Meet Tilt: The Crowdfunding Platform Growing Faster Than Kickstarter, GoFundMe
Tilt was envisioned as a mobile and bite-sized tool for crowdfunding and is evolving into a social commerce platform. Marc Andreesen is a huge fan.
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According to Tilt co-founder and CEO James Beshara, the original vision was to answer the question “What will crowdfunding look like in a mobile world?” However since its 2012 launch, Tilt has become a social crowdfunding app used by groups to raise funds for anything from events to social causes.
Tilt, which boasts investors including Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and tech futurist Marc Andreessen, has experienced huge growth throughout 2015 — including a recent northern European expansion.
The platform has been most popular among college students and community organizers in the last three years. However, brands are also discovering same powerful uses and Beshara says there are 20,000 Tilts live at any given moment and a “Tilt” every 15 seconds.
In terms of iOS downloads, Tilt is the fastest-growing crowdfunding platform — beating stalwarts GoFundMe and Kickstarter.
So what is a “Tilt?” Someone starts a campaign to raise money and invites their friends to pitch in.
