May 20, 2013 @ 8:24 am By Staff Reports  |  

French Crowdfunding Guide Released. The government of France has released a guide to crowdfunding.  Pierre Moscovici, Minister of Economy and Finance; Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Productive Recovery, and Fleur Pellerin, Minister for Small and Medium Enterprise, have jointly announced the publication  of the Guide du Financement Participatif (Crowdfunding) published by the  Autorité des Marchés Financiers… Read More

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April 30, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By Staff Reports  |  

Crowdfunding is trendy. This new means of finding funds to see a project trough is developing fast thanks to the internet. In the beginning the movement benefited artists and writers who saw their music or literary compositions rejected by advisors and publishing houses. From this point onwards, Artists, CEO’s for profit and nonprofit enterprises would… Read More

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January 11, 2013 @ 6:23 am By RFI  |  

French museums and monuments are some of the most visited in the world. None of them is getting any younger, and many need restoration and renovations. With budget cuts across all parts of the government, French cultural institutions are turning to new ways of raising money, including online crowd funding. Victor Hugo, Emile Zola and… Read More

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January 3, 2013 @ 9:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) The Savoie Goat Safeguard Association needs help for its baby goat nursery project. It already launched a campaign to that effect on KissKissBankBank. A good cause to start the New Year? The Crowdfunding site Kisskissbankbank  is proposing an original project that will melt the hearts of animal lovers:  support pretty goats that need help. The Savoie… Read More

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December 25, 2012 @ 9:14 am By NYTimes  |  

PARIS — In the early rush to turn crowd-funding online into a new source of public revenue to buy everything from medieval ivory statues in France to a gallery for dinosaur bones in Canada there’s a cautionary tale: It doesn’t always work. The Louvre is nearing the end of what appears to be its third… Read More

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December 24, 2012 @ 8:15 am By New York Times  |  

PARIS — The crass term for it is begging, but the French prefer a loftier description: “participatory financing.” For as little as a single euro even the most ordinary art connoisseur can join the fund-raising fraternité that is working to restore the dome of the Panthéon here. Contribute a few hundred more and you get… Read More

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December 19, 2012 @ 1:01 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Numerous project founders are turning to Crowdfunding platforms. Adapted to independent or associated projects, this financing method is also open to start-ups from various sectors, however the concept is still not widely adopted in France. Thanks to Crowdfunding, Anatbio, a French biotech start-up was able to finance a crucial phase of its development… Read More

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December 17, 2012 @ 4:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Coming out of France, NPlug launches an Indiegogo campaign today seeking $110,000 to bring their innovative electricity monitor to the market. NPlug plugs in between your wall outlet and any appliance, monitors electricity usage and makes that data available online or on your smartphone.  Best of all, the operation of the connected device can be… Read More

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December 8, 2012 @ 4:47 pm By Forbes  |  

I first saw them in a newspaper ad: two figures, carved from ivory. Elongated. Delicate. Their hair, wavy. The folds of their gowns carved in refined detail. One, cradling a book. The other, blindfolded, head down. Both stunningly beautiful. The ad invites any reader to become a patron of the Louvre by contributing to their… Read More

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December 5, 2012 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

World’s Largest Crowdfunding Platform Launches New Currencies, Languages & Localized Experiences SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Indiegogo, the largest global crowdfunding platform, announces new offerings in key global markets — including local currencies, languages and localized search and discovery experiences. Some of these new capabilities launch immediately in the UK, Germany, France… Read More

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December 5, 2012 @ 10:32 am By Mike Butcher, TechCrunch  |  

Back in October crowdfunding site Kickstartermade an international move by launching in the UK and allowed the ability to enter payment info directly on Kickstarter in pounds sterling, rather than via Amazon Payments. They also hinted at other countres for expansion. However, Indiegogo, the large, more general crowdfunding platform, is going one better by launching in the… Read More

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December 4, 2012 @ 5:58 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) The eco-friendly cosmetics enterprise “Jeanne M”, barely one year after its inception and the launch of its line ”Hélixir” for mature skins, is requesting capital via crowdfunding, still a rare or even unheard of concept in this region.  Individuals interested in participating in the campaign published on the ”Finance utile” platform have until December 20th to invest, starting at 2000€.  They will hence contribute to the… Read More

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December 1, 2012 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Crowdfunding, tuns out to be a surprisingly powerful tool to finance all of your projects. Here is how it works : Present your project to the public on a specific website and be convincing enough so that the cumulative power of many small or large donations allows tofinance the project.  This is the private sponsorship… Read More

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November 29, 2012 @ 1:02 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) The Belgian Crowdfunding Service AppsFunder has a French version. It allows individuals to invest in mobile app development projects. Hence, the Belgian Crowdfunding Site dedicated to mobile apps is now available in France. Founded by Pascal de Keyser, AppsFunder targets mobile apps developers (iOS or Android) as well as potential internet investors.  Developers can… Read More

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November 25, 2012 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) The crowd, in financing projects close to its heart, becomes the decision maker, the financier and a partial benefactor when the project is a success. Gustave Le Bon wrote: ” the real democratic success is not lowering the elite to the level of the masses but to lift the masses towards the elite”…. Read More

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