This week’s CSW Summit Jakarta was a great success with a packed audience that soaked in very relevant topics on crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Jakarta is the first of a 4-city tour on the road to Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015, the largest global...
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.
One Step Closer to People Powered Investments
A famous ancient poet Lao Tzu once said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,” and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the central banking authority of the country, releasing a consultation paper that outlines proposals of security based...
Transpay: Moving Money in the Crowd Economy Just Got Easier
In another sign that the crowd economy has arrived – we are seeing the launch of a payment system that will replace antiquated banks.
Mighty Morphin Power Crowd Finance: How to Disrupt the Rich 1%
Last month, the British anti-poverty organization, Oxfam International released a report on the state of the world’s resources, saying that the “richest 1% will own more than all the rest by 2016.” With such ominous prediction seen on the headlines, which coincided...
Lighthouse to Challenge Kickstarter with Bitcoins
Lighthouse, a new crowdfunding application has gone public. What makes it stand out? Being powered by bitcoins it competes with traditional crowdfunding platforms and stirs up buzz around the value of Bitcoin. Lighthouse is spic-and-span for a number of reasons. It is...
OurCrowd’s Investor Summit Showcases Israeli Startup Ecosystem
OurCrowd’s Global Investor Summit (Dec 9-10 in Jerusalem, Israel) will bring together an A-list selection of cutting-edge Israeli startups, experienced angel investors, and a diverse array of industry professionals, advisors and mentors, Who is OurCrowd?...
The ECN Crowdfunding Convention in Paris will Focus on the €2 Billion Crowdfunding Market
The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) will launch the third edition of the ECN Crowdfunding Convention on 11th and 12th December in Paris, a high-level event for crowdfunding professionals and stakeholders from all areas connected to crowdfunding, including technology innovation, renewable energy as well as early-stage and micro finance.
Crowd Payments Platform is a Collaborative Economy Breakthrough
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg CSW Europe 2014 marked the official launch of Mobbr.com – the first and the only crowd payments platform in the world. Pilot version ran in the Netherlands earlier this year and now it has already reached UK, Singapore and Russia. And...
Investing in Women is Win-Win For All
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg Female entrepreneurship is much more than a social issue. Now it is an economic one with a rising generation of ‘mumpreneurs’ going out and challenging the existing gender imbalance of business. Building confidence “One...
What will Crowdfunding Look Like in 2020
From the editor: Paul Niederer, one of the top 10 global experts on crowdfunding throws light on how crowdfunding will evolve by 2020. Reposted from Paul’s blog. Looking 6 years into the future, what can we expect crowdfunding to be in 2020. Firstly, the word...
MIT Bitcoin Club Creates Campus Digital Currency Ecosystem
Got $100 in Bitcoins? How will you use it? MIT’s Bitcoin Club has a plan – to distribute the $100 in Bitcoins to every undergraduate on campus this Fall and press the “play” button. They hope to follow and study how students use the digital...
StarHub Announces Crowdtivate at CSW Global’14, will Crowdfund Asia’s Entrepreneurs
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...
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...
Trust Labs to Bring Digital Local Currencies to Communities
Trust Labs is an SF-based project working on a pilot that will bring a digital trust based currency to Downtown Las Vegas.
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 campaigns that have been widely successful and I have often been asked – What is the secret sauce behind a successful campaign?
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...
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, investors and innovators.
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...