I wouldn't say crowdfunding is in any way a financial investment. Investment implies monetary return. so if the thing you're investing in is financially succe

I wouldn't say crowdfunding is in any way a financial investment. Investment implies monetary return. so if the thing you're investing in is financially successful, you actually make more money than you put in. that doesn't describe kickstarter/indigogo style crowdfunding. A campaign that says "give us x money and we will give you y reward with an intended time scale of z" (which is most kickstarters) is clearly (IMO) a sale. You are a customer, paying money for a product. There are crowd-funded investment platforms, which have different, more stringent, requirements, but Kickstarter is not one of them.