Tagged: community

November 15, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after Kickstarter announced it has acquired Drip, the crowdfunding giant announced it has relaunched the artist community platform. As previously reported, Drip was described as a curated platform that gives creators and communities a place to interact through a sustained subscription. The… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, crowdfunding platform Patreon updated its Community Guidelines, which included that creators would flag themselves as adult content for mature-themed projects. The portal revealed: “We ask creators to flag themselves as Adult Content if they create any content that has mature themes such as sexuality or… Read More

May 27, 2016 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

StartMart Cleveland, an Ohio startup and coworking community, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest under the new Reg CF investment crowdfunding rules. The company is currently seeking a minimum of $200,000 and a max of $1 million as it prepares to expand. Launched… Read More

May 5, 2016 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Photocrowd, a global photography community, has recently launched a Crowdcube campaign to secure £450,000 for upcoming expansion products. The initiative successfully captured 65% of its targeted goal during its first week on the funding portal. The company’s platform, which is looking to become the Etsy for photography, connects,… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until Chew’s crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs comes to an end, co-founder of the DJ live streaming community, Wil Benton, offered up an update about the company. As previously reported, Chew hit Seedrs to raise £150,000 to expand its services. The company,… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chew, a live stream DJ community, is currently seeking £150,00 through its new Seedrs initiative to expand its services. The company, which described itself as the Twitch for DJ’s, allows “bedroom DJs” to share their mixes while building and engaging a global fanbase: “The bedroom… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team have debuted a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for their new  website, Femsplain. The team shared: “Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October 2014 to inspire change through storytelling. We are a… Read More

July 21, 2015 @ 3:24 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  “I was hoping for a 50 percent success rate,” said Katharine Czarnecki, community development director for the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s (MEDC) “Public Spaces, Community Places” initiative, a partnership with crowdfunding platform Patronicity and the Michigan Municipal League. Czarnecki oversees the program, and was quoted… Read More

July 13, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Now offering community shares, Crowdfunder’s first issue, Positive News, has raised £263,000 from its readers, supporters and journalists. The public support for this project reflects the growing trend for social investment across the UK – where communities are coming together to save their local pubs, develop community… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CommunityLeader, Inc., a technology and service leader in the emerging crowdfunding industry and Breakaway Funding, LLC, a new crowdfunding portal platform announced the joint publication of “Community Banks: Sink or Crowdfund“— a whitepaper for community bankers on how to leverage the changing landscape in the… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdera and Umojawa have joined forces on a new crowdfunding platform for civic crowdfunding initiatives across the globe. This move merges the complementary strengths of both companies — Crowdera’s product development and technology expertise with umojawa’s proven success in funding projects and passion for community… Read More

July 10, 2013 @ 6:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Uruut, a crowdfunding platform that helps transform local communities, announced their public beta launch today.  Simultaneously they acknowledged receipt of $200,000 in seed funding for the crowdfunding portal. Atlanta based Uruut invited individuals, businesses and foundations to visit and contribute to their offerings via their unique crowdfunding technology. “Ten… Read More