StarHub, Singapore's telco giant announced its crowdfunding platform Crowdtivate, today, live at Crowdsourcing Week Global (CSW),' 14 in Singapore. Crowdtivate will be the first telco backed crowd platform to serve Asia's entrepreneurs, and future movers &...
Crowd Finance
Collaborative or decentralized models of finance and investing, including equity crowdfunding, reward crowdfunding, crowd currencies, peer-to-peer lending and peer-to-peer commerce.
Blasting Off Into 2014: New Markets and Finance Trends
Take your business up on the web and make way for flexible funding. Much more than this, expect a much broader audience to do crowdfunding by year 2014. Numerous popular online platforms will not only help you raise money fast for any business that you may happen to...
Weekly Reading: Crowdsourcing News Roundup, Feb. 7
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy Urban planning just became more open and democratic in Moscow, where residents can now propose city improvement ideas...
Where is Crowdfunding Headed in Asia-Pacific and Beyond?
What's next in rewards-based crowdfunding? How are crowdfunding initiatives shaping up in the Asia-Pacific region and what is the future? Pozible co-founder Rick Chen answers in the January 30, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week. Rick Chen offered...
Trust Labs Wants to Bring Digital Local Currencies to Communities – Anywhere
Trust Labs is an SF-based project that is currently working on a pilot project that will bring a digital trust based currency to Downtown Las Vegas. The group is crowdfunding on Indiegogo to create a platform that can be ultimately used by any community, anywhere to...
What is the Secret Sauce For Crowdfunding Success?
So what is the secret sauce for a successful crowdfunding campaign? In a recent post we talked about crowdfunding campaigns that have been widely successful and I have often been asked - What is the secret sauce behind a successful campaign? Obviously there are many...
What is the Future of Money?
As the Internet widens and empowers users around the world, it is hard not to ask the question - what really is the future of money in this age? Digital currencies have come into focus with the rise in popularity of Bitcoins. They seem like the logical next step in...
Five Campaigns Going Towards Crowdfunding Success in 2014
Crowdfunding for a startup has multiple benefits for startups and founders. One key advantage is that the top campaigns go viral on social media, building great momentum for the startup before launch and creating a positive feedback loop of interest among users,...
Syndicate Funding: A New Way To Invest In Startups
How does one become an angel investor? There is no university where one can learn angel investing. However, crowdfunding is creating a unique path for learning through a system called syndicate funding. A growing trend in the U.K. and other parts of Europe, such as...
Crowdfunding and Innovation
Many a good innovation dies on the vine due to the lack of funds to make a prototype or take it to market. Crowdfunding is bridging this gap. The main idea with reward and equity crowdfunding is that the innovators and their helpers set up a fund raise as a new...
Why P&G and GE Ventures are on Crowdfunding Platforms
The naysayers like to write-off crowdsourcing as a marketing tool for brands that shortchange consumers for ideas. While it is true that a shallow crowdsourcing campaign can do that, companies that incorporate crowd innovation into their DNA not only create...
5 Things To Know About the SEC Crowdfunding Rules
Crowdfunding is a part of the 'Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act' - a 2012 law that aims to help the economy by financing startups and small biz, hard hit by recession and lack of finance. Last week the SEC released the ground rules for crowd funded...