Launch Studio Joins the BackerKit Team
We are thrilled to announce that today Launch Studio will be joining BackerKit. By combining our efforts, we’ll be able to offer creators unmatched crowdfunding tools, best-in-class education resources, and exceptionally supportive community spaces. In addition, this development will enable Launch Studio to provide better experiences and more benefits to our existing members.
What does this mean for our members?
In the short term, there will be no disruption to our course, community, and live-event programming. If you are already one of our members, nothing will change for you. We will continue to support creators who are launching products using crowdfunding.
If you are a creator planning on signing up for Launch Studio in the coming months, not to worry, we will continue to support you. I will be joining BackerKit to ensure no interruption in communication or service.
Our members will have access to an immediate benefit: complimentary access to BackerKit Launch, an email marketing tool that helps creators harness the power of their audience to get funded early.
As we look toward the future, our number one priority is to tap into the strengths of BackerKit and Launch Studio to create the best possible tools and resources for crowdfunding creators. We are bringing together some of the most experienced people in the crowdfunding space with the intention of making something incredible.
We want to take this opportunity to thank our members for their trust. We sincerely appreciate their contributions to our course and community. We couldn’t have gotten here without them.
What does this mean for us at Launch Studio?
This merger will allow Launch Studio to improve and expand our existing masterclass offering. By joining BackerKit, we will have access to some of the best minds in the crowdfunding space, and we’ll be able to tap into insights from powerful tools developed by the team at BackerKit. That means we’ll be able to create better educational resources, deliver more impactful member experiences, and expand our reach to more creators.
Two and half years ago, we set out to create the best educational resource for designers, creative studios, and entrepreneurs who want to launch physical products using crowdfunding. Our inspiration came from many years of work helping creators launch products on Kickstarter and our firm belief that crowdfunding enables creators to build solid long-term foundations for their creative practice or new business.
We’ve been fans of BackerKit for a long time — I was the first person to invite their team to visit Kickstarter’s Brooklyn office back in 2014. Over the last few months, we got to know the BackerKit team quite well. It has become apparent that we share many common values and that our missions are aligned. We are focused on helping creators succeed more often and to achieve more significant successes. We are also committed to prioritizing impact over profits.
We are thrilled to join a company as passionate about supporting creators as we are, and we can’t wait to start working together to create new tools and resources. Stay tuned.
