Tagged: australia

August 9, 2014 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pop up public relations company jack + bill has announced the winners in their initiative to identify emerging talent and support Pozible crowdfunding projects with their agency.  The competition was announced this past July and the finale event was held last week in Melbourne where… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 6:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based crowdfunding and online fundraising organization, mycause, announced the credit cards of up to 12,000 donors and charity partners have been “compromised” when the platform was hacked last week. According to ABC News, an international hacking operation targeted the crowdfunding platform and some of the credit… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based crowdfunding platform has put together their list of the top five fitness bands.  Granted this is their opinion but they have included several hot fitness bands that found crowdfunding success – and not just on Pozible.  Yes Kickstarter and Indiegogo fitness bands are… Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

They say,“third time’s a charm” and hopefully this is the case for sci-fi horror video game Caffeine. Australian indie developer Dylan Browne made the first attempt to raise funds for the game on Indiegogo in May, but only raised close to $3,200 of its $80,000 goal…. Read More

July 26, 2014 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Here is one for the summertime.  Aussie Flip Flop Company “Willi Footwear” has caught the attention of some major media including the Daily Mail and Mashable.  The flexible funding campaign for the new spin on flip flops went live last week and apparently raised $10,000… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Equitise has signaled their confidence the Australian government will move forward with the recommendations by the CAMAC report that advocates streamlining capital formation for small business.  Equitise is an equity crowdfunding platform that is already accepting registrants from both investors and entrepreneurs in anticipation of… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovative social enterprise ‘30 Seconds Change’ is raising funds to deliver a new charity fund raising platform to your mobile phone. 30 Seconds Change, a new social enterprise, announced today the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The funds raised, will be used to launch… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Loan Ranger, an online direct lender, has announced a strategic investment from UK based Liberum Capital.  Effective immediately, Liberum will also add Simon Atkinson as a director and Board Member.  Simon will join Jeff McCarthy, a former Managing Director of US based peer… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Pozible has partnered up with a young “pop-up” PR Agency – jack+bill. The agency is looking to give some pro-bono support to projects crowdfunding on Pozible.  The agency is an offshoot of Porter Novelli Melbourne.  jack+bill was initially launched in 2011 to support… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding champion Paul Niederer, the founder of ASSOB – one of the earliest equity crowdfunding platforms around, recently shared some insight into his experience with investment crowdfunding.  ASSOB or the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.  He has incorporated some actual empirical data regarding this new form of… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the last few years, consumers have been able to purchase their favorite wines online with just one click. It’s easy to order it, but what if you can help with financing and producing of your favorite Australian wines? Naked Wines Australia has taken the traditional… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to take its love for crowdfunding overseas, Australian-based Pozible is set to launch its new project The Chicago Edit on June 26th. The platform will be making its way to the Windy City to see some new aspiring projects from up and coming entrepreneurs. This… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian entrepreneurs and IRL Shooter founders Drew Hobbs and David Leadbetter, who are behind real-life video game “Lazarus,” not only received their $308k crowdfunding campaign goal on Pozible, but also broke a new record on the platform. The campaign received $359k by 1,517 Melburians. According to… Read More

June 2, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dogecoin is making another appearance on the racetrack! The cybercurrency and Reddit.com are teaming up once again to help another driver in need and this time it’ll be going to the Australian V8 Supercar Series. The crowdfunding effort, which is called #SuperV8Doge, is aiming to sponsor… Read More

June 1, 2014 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

A new crowdfunding platform is prepping to launch in Australia.  OzCrowd, founded by Nick Karolidis, has targeted an official launch date of this coming July 1, 2014.  The new site is dedicated to raising the profile of Australian individual projects rather than international offers.  The… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board, otherwise known as ASSOB, has been a recognized trailblazer of sorts in the investment crowdfunding world.  The platform has raised over $138 million for more than 300 small companies over the past few years.  ASSOB has been an oft… Read More

May 17, 2014 @ 8:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey recently announced a significant budget shift that will apparently impact funding for the Arts and Gaming in the country. Cutting federal budgets is never, ever an easy task because one person’s waste is another’s necessity.  There is a bit of… Read More

May 16, 2014 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

This past April, Crowdsourcing Week held their global conference in Singapore.  The gathering included many presentations on the global movement of crowdsourcing as well as multiple sessions on crowdfunding.  Paul Niederer, founder of and CEO of ASSOB – an equity crowdfunding platform based in Australia… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible has formed a new partnership with  Australia’s leading charitable fundraising platform GiveNow.  The charity platform GiveNow sees an opportunity to benefit from the project based approach that Pozible offers.  The two organizations are working together to enable approved organizations to accept… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some exciting news for its growing community, Australian crowdfunding website StageLabel introduced a new feature called “Concepts.” The site has built a traditional idea of campaigning but focuses on the fashion industry. As part of bringing a little democracy to the site, StageLabel is… Read More