Indiegogo, company that understands from firsthand experience the challenges and disappointment that can come from trying to get a project funded has taken that experience and has moved into the crowdfunding space, with a hefty financial infusion from some major players in the VC space.

The latest player in the increasingly crowdfunding field has some funding of its own to brag about after receiving $15 million in Series A venture funding in a round that was lead by Insight Venture Partners and included Khosla Ventures as a new investor.

Existing investors Metamorphic Ventures, MHS Capital, ffVenture Capital, and Steve Schoettler, co founder of Zynga also participated. The company had previously closed a $1.5 million seed round. It plans to use the money to scale out its operations according to Venture Wire.

While the growth of crowdfunding sites has been credited to the enactment of the JOBS Act that eased direct investment in companies by individuals, Indiegogo precedes the act by a number of years. After failing to get funding for a project that its founders were trying to get off the ground it turned to helping others find funding, ranging from indie films to tech projects.

The site operates much like others in that it has a number of profile fund raising efforts, the close date for the funding project, the goal and where the effort stands to date. If a company does not reach its goal it gets nothing.

This field seems to be growing by leaps and bounds and we hold out hope that some really solid products come from all of the various crowdfunding efforts. I suspect that we will see some continued growth in this market as others seek to cash in before the inevitable market retraction.