Tagged: australia

March 24, 2013 @ 2:15 pm By The Age  |  

Musicians are used to numbers that measure their success, from their position on the charts to a gig’s attendance figure. But for some the most important number now is the amount they have raised for their next project through crowdfunding. Using the internet to put… Read More

March 24, 2013 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Current SEC Chairman Elisse Walter will be delivering a speech to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) via video this week where she will address issues of  international co-operation amongst security regulators.  According to The Australian, she was originally to attend the conference but due… Read More

March 2, 2013 @ 9:01 am By PerthNow  |  

MORE than 170 WA projects have been listed on crowdfunding site Pozible since its inception in 2010, founder Alan Crabbe said. And West Australians have enjoyed more luck than the rest of the country, with 56 per cent of projects listed reaching their funding target,… Read More

February 20, 2013 @ 8:07 am By SmartPlanet  |  

Inside an enterprising Melbourne city co-working office on Bourke Street, the Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible is preparing for DocWeek, a live documentary crowdfunding event in Adelaide. The world first pitch is planned to coincide with the release of Pozible’s mobile platform — both initiatives form part of the… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 5:18 am By TheMusic.com.au  |  

Australian indie stalwarts Underground Lovers announced on Thursday night, at midnight, that they would be using crowdfunding platform Pledge Music to raise the revenue required to make Weekend, the follow up album to 2011’s Wonderful Things. The band reached their financial goal over the weekend, with 100 percent of… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 7:13 am By FasterLouder  |  

Eskimo Joe have completed the most successful crowdfunding exercise by an Australian artist through the Pozible website. In November of last year the band announced they were seeking $40,000 to pay for the independent recording of their sixth album, having parted ways with their label. As of… Read More

January 13, 2013 @ 12:02 pm By Australia Broadway World  |  

The Butterfly Club announced on Friday 11 January that it had achieved its $130,000 target to relocate from South Melbourne to the city centre. The bulk of the money raised has come from two arts foundations as well as a critical $23,700 raised from hundreds… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 8:12 am By The Australian  |  

Kidder Williams, whose client list has included companies such as Bega, Tassal and Nufarm, has launched KidderApp, an investment fund set up to help entrepreneurs take their applications — commonly called “apps” — to market. With about 13,000 new apps approved every month on the… Read More

January 2, 2013 @ 9:52 pm By Crowdfunding Down Under  |  

I believe there is some confusion over the use of the word ‘crowdfunding’ creating misuse. Let’s look at the two parts of the word crowdfunding: Funding – funds are generally considered to be money and funding is the receipt of money. I believe that is clear… Read More

December 8, 2012 @ 9:25 am By The Sydney Morning Herald  |  

Technological innovation means children are more digitally connected than ever before and, sadly, more exposed to cyberbullying. But technology does not need to make their life hell. For one creative dad, the internet has proven the catalyst for a tool to help youngsters deal with… Read More

November 23, 2012 @ 8:33 am By The Sydney Morning Herald  |  

TWO weekends ago in London, music executive Dick Miller was chilling at home. His wife asked him to listen to something that had been recommended to her on Spotify, the new internet music streaming service. It was a Melbourne band, The April Maze, so little… Read More

November 12, 2012 @ 5:57 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a podcast recorded at the Emerging Writers’ Festival Roadshow. The Emerging Writers’ Festival returned to the NSW Writers’ Centre, to present the best of their annual ten-day festival in a special one-day event, including a series of panels and discussions about writing, writers… Read More

November 9, 2012 @ 9:40 am By MarketWire  |  

Submissions Now Open ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire – Nov 8, 2012) – Documentary Week (DocWeek) have invited Pozible, Australia’s only crowdfunding platform, to create a Pozible Pitch during DocWeek to help filmmakers raise funds for their work. Pozible was developed 2 years ago to showcase creative projects… Read More