600,000 Campaigns From 223 Countries, World’s First Crowdfunding Platform Indiegogo completes 8 years
Indiegogo turns eight this month. In eight years, Indiegogo has grown into something so much bigger than my co-founders Danae Ringelmann, Eric Schell and I ever imagined in 2008 (well, actually, we formed the idea in 2006, so it’s been almost 10 years). It’s amazing to see that the first crowdfunding platform in the world has now had over 600,000 campaigns from 223 countries, and nearly a billion dollars distributed to entrepreneurs, creators, innovators, philanthropists, and people in need.
Over the past few years, we’ve put in place a talented and committed team that has guided Indiegogo’s growth to more than 100 employees with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Indiegogo continues to grow in ways we never imagined.
Over the past 2 years alone, we’ve nearly...