Crowdfunding in Germany Part 1 Part One: What providers are there and what are their differences?

(Staff Translation)

The crowdfunding concept has become very popular in Germany. Since the beginning of the year, the number of online platforms, acting as a connector between start-ups and investors has doubled. This article gives an overview on these active platforms as well as those about to be launched. Furthermore six platforms will be presented in detail, reasons why crowdfunding projects might fail and barriers to entry from the platform owner’s point of view will be listed.

From Crowdfunding to Crowdinvesting

Kickstarter.com from the United States has made the term Crowdfunding mainstream. The original idea consisted of creating a new way of financing creative projects and ideas with manageable financing needs. The concept was launched in 2008 and has become very popular nowadays. In October 2012, kickstarter announced that over 73.000 projects have been kicked off with a success rate of 44 % and a $323 million investment volume for already successfully accomplished projects.

(Original Text)

Teil eins: Welche Anbieter gibt es, was unterscheidet sie?

Das Konzept des Crowdfunding erfreut sich in Deutschland großer Beliebtheit. Seit Beginn des Jahres hat sich die Anzahl der Onlineplattformen, die als “Schnittstelle” zwischen Startups und Investoren fungieren, mehr als verdoppelt. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über aktive Plattformen sowie diejenigen, deren Launch kurz bevor steht. Anschließend werden sechs Plattformen kompakt vorgestellt und etwaige Gründe für das Scheitern von Crowdfunding-Projekten sowie Hürden aus Sicht der Plattformbetreiber in Deutschland aufgezeigt.

Vom Crowdfunding zum Crowdinvesting

Populär geworden ist der Begriff Crowdfunding über die Plattform www.kickstarter.com aus den USA. Der ursprüngliche Gedanke war es, eine neue Finanzierungsform für kreative Projekte und Ideen mit überschaubarem Finanzbedarf zu schaffen. Das 2008 gestartete Projekt erfreut sich heute großer Beliebtheit. Gestern meldete Kickstarter bereits über 73.000 gestartete Projekte bei einer Erfolgsquote von rund 44 Prozent und über 323 Millionen US-Dollar Investitionsvolumen über alle erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Fundings.

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