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Re:Patreon raises big round at $450M valuation by dmix on Friday September 15, 2017 @12:14PM (#15258301)
It's not just like Kickstarter. Patreon has a business model built on recurring monthly revenue stream. Kickstarter makes money off of one-off events. It's a totally different business.
Re:Patreon raises big round at $450M valuation by Cederfjard on Friday September 15, 2017 @12:58PM (#15258685)
I think the point was that Patreon has a lot of competing services in the same space, just like Kickstarter has in it's. Note that I have no idea if that's true, but that's my interpretation.