Jess Search

Kickstarter is on a mission to bring creative projects to life. As the leading crowdfunding and launch platform, Kickstarter is home to the world’s largest backer community — 23 million strong and counting. Since 2009, the platform has fueled innovation across 15 categories, helping launch over 275,000 projects and attracting more than $8 billion in pledges from backers. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Kickstarter is committed to equity and transparency, prioritizing the success of independent creators, diverse perspectives, and the strength of a global community that shapes and defines culture.

Kickstarter is on a mission to bring creative projects to life. As the leading crowdfunding and launch platform, Kickstarter is home to the world’s largest backer community — 23 million strong and counting. Since 2009, the platform has fueled innovation across 15 categories, helping launch over 275,000 projects and attracting more than $8 billion in pledges from backers. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Kickstarter is committed to equity and transparency, prioritizing the success of independent creators, diverse perspectives, and the strength of a global community that shapes and defines culture.

Shooting People is an online networking organization dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. Founded in 1998 in the United Kingdom by Jess Search and Cath Le Couteur, both filmmakers themselves, it became a massive word-of-mouth success and currently has over 38,000 members in the UK and US. By partnering with festivals and other industry organisations and developing web and email tools that allow members of the filmmaking community to link up with each other instantly and swap core skills, resources and advice, Shooting People has stimulated debate and facilitated new collaborations, resulting in thousands of productions.