March 17, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Business Standard  |  

Fund management company Starting Blocks Media Ventures will launch a new crowd funding model, Catapooolt, dedicated to creative projects including movies, music and other performing arts. Catapooolt will be launched during the Hong Kong Asia Film Festival later this month. The company has join hands with the event as the official Crowdfunding Partner for Hong… Read More

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March 7, 2013 @ 6:04 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Independent game developer Fei Hu Interactive has launched a crowdfunding project with Indiegogo. The project was established to help secure funds to aid the ongoing development and maintenance of the game PRISONHOOD.  With only 4 weeks to secure funding, a positive result will enable the team to extend PRISONHOOD to users of Android devices and Facebook worldwide as… Read More

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February 3, 2013 @ 7:59 am By South China Morning Post  |  

Feel like bankrolling an independent movie? What about an artist who makes treasures out of trash? Perhaps you’d rather support one young woman’s dream of representing Hong Kong as an equestrian show jumper at the Asian Games. Hong Kong’s entrepreneurs and creative types have a new way of getting funding for their projects. The recently… Read More

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October 11, 2012 @ 7:28 am By JD Alois  |  

HONG KONG — Jinruei Fan, a young Taiwan-based fashion designer, was one of the first people to list several products on ZaoZao.com, a brand new crowd-funding site created for designers in Asia. After three days, a flowy shirt that features twisted fabric and detailed pleating was fully funded, which meant Fan could start production and… Read More

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