Kickstarter raises £17m in a year

More than £22 million has been pledged to hundreds of different projects including films, computer games and albums on the internet funding platform Kickstarter since it launched in the UK a year ago.

The website runs on an all-or-nothing basis with projects given deadlines to raise certain amounts. If a project succeeds in reaching its funding goal, all backers' credit cards are charged when the time expires, but if it falls short no one is charged.