An alternative finance method of raising money from large groups of people, as donations, as a loan, or in exchange for company equity
NFTs are unique and indivisible digital assets, making them ideal for representing one-of-a-kind items such as art, music, and collectibles. Whilst each NFT is unique, an NFT can also verify part-ownership of an item or asset. Company stocks and shares, and real...
Crowdfunding can be a powerful tool for independent filmmakers to raise funds for their next project, while at the same time also doubling up as a marketing exercise to build an audience and generate a buzz. Both Indiegogo and Kickstarter are international...
Donations crowdfunding has already made a significant impact on the way people support charitable causes. Driven by social media and online platforms, it allows individuals and organizations to access a wider audience of potential donors and has made it easier for...
It was an article published by the Harvard Business Review that stated: “In practice, most crowdsourcing initiatives end up with an overwhelming amount of useless ideas.” Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, though we thought we’d outline some of the top...
Crowdsourcing supports entrepreneurs by helping them to be more efficient, effective and successful in developing and growing their businesses. It supports entrepreneurship in several valuable ways, including validating and improving an initial idea, generating...
The higher the returns anyone wants from making an investment, the more uncertainty (or risk) they need to expose their money to. This is certainly true in crowdfunding. This article looks at the risks and returns involved in reward, debt and equity crowdfunding, with...
Our Head of Content, Clive Reffell, caught up with the co-founder and director of CrowdInvest, Nakul Garg. It is a new cross-border equity crowdfunding platform that will begin trading in the UK in Q4 2022. Nakul is creating a win-win: through Crowdinvest, Indian tech...
The leading marketing agency specializing in Crowdfunding campaigns, The Crowdfunding Formula, now offers a series of Masterclasses for creators of physical products. In collaboration with GadgetFlow, which has helped promote over 10,000 tech and hardware startups,...
A crowd of Canadian truckers are driving across the country to protest against mandatory Covid vaccinations that were introduced on January 15. Hundreds of truckers set off from Delta in British Columbia on Sunday January 23, expecting to take a week to reach Canada’s...
The world’s population is expected to have grown by over a third from 2009 to 2050, an additional 2.3 billion people. To feed this number of people, food production will have to increase by around 70% from the 2005/07 levels (source: The World Bank). Meeting this...
Property investment is one of the four most common types of investments, alongside cash, bonds and shares. Of the four, real estate has been the best performing investment in modern history. Though through lack of access to sufficient funding, most people have been...
The past 12 months of pandemic lockdowns and disruption to business through a mass of people working from home has posed a myriad of financial issues across all industries. Apart from internal financial struggles, companies might also be finding it difficult to gather...