Category: Crowd Finance
What is Cryptocurrency?
You can’t look in the news today without some Bitcoin enthusiast or some dumbfounded reporter trying to make sense of cryptocurrencies. It’s seemingly replaced Game of Thrones as the subject of every coffee shop conversation,...
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How to Get Funding For an App
If you have an idea for a mobile app, you’re probably excited to get started with it – and you should be. Globally, the mobile app market generates about $60 billion in revenue every year, which means that mobile apps present a...
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Q&A with Brian Dally, Co-Founder and CEO of US Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform ‘Groundfloor’
The US crowdfunding sector has grown far bigger and wider than the reward projects initially associated with Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Groundfloor is a real estate investment platform that enables everyday Americans to have a...
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What is Crowdfunding?
“Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and of alternative finance.”...
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67 INSANE FACTS ABOUT BITCOIN
[INFOGRAPHIC – UPDATED JANUARY 2018] Bitcoin is a virtual currency that uses Blockchain technology for secure payments and storing money electronically, without requiring a bank or a person’s name. Satoshi Nakamoto created this...
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Preparing to Pitch: Five things you must consider when pitching to the crowd
Your startup is off the ground and the first few months have seen you gain traction in your chosen field; good job, the easy part is done. What comes next will be one of the most daunting, challenging, but ultimately rewarding,...
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A Sharing Economy Newcomer Aims to Disrupt the UK Energy Market
We recently ran articles on the increasing decentralization of sustainable energy production and energy distribution. In August 2017 a new type of disruptive energy supplier launched in the UK. After successfully raising almost...
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Crowdfunding in Sweden
Crowdfunding in Sweden continues to grow and make headlines, from startups using donations-for-rewards crowdfunding as a sales channel for innovative products to quickly achieve high turnover, to the electric vehicle...
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Energy Sustainability and Decentralization (Part II)
In Part 1 we looked at decentralization of electricity generation, largely due to the availability of affordable equipment for domestic-scale production from renewable sources. Part 2 looks at the distribution side of the...
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The Evolution of Kickstarter/Indiegogo
Kickstarter and Indiegogo have come along way since they opened their doors to artists and filmmakers back in 2009/2008. Now, nearly a decade on it is clear things are changing. With Indiegogo recently announcing the launch of...
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