Tagged: canada

December 30, 2013 @ 10:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

An Ontario couple has a crowdfunding campaign live on GoFundMe now. It seeks a goal of $7,000 to help fund the couple’s planned move to Scotland. Thus far they’ve raised just over $400 to put toward that goal. Recently a piece on the campaign ran… Read More

December 30, 2013 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The following presentation reviews investment crowdfunding for Canada and more directly the province of Ontario.  Notable quotes include: SME’s generate 50% of GDP and 55% of Jobs in Ontario 25% of SME’s cease in first 2 years, 50% within the first 5 years Canada ranks… Read More

December 28, 2013 @ 1:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A woman from Vancouver, British Columbia recently took to Indiegogo to raise funds for a trip to Iran. Alaleh Sahabi was able to reconnect with her mother through Facebook and wanted to fly back to Iran to see her for the first time in over 20… Read More

December 24, 2013 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

As we reported earlier this month,  the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has legalized equity crowdfunding.  We have just stumbled upon a video of the event where the announcement was made.  In Canada the legal authority over investment crowdfunding remains with each provincial government as opposed… Read More

December 22, 2013 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Neptune Pine “all in one smart watch” closed on Kickstarter yesterday having raised an astounding $801,224 from 2839 backers.  In the halls of crowdfunding fame this places Neptune Pine in the top 100 but no where close to the poster child of crowdfunding, another… Read More

December 18, 2013 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Healthline to help patients’ friends and families crowd fund medical expenses. Crowdfunding-as-a-Service provider FundRazr and Healthline have partnered to offer a new way to raise money online for patients with medical expenses in the U.S. or Internationally. Healthline is a San Francisco based provider of health… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 10:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Canadian law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) released a risk assessment for 2014. Crowdfunding makes the list at #2 on their list of the top ten business issues with legal implications for the new year. Entrepreneurs, access to capital and the crowd: The Canadian economy… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 11:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

When it comes to crowdfunding, are women more generous than men? This is one of the questions the following infographic from FundRazr seeks to answer. FundRazr is a Canadian crowdfunding platform in operation since 2010. The platform shared the following stats with Crowdfund Insider and it… Read More

December 10, 2013 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Representatives of Indiegogo spent a  portion of this past year traipsing across Canada spreading the crowdfunding gospel and meeting a lot of very cool people.  Ayah Norris who leads marketing in Canada has put together a brief video where they asked “some of their favorite… Read More

December 8, 2013 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Vancouver based TaskForce-1, has announced their launch of white label crowdfunding platform Thrinacia.  As they enter a competitive space, Thrinacia is differentiating their product as more of a crowdfunding engine – not just a platform.  TaskForce-1 is a very successful web development shop boasting an… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

CNN Money | How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory IBM has an in-house crowdfunding platform that they use to allow employees to vet and evaluate their colleagues’ ideas. It’s an effort to “improve the way we do things internally” according to the head of IBM’s CIO… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Objective is to Modernize Exempt Market Regulations, Facilitate Capital Raising for Startups. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced they intend on publishing in the  first quarter of 2014 the following new capital raising prospectus exemptions for a 90-day public comment period: Offering memorandum exemption,… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Tellspec Handheld Scanner Allows You to Know What’s in Your Food. Crowdfunding on Indiegogo, Tellspec food scanner set a goal of raising $100,000 on October 2nd but closed on November 30th having raised $386,692 from 1765 backers.  Having quickly raised the initial $100,000 the campaign… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter and similar crowdfunding platforms are becoming the go-to way for proving a market for a hardware product. Today, we want to share four campaigns that are raising huge sums of money on Kickstarter. Some are in familiar verticals, like 3D printing and smartwatches, while… Read More

November 25, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Knix Wear and founder Joanna Griffiths raised over $60,000 on Indiegogo after seeking a goal of just $40,000. Indiegogo recently collaborated with Griffiths on a video detailing the company’s story and how rewards-based crowdfunding helped Griffiths grow the brand and push Knix Wear’s product into Hudson’s… Read More

November 24, 2013 @ 7:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Deciding to create a crowdfunding campaign is truly only the beginning of an intensive process. We’ll provide you the crowdfunding essentials alongside proprietary information that you need to plan, design & create your crowdfunding campaign contents.  This will help you establish a foundation upon which… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The below info graphic is courtesy of BoardSuite which is a Canada based ecosystem which provides corporate governance services in a secure platform.  Investment crowdfunding is different in Canada in comparison to the United States.  Each Province has securities regulators which control the regulatory process… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Details not yet announced.

November 20, 2013 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  Quebec Crowdfunding Center / Centre Québécois en Financial Social How to finance a company with Equity crowdfunding? How Canadian business can crowdfund their project in USA? Equity Crowdfunding : French and UK Lessons. What are the regulations in Quebec for the secondary market? Discover… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Neurio Home Intellegence, by Energy Aware in Vancouver, just closed their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter having trumped their $95,000 objective by raising over $260,000 CAD.  Almost two thousand supporters jumped in the smart home tech campaign with the majority opting in for the reward level… Read More