Tagged: research

April 21, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Richard Swart  |  

Dr. Richard Swart, a crowdfunding research authority and one of the leading thinkers on crowdfunding globally, has agreed to write a series of articles addressing key questions about crowdfunding. The first discusses a key question driven by the observation that organizations that successfully crowdfund appear to… Read More

April 19, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdFund Productions, a Colorado based crowdfunding and event management company, recently completed its research titled “Crowdfunding for Wearable Technology.” The industry, which includes activity tracking, health monitoring devices, smart textile, virtual reality hardware, wearable computers and hands-free communicators, already has reached billions of dollars in… Read More

April 6, 2014 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Knowledge Peers, and their Alternative Funding Network, released some internal research on alternative finance and crowdfunding last week.  In a report titled; “Crowdfunding Industry Report: Investor Preference Report“, Knowledge Peers shared some insight into investor perception in the United Kingdom.  The survey was based on… Read More

April 4, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Research. At the SVCrowdfund conference on April 3, 2014, Richard Swart, PhD., gave a fascinating presentation on the growing ecosystem of crowdfunding and alternative finance. Dr. Swart is a well known authority in the crowdfunding world.  He runs the UC Berkeley’s crowdfunding research initiative… Read More

March 29, 2014 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently published the report put together by the European Commission regarding crowdfunding.  While there is plenty of information for anyone interested in crowdfunding the document below is the data on the respondents for the report.  So if you are curious as to how… Read More

March 24, 2014 @ 10:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rodrigo Davies writes regularly on the topic of civic crowdfunding at the MIT Center for Civic Media blog, and his most recent post raises an important and interesting question: is crowdfunding participatory citizenship or a sign of institutions in decline? He frames the question in… Read More

March 22, 2014 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

CrowdCheck has released the following comparative analysis of intrastate crowdfunding exemptions, providing a concise view of happenings in the various states that are currently considering crowdfunding exemptions. Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin are the only states to buck the $1 million annual cap on fundraising… Read More

March 20, 2014 @ 10:21 pm By CJ Cornell and Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding is exploding as a new way of attracting funding and financing for individuals, small businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. In 2013 alone the global crowdfunding industry was responsible for between $3 and $5 billion in funding. With the passage of the JOBS Act… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 3:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

High-net-worth (HNW) investor confidence has surged to its highest level since the global economic crash of 2008, reveals a poll by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. deVere Group reports that 57 per cent of those surveyed stated they were feeling bullish… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

A New Report From the Economist States Banks Must Invest in Customer Service or Lose Out to Non-Bank Competitors. Failing to adapt to new trends in customer service and digital strategies may create a challenging environment for the retail banking sector. Non-financial competitors are poised… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Joystiq’s monthly Crowdfund Bookie report is out and it isn’t pretty. For the quarter beginning in December 2013 and ending February 2014, just over $6.1 million was contributed to video game-related crowdfunding campaigns. That is down more than 50% from the $12.5 million contributed between… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Most crowdfunding campaigns will fail to reach their funding goals, but that isn’t a bad thing. The crowd’s ability to vet campaigns and pick winners is just one of the many facets of “crowd wisdom.” Having said that, it helps to understand what successful campaigners… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 5:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

With the support of Workspace Group, Buzzacott and the GLE group, Knowledge Peers will be launching the second phase of their research on crowdfunding. The market place for SME funding is increasingly inefficient. Funders struggle to find the “right” SMEs to finance, and SMEs struggle to… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Knowledge Peers will be announcing the results of significant new research into the way SMEs engage with different forms of funding. It allows for a better understanding of SME attitudes and perceptions towards a range of non-bank, “alternative” funding forms, including crowd funding, peer to… Read More

February 20, 2014 @ 6:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub is just a little over 18 months old now. The equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors has just published its first report on unrealized net Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and the numbers are telling. First, note that FundersClub is realistic about this data;… Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 10:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Every day, 4,000 people die from AIDS. 35 million people around the world are currently living with HIV. It’s one of the great tragedies of our time. Now a group of scientists have gathered under the Immunity Project in hopes of eradicating the disease by… Read More

February 16, 2014 @ 11:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Scientific Work Group, part of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), promotes research into crowdfunding and related aspects in order to foster academic discussion to aid professional and political decision making. The group also acts as an editorial board to peer-reviewed publications by the European… Read More

February 6, 2014 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The well attended Crowdfund Global Expo, which took place last week in San Diego, had more than a few big names in the crowdfunding world in attendance.  One of the leading industry advocates is Dr. Richard Swart who gave an impressive presentation on alternative finance… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Today TD Economics released a special report on crowdfunding that was championed by Senior Economist Sonya Gulati. The report is a deep, all-encompassing dive into funding for small and medium enterprises from a decidedly Canadian perspective, but the core message is clear and crosses borders:… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 11:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The United States, The Soviet Union, China and… Penn State University? If one crowdfunding campaign can find funding, the above statement might become the list of entities that have made it to the moon. Only three of them would have had a standing army. (Nittany… Read More