Tagged: germany

January 13, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Frankfurt, Germany-based iCradle, Inc.‘s COBI, the world’s smartest connected biking system reached the finish line of its Kickstarter campaign with a resounding triumph, having raised just over $400,000 in less than a month. This exceeds its initial fundraising goal by 402%. As previously reported, COBI is considered a “world-first”… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 8:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Since late November, The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (January 4th), Germany-based startup eZelleron, Inc. debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $500,000 for its portable power plant, kraftwerk. According to its campaign, the kraftwerks offers a new energy supply technology for mobile electronic devices. It is efficient and remains independent… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Paymentandbanking.com named Hamburg-based Kreditech  as the FinTech Startup of 2014. The jury explains its choice noting  Kreditech “obvious disruption and, unfortunately, one of the few German FinTech startups that has substantial foreign investment.” Kreditech applies big data to score the creditworthiness of customers. In addition, Founder Institute initiated its… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 11:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

EDITION F launched its modest Companisto equity crowdfunding campaign in November, seeking to raise a minimum of 50,000€ for 5€ a share; to date, with the help of over 435 backers, the lifestyle platform for women has raised well over its initial modest goal, securing 167,600€ for the… Read More

January 3, 2015 @ 5:20 am By JD Alois  |  

In June of 2012, 446 investors participated in a self-crowdfunding campaign of the German investment crowdfunding site Companisto. Companisto raised €100,000 to help fund the startup as participating investors decided to take a chance on the new entrant into the the crowdfunding space. Jump forward… Read More

December 27, 2014 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only five more days until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, iCradle’s COBI continues to be a huge success on Kickstarter by raising nearly $322,000 thanks to over 1,500 backers. As previously reported, COBI is considered a “world-first” in many ways. It’s… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Frankfurt-based iCradle launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new connected biking system, COBI. The project immediately became a huge hit, scoring its initial goal within four days. It is currently at $165,676 thanks to 842. COBI is considered a “world-first”… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (December 4th), Frankfurt, Germany-based iCradle, Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its device, COBI. The device is considered the world’s “smartest” connected biking system. According to its campaign, COBI adds over 100 intelligent features to any bike 0 with only… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, a German investor protection law, has been weaving its way through the legislative process.  Unfortunately for the investment crowdfunding industry, this new form a finance may find itself impacted as collateral damage if the proposed rules becomes enforceable law. In mid –… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Women are the demographic that makes 80% of global purchase decisions, according to a Nielsen study.  EDITION F, the leading business and lifestyle platform for women, targets and taps into the career-oriented women and modern men demographic providing incisive articles in online magazines, career-enhancing contacts in the… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Gymwatch, based in Darmstadt, Germany, has announced public availability of their fitness tracking device – a product that was successfully crowdfunded on Indiegogo earlier this year. The device raised over $160,000 on an $85,000 goal.  The campaign launched in March of 2014 with an estimated… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Bragi has received a rather nice award from the Consumer Electronics Association. The German team was in New York City this week for a CES event and they were acknowledged with the “Best Innovation Award 2015” for their wireless, smart, in ear headphones the Dash…. Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 1:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Berlin based Companisto, a fast growing equity crowdfunding platform, has shared a recent story of crowdfunding success.  In June of 2012, 446 investors participated in a self crowdfunding campaign of the Companisto platform. Companisto raised €100,000 as investors took a chance on the fledgling platform,… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Fresh8 Gaming, the next generation ad-serving platform, triumphed at the Start-Up Launchpad competition held at the 2014 European iGaming Congress and Expo (EiG) in Berlin, Germany. Now in its seventh year, the Dragons’ Den-style contest was hosted by equity crowdfunding platform, GamCrowd, alongside Clarion… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 6:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Panono Quickly Jumps on Companisto. Easily Beats € 100,000 Minimum Raise in First Day. Panono has made the leap from Indiegogo hit to equity crowdfunding success. All within a matter of months.  Berlin, Germany based Panono raised $1.25 million in a rewards based campaign this past January… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 11:08 am By Klaus-Martin Meyer  |  

The top 10 largest equity crowdfunding campaigns in Germany have had some interesting changes this year.  There is a new number one leading the group.  Weissenhaus, a campaign that is still crowdfunding on Companisto, has surpassed €5 million (about $6.4 million USD) and extended their funding… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Weissenhaus crowdfunding campaign on Companisto is the current record holder for most funds raised in Europe.  The real estate / resort project set a first level hurdle of raising €1 million and a maximum raise of €5 million.  Weissenhaus just hit the € 5 million mark –… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 8:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Table of Visions is a white label crowdfunding platform, based in Germany, that started life as a stand-alone rewards based site.  Founded by David Heberling and David Holetzeck the entrepreneurs were working on a movie project and needed funding.  During their search to fund their… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to their fans for funding support, Italian director Dario Argento along with his production team, which is led by producers Daniela Tully, Jeff Rogers and Rob Heydon, have teamed up with music legend Iggy Pop to launch a $250,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the upcoming… Read More