Tagged: china

July 2, 2014 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

E-commerce and internet giant Jingdong (JD) launched a new crowdfunding platform this week.  Called “Coufenzi” the site has listed 12 initial projects and is similar in approach to Demohour – presently the largest Chinese crowdfunding site. Described as “Kickstarter-like” a report in TechinAsia, Coufenzi is outlined… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

From multiple reports, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is considering regulations for the fast growing crowdfunding industry.  This entails both peer-to-peer lending and equity crowdfunding.  Apparently forthcoming regulations may be released soon. The CSRC has carried out multiple surveys and reviews of the domestic… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It is an accepted norm that one has to be in Silicon Valley to make it big in an internet startup or New York City to get to the top of the finance industry or Los Angeles for the movie business. One of the reasons… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CTQuan Simultaneously Launches Overseas Investment Fund. Chinese equity crowdfunding platform CTQuan recently raised approximately $4 million in financing round. Established in 2011, the platform was founded by top Chinese investors Lei Jun, Xiaoping Xu, and Kaifu Lee. It helps startups find their investors by leveraging the data… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s been a little over a week since the missing Flight MH370 passengers’ families launched their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, but unfortunately it is off to a very rocky start. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th…. Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

This crowdfunding campaign closed on June 5th.  The original goal was to raise $45,000 but it appears market demand far outstripped that number as it raised over $280,000 on Indiegogo.  And what was this successful product?  The Autoblow 2 for men. Brian Sloan went to… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a global community and crowdfunding platform for digital electronics, has been named a “Cool Vendor” in China for 2014 by analyst firm Gartner. According to HWTrek, the report recognizes companies for providing innovative solutions and business models in cloud, infrastructure, mobile, analytics and digitalization…. Read More

June 11, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently I was attending a real estate finance conference on crowdfunding and I was fortunate to hear Brandon Jenkins, the Fundrise Director of Product, speak about the future of real estate from the perspective of Fundrise.  His comments were coming off the exciting announcement that… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has raised more than $31 million in financing from a consortium of real estate, technology, and financial institutions. The financing round was led by Chinese social media site Renren, Marty Burger and Tal Kerret, the CEO and CIO of Silverstein Properties, and… Read More

May 19, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to bring an Oculus alternative virtual reality system to the video gaming world, the company ANTVR launched a $200,000 crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its all-in-one virtual reality kit. The product is noted to provide a “crystal clear virtual reality gaming and viewing experience.”… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealing with some drama surrounding a famous Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, controversial Chinese actor Ai Weiwei is reportedly locked into a little bit of a spat with director  Jason Wishnow over the independent film “The Sandstorm,” a ten-minute movie about a smoggy, futuristic China where water… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The fraud drums keep pounding louder in China as search giant Baidu has stomped on peer to peer (P2P) lending sites by scrubbing them  from their search results.  The short term approach of removing the reported 800 P2P sites from their pages are expected to… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While entrepreneurs all over the world continue to use crowdfunding as a source to raise funds, the use of it in China has drawn some concerns. While it is known as the “online investment phenomenon” fundraising option has grown so quickly, that it is starting… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 11:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of Pozible’s first crowdfunding campaigns from China smashed its target within a minute of launching.  Within 25 minutes the project creators behind the Gyenno One wristband were half way to selling out of their current stock. The base reward for a single watch was… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has kicked off its inaugural Asia Innovation Tour which features networking opportunities with billion-dollar hardware manufacturers and technology giants in Taiwan and mainland China. Organized with startups in mind, the tour started in Taipei, Taiwan, with… Read More

April 6, 2014 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a story recently filed by Chinese state press agency Xinhua, questions arose about the growing business of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Apparently over 70 P2P crowdfunding platforms collapsed last year, around 60 in the fourth quarter. The dramatic increase in failures has alerted investors, along… Read More

April 2, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Alibaba.com is a giant in China, and the company has now launched a crowdfunding play for entertainment-related projects. It’s called Yu Le Bao, or “Entertainment Treasure,” and it allows anyone to invest in entertainment projects like films and games in amounts as little as 100… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a crowdfunding site and digital community for digital electronics, is now accepting applications for its HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, taking place April 8-9, 2014 in Taipei and April 11-12, 2014 in Beijing, China. The tour will offer hardware creators and startup organizations across the… Read More

March 2, 2014 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia based crowdfunding platform Pozible has opened their doors in the most populous country in the world.  Having recently launched country specific iterations of their crowdfunding portal in Singapore, Pozible has now launched a Mandarin version powered by an international team to support project creators… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware crowdfunding platform HWTrek (Hardware Trek),  will be participating along with experts from leading global entities at the Hardeggs iFuture Hardware Competition in Beijing, China on March 14, 2014. Focused on the innovative hardware trend and implementing hardware-software combinations, this event integrates world-class resources in… Read More