Mike Rugnetta

What is Kickstarter? We’re the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Learn more!

Brooklyn, NY

I am 1/3rd of MemeFactory: a performative lecture about the Internet. Memefactory is produced by WhatWeKnowSoFar - which is three dudes who live in Brooklyn. Stephen Bruckert – The middle. Neckbeard. http://srsbsnss.com Patrick Davison – The t... view more

Funded!
Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

Shadowrun Returns brings back one of our most original & cherished game settings as a 2D turn-based RPG for tablets & PC.
- Video Games
- Bellevue, WA
- 459% funded $1,836,447 pledged
- 36,276 backers
- Funded Apr 29, 2012
Funded!
blodeJazz 7" vinyl by Todd Treece

Help fund the production of a 7" record featuring music generated by the website traffic of sparkfun.com!
- Electronic Music
- Boulder, CO
- 114% funded $971 pledged
- 39 backers
- Funded May 03, 2012
Funded!
Beringer Guitar Museum (Interactive Site) by James Bolenbaugh

A user-generated and collaborative collection of the musical instruments created, and frequently invented by Ted Beringer (1921-2006).
- Crafts
- Billings, MT
- 129% funded $7,761 pledged
- 101 backers
- Funded Apr 27, 2012
Funded!
2012 Avant Music Festival by Avant Media

Five nights of music from the evolving Avant-Garde Curated by Randy Gibson and Megan Schubert
- Classical Music
- New York, NY
- 107% funded $1,070 pledged
- 23 backers
- Funded Dec 18, 2011
Funded!
The Mobile Pool Party by Dean & Darren

Mobile Pool Party is rollin' soon. Pulled by bike, filled by hydrant, crowded by friends and passersby—BBQs, boomboxes, and lotsa love!
- Public Art
- Brooklyn, NY
- 100% funded $1,260 pledged
- 69 backers
- Funded Jun 11, 2011
Funded!
The Open Utopia: A New Kind of Old Book by stephen duncombe

The Open Utopia is an open-source, open-access, multi-platform, web-based edition of Thomas More’s Utopia.
- Nonfiction
- New York, NY
- 124% funded $4,350 pledged
- 111 backers
- Funded Apr 21, 2011
Funded!
The Nature of Code Book Project by Daniel Shiffman

A book about applying topics from mathematics, physics, and generative algorithms to computational systems. With Processing!
- Nonfiction
- New York, NY
- 631% funded $31,575 pledged
- 1,189 backers
- Funded Apr 03, 2011
Funded!
DIY Desktop CNC Machine by Stephen

The DIY Desktop CNC Machine - automated fabrication in your home. Your personal cutting/engraving/etching/milling machine in kit form.
- Open Hardware
- Placerville, CA
- 465% funded $69,882 pledged
- 359 backers
- Funded Jan 10, 2011
Funded!
LOVELAND Round 9: The Case of The Pickled Inches! by Jerry Paffendorf

$1 square inches of land in Detroit. Real land made super simple, fun, cheap, social and creative. Constantly evolving. AND PICKLES!!!
- Conceptual Art
- Detroit, MI
- 3,491% funded $419 pledged
- 18 backers
- Funded Jan 07, 2010

Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects.

At this very second, thousands of people are checking out projects on Kickstarter. They're rallying around their friends' ideas, backing projects from people they've long admired, and discovering things that make them laugh and smile.

Every project is independently crafted, put to all-or-nothing funding,
and supported by friends, fans, and the public in return for rewards.

Have 60 seconds?
We'll explain it all
Independently crafted.

The filmmakers, musicians, artists, and designers you see on Kickstarter have complete control and responsibility over their own projects. They spend weeks building their own project pages, shooting their own videos, and brainstorming
what to offer as rewards.

Rewards are things like a copy of what’s being made, a limited edition, or a custom experience related to the project. This isn’t Best Buy – rewards aren’t shrink-wrapped and ready to ship. Once the project is funded, the journey to bring them to life begins.

Previous Next
All-or-nothing funding.

Every project creator sets their project's funding goal and deadline. If the project succeeds in reaching its funding goal all backers’ credit cards are charged when time expires. If the project falls short no one is charged.

Since our launch in April 2009, more than 20,000 creative projects
have been successfully funded by awesome people from around the world.

But Kickstarter is about much more than money...

Previous Next
The big picture.
- $200 million pledged to projects
- 1.8 million people have backed a project
- 20,000 projects successfully funded
People come to Kickstarter to build community around their projects. It’s inspiring to be supported by people you know, and amazing to connect with strangers who are discovering your ideas for the first time.

The feedback, press, and love that can come with
a Kickstarter project are just as valuable as the money raised. Ask anyone who’s done it before. There’s nothing like it.

Previous Thanks! All done.

The Year in Ideas 2009

Best Websites of 2011
Best Inventions of 2010

Kickstarter

Mike Rugnetta

Websites

Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

blodeJazz 7" vinyl by Todd Treece

Beringer Guitar Museum (Interactive Site) by James Bolenbaugh

2012 Avant Music Festival by Avant Media

The Mobile Pool Party by Dean & Darren

The Open Utopia: A New Kind of Old Book by stephen duncombe

The Nature of Code Book Project by Daniel Shiffman

DIY Desktop CNC Machine by Stephen

LOVELAND Round 9: The Case of The Pickled Inches! by Jerry Paffendorf

Browse Categories

Kickstarter's weekly newsletter

Kickstarter on Facebook

Connect with Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects.

Independently crafted.

All-or-nothing funding.

The big picture.