Tun Kai Poh
Hero
Unfortunately I'd be glad if they could give us a direct answer. Only 22 countries are eligible to launch Kickstarter projects.Why is that? Legal stuff? Banking infrastructure?
Malaysia has pretty good banking infrastructure and the reason a lot of companies set up here is because of our legal system based on UK law (because we were colonised).
Haven't gotten a straight excuse from them all these years, but based on the reasons they started in Singapore, they may be following the money people - if your country has a lot of backers, they may let that country join their elite club.
Crowd-funding site Kickstarter comes to Singapore
It just got easier for people here to create that dream invention or raise money to make an indie film. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com