes $2B in pledges: games have taken $412.4M, the most money of any category, followed by tech with $360M and design with $351.6M

ON OCTOBER 11, THE KICKSTARTER COMMUNITY … Mariella Moon / Engadget : Kickstarter's 9.5 million users have pledged over $2 billion Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Kickstarter has garnered over $2 billion in pledges since it launched in 2009 Fred Wilson / AVC : $2 billion in fives and tens Samantha Hurst / Crowdfund Insider : Kickstarter Hits New Milestone: Surpasses $2 Billion Total Dollars Tweets: Andy Weissman / @aweissman : My favorite stat: of the two billion pledged thus far on Kickstarter, 148 million was pledged for no reward http://www.kickstarter.com/... Chris Sacca / @sacca : Note: one of the most successful startups of this generation is a public benefit corporation. Love this team. http://twitter.com/... Andy Baio / @waxpancake : On October 11, Kickstarter passed $2B pledged—more than $1.3B of it from returning backers. http://www.kickstarter.com/... http://twitter.com/...

The Verge Nick Statt