We have many more ideas for videos that we want to produce and services we would like to provide, but there is a limited amount we can do.
But with patreon, you can help by pledging to donate a certain amount of money per video. This will help us to produce more content with higher quality and help more people. Click below to find out more.
Patreon was founded in May 2013 by artist Jack Conte, who was looking for a way to make a living from his popular YouTube videos.[3] Together with Sam Yam he developed a platform that allows patrons to donate a set amount of money every time an artist creates a work of art. The company raised 2.1 million dollars in August 2013 from a group of venture capitalists and angel investors.[4][5] In June 2014 the company raised a further $15,000,000 in a series A round led by Danny Rimer of Index Ventures.[6][7] In January 2016, the company closed on a fresh round of $30 million in a series B round, led by Thrive Capital which puts the total raised for Patreon at $47.1 million.[8]
The company has signed up more than 125,000 “patrons” in its first 18 months.[9] In late 2014, the website announced that patrons were sending over $1,000,000 per month to the site’s content creators.[10]
In March 2015, Patreon acquired Subbable, a similar voluntary subscription service created by the Green brothers, John and Hank Green, and brings over Subbable creators and contents including CGP Grey, Destin Sandlin’s Smarter Every Day and the Green brothers’ own CrashCourse and SciShow channels.[11] The merger was consequent of an expected migration of payment systems with Amazon Payments that Subbable used.
