Techcrunch
/ Patreon Raises $15 Million Series A, Revamps Site To Focus More On Content
"Company revenues grew 10x in the last five months, allowing the founders some room to choose whom they would like to take investment from."
Inc.
/ Patreon: Crowdfunding for the Long Haul
"...the main goal is scaling and sending as much money to creators as possible."
Huffington Post
/ Crowdfunder Patreon Raises $15 Million Series A, Plots Mobile Expansion
"'There are a lot of creators who are making thousands of dollars on the site, and this is their rent money,' said Conte. 'Their grocery money.'"
Wired
/ The Crowdfunding Upstart That’s Turning Freelancers Into Superstars
"It's hard to get anyone I interview to say a truly unkind word about the service. 'I think they’re so great that I’ve convinced at least six friends and (passively convinced) two bitter enemies to join. And I don’t even get a kickback.'"
LA Times
/ Crowdfunding site Patreon aims to help artists actually make a living
"'The playing field has been leveled,' Conte said of how Patreon will help creators. 'Anyone can be an artist now. Anyone can make a living being an artist if you work hard enough. It's just as possible as growing up to be a doctor or a lawyer.'"
Re/Code
/ Creative Patronage Startup Patreon Raises $15 Million
"Because we're so cognizant of how venture capital can also be a dangerous thing, we do want to make sure our creators know how thoughtful this round was. We spent a long time meeting a lot of folks."
Wired
/ What Crowdfunding Site Patreon Will Do With That $15M in Funding
"The influx of cash means Patreon can begin expanding their offerings for the artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers and other creatives who use the service to get income from fans."
Time
/ YouTube Is About to Change Drastically
"Patreon, a newer startup that was launched by a YouTube creator seeking more revenue, has generated $2 million for creators since it launched early in 2013."
Forbes
/ Patreon: A Fast-Growing Marketplace For Creators And Patrons Of The Arts
"In less than one year, Patreon has distributed over $1 million to the artists using their platform, with some of the most popular ones making more than $100,000."
Techcrunch
/ What Games Are: Patreonomics And "Supposed To Be"
"Patreonomics may well be the last great disruption, a combination of all the steps we've learned along the way."
Huffington Post
/ Crowdfunding's Patreon Takes Aim At YouTube's Business Model
"The creation page is modeled after the YouTube watch page with one major difference: no ads."
Fast Company
/ The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Crowdfunding
"Patreon is instead designed to keep creative people doing what they’re doing."
Time
/ Top 10 Exciting Startups of 2013
"[Artists] are essentially paid for their work regularly instead of having to pitch a big new idea to potential crowd funders each time."
Fortune
/ Why investors are pouring millions into crowdfunding
"I believe that the democratization of fundraising through crowdfunding is an incredible breakthrough for entrepreneurs and nonprofits."
Wired
/ The Next Big Thing You Missed: 'Eternal Kickstarter' Reinvents Indie Art
"The idea came to Jack Conte at the nadir of his financial and artistic desperation."
Fast Company
/ The Right to be Heard (and Paid)
"Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers."
Ars Technica
/ New site gives Internet creatives the hope of a regular paycheck
"The entire appeal of Patreon to me is the level of stability it seems to promise."
Huffington Post
/ Jack Conte, Musician, CrowdFunder
"The only reason why a company like Patreon works is because of transparency, being open with people and telling them what's going on, and having them support you."
Billboard
/ Patreon Lands $2 Million in Venture Patronage
"We originally had musicians and YouTube creators in mind, but it's become a tool for anybody who's creating stuff."
Forbes
/ Startup Turns Followers Into Funding -- For More Than Just One Project
"Without aristocratic patronage, Mozart might have had to resort to bar tending on the side; during the Renaissance, Michelangelo might have had to deliver bread to pay the bills during the four years he painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling."
Techcrunch
/ Pomplamoose’s Jack Conte Creates A Subscription-Based Funding Site For Artists
"Jack Conte is an Internet musician who became an Internet sensation and now, thanks to Patreon, he’s an Internet entrepreneur."
AllThingsD
/ Patreon Is a Recurring Tip Jar for Fans Who Love Everything You Make
"Kickstarter funding might be a good fit for an independent artist making a big project like a movie. But on YouTube, there are many creators who dribble out new projects as they make them."
PBS
/ Donation, Patron Services Help Fans Support Their Favorite Authors
"The site’s mission is to enable artists of all sorts — be they musicians, authors, comic book writers, photographers — to be more adequately compensated for the great works they’re contributing to the world."
Hypebot
/ Patreon Receives $2.1 Million In Funding, Jack Conte Currently Supported At $6,153 Per Video
"It's become quite obvious from crowdfunding that people want to support artists they care about."
Quartz
/ New crowdfunding site gets YouTubers a regular paycheck
"Conte hopes to address what he feels is a lag between the way art is made and the way it’s paid for."
Forbes
/ Why Wu-Tang Will Release Just One Copy Of Its Secret Album
"The plan almost resembles a Kickstarter campaign in search of a single, super-wealthy backer; there are also parallels with Jack Conte’s Patreon."
Lifehacker
/ Start Your Online Content Creating With Patreon
"The point about being lost in a sea of noise is something Patreon attempts to address, though."