Tagged: hong kong

February 9, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (February 9th), CoinDesk announced that Hong Kong bitcoin exchange, MyCoin, has allegedly shut down and even took off with as much as $386 million in investor funds. The situation came to light on Friday when nearly 30 people claimed to be victims of the… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Hong Kong could shine along the lines of the U.S. and London as a solar finance hub, if it weren’t for the city’s financial laws, writes Bryane Michael, senior fellow at the University of Hong Kong law faculty’s Asian Institute for International Financial Law,… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Hong Kong and Shanghai-based crowdfunding platform Kliptap is ready to become the ultimate funding tool for social causes in Asia. According to e27, Kliptap recently became a graduate from Chinaccelerator’s batch VI and received $30,000 in funding for 6% in equity. The new platform… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only 18 more days until the crowdfunding campaign of their new film Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous comes to an end, award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle and producer Jenny Suen sat down with Kickstarter to share details about his latest project. Doyle wrote on the campaign’s website,… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 11:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hong Kong’s first peer to peer lending platform WeLend has now closed a Series A funding round topping off at $20 million. The funding round was originally started in June when WeLab raised $14 million.  The additional $6 million was just added as new investors… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

KBBEX, a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin Exchange Platform, has formed a strategic partnership with the Taiwanese Bitcoin Platform BitoEX, to supply bitcoins in more than 5000 convenience stores located in Taiwan. Consumers may now buy bitcoins at all FamilyMart convenience stores in Taiwan. The alliance enables the development… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Crazybaby, a Hong Kong-based audio company focused on the intersection of emotion, sound and devices, announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its levitation speaker system with a subway, Mars. Set to raise $100,000 the project immediately surpassed the initial… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday morning (November 19th), Finland-based, Jolla, launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise $380,000 for its new self-titled tablet. The unique tablet has been dubbed by the company as the world’s “first crowdsource tablet” to surface. Within only hours of its debut on the… Read More

September 18, 2014 @ 11:07 pm By Getty Goh  |  

Crowdfunding is a burgeoning field in many parts of Asia. In comparison, crowdfunding in places like the United States has been around for a longer time. While the United States relaxed regulations on investment-based crowdfunding in 2012 (via the JOBS Act), rewards- based sites like… Read More

May 31, 2014 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

At the recently held MIXii Israel Innovation Conference, that took place in Tel Aviv on May 20-22nd, government representatives from China and Hong Kong participated in the forum seeking a stronger relationship with the country. One group was championed by InvestHK, whose objective is to… Read More

May 16, 2014 @ 6:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a recent article in the South China Morning Post, shared the challenges of the BigColors equity crowdfunding platform.  BigColors was launched in November 2013 as a combined crowdfunding site with a trading feature.  Investors could actually use the site and trade shares in these… Read More

May 7, 2014 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InvestingZone, the equity crowdfunding platform, has announced it will be helping award-winning online dating site, Lovestruck.com, raise growth-capital to fuel its ambitious international expansion plans. The company is looking to raise around £800k from both existing and new investors so that it can focus on expanding… Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 6:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for the online jewelry store Rare Pink. The company, who launched its crowdfunding campaign on Seedr, raised well over its £100,000 goal. Rare Pink is an online retailer of custom designed diamond jewelry and engagement rings that are traded from London and Hong… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding has yet to take off in Asia like it has in the US, Europe and Australia. Having said that, two recent pieces of news involving Hong Kong-based crowdfunding platforms suggest that entrepreneurs are increasing their efforts at mobilizing capital in Asia via crowdfunding. These… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 4:15 am By Shanghaiist  |  

A group of Hong Kong students are raising money online to run full-page adverts opposing the “mainlandisation of HK universities”, according to their Facebook page. The campaign comes just over a year after the Apple Daily ran a full-page advert attacking mainland “locusts” for swarming… Read More

March 17, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Business Standard  |  

Fund management company Starting Blocks Media Ventures will launch a new crowd funding model, Catapooolt, dedicated to creative projects including movies, music and other performing arts. Catapooolt will be launched during the Hong Kong Asia Film Festival later this month. The company has join hands… Read More