An alternative finance method of raising money from large groups of people, as donations, as a loan, or in exchange for company equity
A snapshot of the amount collected until 2016, with some forecasts for 2017. Having reached the end of the year, it’s time to assess once more the state of crowdfunding in Italy. In Starteed we resumed the work made in May 2016, with a first analysis of market’s...
Spread throughout the four full days of speaker sessions and panel discussions at the Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2016 conference in Brussels November 21-25 there were a number of sessions dedicated to crowdfunding. Here is a summary of them. Fredrik Barkenhammar of...
It is always best to get your offer right before launch. So hopefully you will not find yourself in the position where you have a failing campaign on your hands, but what if you need to rescue an offer after it has already launched? Truthfully, it is going to be much...
The internet is playing a bigger role in our lives, at work, buying our groceries, managing our finances, sharing social experiences and otherwise living our lives online. And more and more of us are studying online, at our own pace and at the times we choose....
Venture capital (and angel investors and private equity) were just about the only option for early stage companies to go to when they needed cash, before equity crowdfunding came along. There is no doubt that the right venture capital firm can be a valuable partner....
There is nothing better than learning from those who have done it before. I have recently interviewed seventeen companies who have been through equity crowdfunding, and heard their insights about what they thought of the experience, and what worked best for them. They...
The global crowdfunding industry generated about $34.4 billion in capital last year. No reliable numbers are available for India though it is estimated it accounts for a small fraction of this. Yet local crowdfunding sites are proliferating and drawing attention from...
“Lead investors” are well-versed, experienced investors who spend the time conducting due diligence on a company, and then invest a large amount in an equity crowdfunding campaign. Lead investors are a catalyst for unlocking investment from others: the funds they...
This was not a drill. A week before the Brexit panic, panic gripped users and developers of the Ethereum blockchain when flagship application "The Dao" came under attack. The Dao is an example of a DAO: Decentralised Autonomous Organisation, a business whose rules are...
Once you’ve weighed the pros and cons of equity crowdfunding versus other ways of raising money, you as a company founder will still be faced by a bewildering array of options over funding portals. In any single country where the legislation has been passed, there can...
What is the equity crowdfunding definition, anyway? Are there any boundaries to what equity crowdfunding is, and what it is not? It depends very much on who you ask. Previously three aspects were critical for an offer to be considered “equity crowdfunding”: Offers via...
In the first of a two part series, Nick NM Yap, Founder of smart, wireless music system ROCKI, talks about why crowdfunding has hit a healthy level of maturity, leading us to the brink of a golden era. Nick is a guest speaker and co-host of a special workshop,...