Cowdsourcing.org The Industry Website

Register Login
or sign in with
Content Site Question

Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events

Events

Advertise
Crowdsourcing Week
Web's Largest Directory of Sites

2,349 crowdsourcing and crowdfunding sites


Related Content

Show All

Solar Mosaic: One tile at a time

document Crowdfunding
Summary Crowdfunding has made a major impact on how creative industries and innovative new products are being funded right around the U.S. Major crowdfunding site Kickstarter had close to US$1 billion dollars pledged last year and almost half the projects pitched got off the ground. Solar Mosaic is turning the model, where individual investors can make small contributions towards a larger project, to the solar field and is set to change how photovoltaics are funded in California and beyond.

Description A proof of concept phase, or "beta phase" in startup parlance, raised over $350,000 to install five solar projects on the roofs of community organizations, with over 400 people investing money at zero interest. Already, some of those people are beginning to receive back the money that they put in. Mosaic recently raised $2.5 million from venture capital investors and was awarded a $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to take their crowdfunding solar model to scale.

Tags: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Department of Energy, Green Jobs, Kickstarter, Solar Mosaic, startup
Jayne Ann Posted by Jayne Ann
Aug 01, 2012 02:45 am GMT Viewed 879 times
Author: JONATHAN GIFFORD Source
Contact us if you are owner of this content and want to make changes.

Download Flag This

1

Comments

Guest
 Join or Login
 Optional
 Optional
Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Explained
Crowdsourcing.org
Categories
Content
Crowdsourcing.org, an initiative by massolution®

Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.

© 2010-2013 Crowdsourcing LLC Terms of Service Copyright Policy Privacy Policy