Strategy

July 30, 2014 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding is all about innovation and creativity.  Finding a way to do something better and getting people to believe in the dream is the unique power of this new form of finance.  But the innovation part doesn’t stop with the creators – the platforms themselves… Read More

July 29, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Casper Arboll & Balthasar Scheder  |  

Crowdfunding is a new source of entrepreneurial finance allowing a wider audience to invest in startups for equity in the venture.  While investment crowdfunding as a vehicle for financing early stage ventures is gaining momentum on a global basis it remains in its infancy.  Our… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Oh how time flies.  It was only earlier this week the digerati was contemplating what exactly Jordan Bishop was crowdfunding in a pretail campaign on Crowdtilt. After a posting on Medium and launching his mystery campaign, Jordan ended up selling 692 of the unknown product…. Read More

July 20, 2014 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The breakaway success crowdfunding project of the summer is here:  Coolest Cooler is now the 4th  3rd most funded campaign EVER on Kickstarter.  The dark horse campaign has blasted past mega-crowdfunding hits like Veronica Mars and the campaign has not even broken a sweat.  The… Read More

July 16, 2014 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

    Our creative friends in Canada are at it again.  Fundrazr has put together an Infographic on the 11 Essential Ingredients crowdfunding campaigns need. For those of us who engage with the crowdfunding world every day – this seems like pretty obvious stuff.  But… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo loves to hand out advice to help crowdfunders hit their goal.  Sure it helps them too, but Indiegogo was built with a mission to democratize access to capital and they are doing just that.  Crowdfunding is tough.  It takes time, dedication… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The Coolest Cooler crowdfunding campaign is funding now on Kickstarter.  The campaign blasted past the $50,000 target on day two of the campaign (the project launched on July 8th).  Today the project stands at over a whopping $533,000 supported by almost 3000 backers.  At this… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 8:26 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

A few weeks back the value of VC’s for the crowdfunding industry was extensively discussed. Why? Because there are lot of areas where crowdfunding and VC’s can connect. And though traditional funding and alternative funding are not as rigorously separated as many want to believe,… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Once you think about it – its quite obvious. The University of Hawaii has the highest cost in the nation for their collegiate sport teams.  While it may be great to lives someplace with blue skies and warm weather year round (not to mention great… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Angels Den, a UK based angel and equity crowdfunding platform, has shared some of their insight into creating a powerful pitch.  The platform has listed their top five tactics for making that impact with investors to get your business funded.  We all know that started… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Dan Wang  |  

  Noah Dentzel of NOMAD has run two crowdfunding campaigns in two years on two different platforms.  His first campaign, on Kickstarter, reached 322% of his funding goal. His second, on Indiegogo, reached even higher. Noah learned a lot the second time around. “It took one-tenth of the… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

As a proposition manager for Symbid, we’ve recently ran an amazingly successful campaign called “Kidswatcher”. After his little niece went missing in a ski resort, Eric Recter had an idea: develop an App for parents in combination with a digital watch for their children so… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is something that doesn’t happen to often. The MBLOK campaign on Kickstarter hit their $120,00 CAD crowdfunding goal last Thursday, June 12th – only to see backers abandon the project as questions arose to the viability of the device. MBLOK, a hardware device we… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Thrust Health, a health and wellness consumer products company has announced completion of a successful seed capital round of $500,000. The proceeds from the offering were used to complete film production for the company’s video lifestyle fitness series. Simultaneously the company released they have launched… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter has launched a brand new “Creator Handbook” to help more entrepreneurs successfully hit their campaign goals. On Monday (June 9), the crowdfunding giant announced the new tip and tricks handbook that offers advice on campaigns, including what sort of rewards should be offered to… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Sensibo, maker of a smart air conditioning system, has surpassed their $70,000 crowdfunding goal on Indiegogo.  The project became memorable due to the excellent pitch video that described a mundane product in a highly entertaining fashion. Co-founder and CEO of Sensibo Omer Enbar shared his… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo is sharing some of their knowledge.  The platform has always been highly data driven.  Love’em or not they know their stuff as they track the data that proves what works. They have recently published the first part of a two series… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Known for its value-added crowdfunding legal IP and marketing service, KarmaKrowd provides a full suite of management consulting services to help creative inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs turn creative ideas into revenue producing businesses. Once IP assets have been identified and protected, entrepeneurs can then turn… Read More

June 1, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The borough of State College, Pennsylvania has decided to test the crowdfunding waters to raise funds for civic projects.  Acknowledging that many communities across the nation (and around the globe for that matter) struggle with funding for projects and amenities desired by the community –… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

IgnitionDeck,  a WordPress crowdfunding plugin that helps you raise money on your own site has announced a new relationship with Fundify. IgnitionDeck was launched in 201o with the single goal of assisting entrepreneurs like themselves raise money without having to ask permission from various gatekeepers… Read More