Enviu breaks Dutch crowdfunding record
document CrowdfundingKorstiaan Zandvliet, CEO of Symbid, is excited about breaking the Dutch national record. According to him, Enviu was a special project, because its founders made a conscious choice for...
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Korstiaan Zandvliet, CEO of Symbid, is excited about breaking the Dutch national record. According to him, Enviu was a special project, because its founders made a conscious choice for...
Cambridge UK games trailblazer Frontier Developments has raised over £1.5 million in a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter. The £1.58m windfall way exceeded the studio’s...
Double Fine Productions, the San Francisco-based video game developer behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, today broke a number of crowdfunding records in its wildly successful effort to fund a new point-and-click adventure game.
Using Kickstarter, the game development studio raised $950,000 USD in the 24-hour window following the project posting — well over its initial goal of $400,000. At the outset, Double Fine allotted one month of time to reach that funding goal. At the time of writing, the total amount raised stands at $1,001,988 from 26,000 backers.
The two-man CCA team, Sherwood Neiss and Jason Best, originally worked together at Startup Exemption, the company that launched the Crowdfunding effort and developed the framework which allowed...
The following crowdfunding sites were interviewed: KickStarter, IndieGOGO, SellaBand, RocketHub, Ulule, SlicethePie, Pozible, Pledge the Music, Feed the Muse, Artist Share, SonicAngel, and My Major...
Current terms and guidelines are available for those who are considering this approach from Hifidelics. Funding is limited to the design and production of the album and artists must record the...
Below are the 6 secrets for how small business can optimize crowdfunding: 1. Prove Demand Through Presales and Mitigate Risk 2. $$$$ 3. Test and Refine Marketing Strategy 4. Extra...
People's confidence in the banking and finance industry has been shaken following the credit crunch leading to the current economic turmoil. With civilisedmoney there is a promise of a much...
Crowdcube.com offers investors equity in the companies they fund via the web-based crowdfunding model that originated in the US.Instead of competing for business angel or venture capital funding...
Dutch crowdfunding platform Symbid sets a new Dutch record, with sustainable business developer Enviu successfully raising 100,000 Euros via the site.
Here are four crowdfunding platforms for musicians: Kickstarter-Kickstarter tends to be the most famous of the pack,with it’s most interesting projects getting written up on blogs all over the...
Canadian idol finalist Jenn Kee is stepping into the spotlight and producing her first solo album. She has galvanized support from across Canada and the world by crowdfunding her record on...
According to OurStage founder and CEO Ben Campbell, the last step in the process would be for OurStage to launch a full-fledged record label. The company's crowdsourcing model takes care of...
The Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter, created by game legend Tim Schafer’s company Double Fine, landed on Kickstarter on Feb. 8, promising to bring back the classic point-and-click adventure...
As the industry matures,the need for regulation will decrease.Crowdfunding portals like IndieGoGo will compete with each other to provide the best investing experience for the public,where the...
This fits Unbound's basic model which is to hand select the books they will crowdfund and then to produce the books themselves making them available in hardback and ebook editions.The book...
Sue Acton, founder of Bubble & Balm, the first business to successfully raise finance through an equity-based crowdfunding platform (Crowdcube) agrees: "I think clearer guidelines would be...
Part of the new JOBS Act will require entrepreneurs to follow SEC compliant guidelines in regards to providing accurate, transparent and up-to-date financial statements and due diligence reporting....
At last check the Pebble Smartwatch has rounded up over $8 million on Kickstarter with two weeks left to go in the campaign. That's a figure that shatters all previous crowdfunding records on Kickstarter and most other platforms.
Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky will be sharing their success story at the next Crowdfunding & Cocktails Event in Palo Alto on May 9th. The gathering is part of the SoHo Loft series of Capital Creation and Crowdfunding events. (You can see a little of Crowdsourcing.org's coverage of the last Crowdfunding and Cocktails event in Manhattan here.)
Crowdfunding comes with some potential pitfalls.Here are a few points to keep in mind: 1. The crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act legislation include various requirements and complexities...