Kickstarter, the crowd-funding platform that allowed Amanda Palmer to raise $1.2m for her new album, will launch in the UK on October 31.

The company's Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler made the announcement on the site's blog last night, explaining how people could already start their own projects ahead of launch.

"When we're ready for projects to launch on October 31, we'll send an email letting them know that they can hit the launch button whenever they're ready... ...