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Just one month after its launch, 407 Kickstarter UK projects have raised more than 2 million pounds, at a rate of 48 pounds in pledges per minute.
Thirty of those projects have already been successfully funded. The first project to reach its goal was the Chime Pavillion, an architecture project led by a group of second year students at the Manchester School of Architecture. While the project only needed 300 pounds to reach its goal, it raised 1,500. The first Kickstarter UK project to actually launch was Picade, a retro arcade cabinet for Raspberry Pi. It raised 75,000 pounds -- double what it needed.
Interestingly, only 39% of the backers are British, whereas for Kickstarter U.S., 78% of backers are American.
"Projects from UK creators are finding support from local backers and being discovered by people all around the world. We're thrilled by their success," Kickstarter noted on its blog recap of its first month.