Kickstarter to launch in the UK

July 11, 2012 by Kelly Anderson

U.S. crowdfunding site Kickstarter has revealed that it will cross the Atlantic in the fall, with a UK version.

In a tweet on July 9, the New York-based crowdsourcing site posted: “People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter starting this autumn! More info soon!”

As it stands, anyone can donate to a Kickstarter fund, but because of requirements dictated by the Amazon Payments system used, only U.S. residents with a U.S. bank account can post a project to the site.

In a September 2011 realscreen interview, co-founder Yancey Strickler (pictured, far right, with Charles Adler and Perry Chen) said there were plans to expand in the years ahead. “To be honest, having a specific market to get to focus on has been very good for us. Spreading us around the world is something that will take some effort and we want to make sure we do it right.”

The launch will allow UK docmakers who don’t have U.S. bank accounts to fundraise their projects in GBP.

A Kickstarter representative confirmed the news to realscreen and said there were no more details as of yet.

Tags: Kickstarter, Kickstarter UK, Yancey Strickler