The power of belief: Crowdfunding OG Kickstarter reaches tomorrow’s communities

For 17 years, Kickstarter has empowered creators and their backers to produce innovative, groundbreaking work. In 2025, Kickstarter had its biggest, most successful campaign ever: the eufyMake E1, the first personal 3D-texture UV printer. The makers of the E1 raised an eye-popping $46,762,258 from 7,822 backers. And that’s just one of the many campaigns that broke records last year. Both literary publishing and comics had door-busting campaigns. Ali Hazelwood and Adriana Herrera’s “After the End: A Dystopian Romance Collection” that featured “eight original stories exploring love after the end of the world” brought in over $1 million, and “The Transformers: Compendium Set” raised $4.6 million. Ali Hazelwood, one of the creators behind “After the End,” explained their success, saying, “peop