“Kickstarter will still be its own independent company by January 1st 2018. ”

With the announcement of Avis's acquisition of Zipcar today, we started talking about other possible mergers in the future. Unlike Zipcar, Kickstarter is not in any desperate race to expand and won't need any extra money to achieve their goals. In other words, Kickstarter has a license to print money... There'd be no need to ever sell.