If you agree that the language you are speaking is English we all speak, then it is certainly a form investment or funding.
You are making an assumption that investment guarantees some stake, it doesn't. You only get what is in the contract.
You are making an assumption that investment guarantees some stake, it doesn't. You only get what is in the contract.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chancebarnett/2013/09/09/donatio...
...when I first heard about it, it was frankly obvious that kickstarter was a devious way around SEC investment rules regarding the category of "accredited investor". Nothing since then has suggested to me otherwise. But that's how the scam works. It's a donation that feels like an investment.
If people are actually stupid enough to donate money thinking they are "investing" that merely shows the success of the con.
Casually, you might say that you 'invest' in a new computer that you bought at the computer store (because you plan to make money by using it). But legally, a purchase and investment are two very different things.