Tagged: research

September 4, 2013 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently equity portal Crowdcube re-visited the NESTA – BBAA report on Angel investing in the United Kingdom.  While the research document was produced several years ago (2009 is the publish date) the theme and lessons learned remain intact.  Investing in startups is risky, but rewards… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors seeking opportunities in syndicated investments, has published a report today sharing empirical data regarding private real estate transactions. The survey data indicates that the average preferred return being offered to investors in private real estate transactions… Read More

August 9, 2013 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

In his second research report on crowdfunding, Ian Youngman has published a new document pertaining to “Equity and Revenue Crowdfunding in the UK 2013”.  Youngman’s first research report covered the Future of Crowdfunding in the UK. The report is available for purchase on Research and Markets…. Read More

July 14, 2013 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

But Majority Are Not Noncerned That Crowdfunding Will Negatively Impact IPOs. BDO – a global accounting and consulting firm has released a report that which show skepticism on the part of executives regarding the intentions of the Jobs Act.   According to their research: Only… Read More

July 6, 2013 @ 3:39 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Molly Lindquist is the founder of a nonprofit organization and crowdfunding platform called Consano, which focuses on medical research. TechCrunch TV did an interview with Lindquist, who generated the idea after fighting breast cancer herself. It joins Watsi, Microryza and others in the medical research… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a lengthy report published earlier today banking group BBVA address a wide range of financial industry challenges which included the disruptive innovation of debt and equity crowdfunding. Stating the  “financial industry faces its most dramatic transformation in modern history because of increased online and… Read More

June 23, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

This independent report -‘The Future of Crowdfunding in the UK’ is from writer/ researcher/ economist Ian Youngman, who specializes in reporting on new financial ideas, tackles UK crowdfunding.  The author is no fan of Kickstarter and postulates the industry must get itself in order to… Read More

June 20, 2013 @ 12:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Research universities, often a source of this innovation, are offering a solution through translational research, proof of concept, and start-up gap funding programs. These gap funds and their impact on our innovation capability are detailed in a new, online resource called Mind the Gap. Mind… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 1:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on a Microryza campaign that aimed to study the effect of gun culture on public safety… Bisakha Sen, an associate professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, has launched a campaign on Microryza to fund her research into the effect of… Read More

June 10, 2013 @ 6:22 am By InsideHigherEd  |  

When a professor from a small liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania decided to take on a massive research project two summers ago, he went through the usual, often futile, process of applying for federal and private grants. But when funds were short a year… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this week Forbes contributor Devin Thorpe interviewed three professors regarding their recent report on patterns in crowdfunding markets. Serious academic research in the nascent field of crowdfunding is limited, but Gordon Burtch of the University of Minnesota, Anindya Ghose of New York University and Sunil Wattal… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Vast Majority Have Never Heard of Crowdfunding. Online research from 500 Small to Medium Enterprises in the United Kingdom indicate that a substantial portion are unaware of programs to aid their businesses.  The study, conducted by AXA Business Insurance, was carried out in March of… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 8:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Bisakha Sen, an associate professor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, has launched a campaign on Microryza to fund her research into the effect of gun policy and gun culture on public safety in the United States. The project aims to draw conclusions based… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

An Australian researcher has taken to crowdfunding site Pozible to accept donations in an effort to create a “cultural cache,” a virtual repository of first-hand accounts and experiences directly from gamers. The PlayCache will be an evolving online archive to record, analyse and report on… Read More

May 13, 2013 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Vocal British business advocate Lord Young has published another report championing the cause of business and more specifically the importance of small businesses. Lord Young has been involved in several successful businesses and held multiple government positions where he has tirelessly promoted the importance of… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 10:08 am By TDN.com  |  

SEATTLE — Dan Jaffe says he didn’t set out intending to go all rogue with his science. “What happened is I was getting discouraged,” he says. “I was starting to wonder whether anyone would even be allowed to ask these basic questions. So I went outside… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 10:56 pm By Knowledge@Wharton  |  

The campaign to front a movie based on the cult television show “Veronica Mars” through crowdfunding broke records for the fastest project ever to raise $1 million on Kickstarter. It was the website’s biggest film project so far, and it has the most backers of… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 10:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

What if we used trees to light our streets instead of electric street lamps? The first sentence in the video pitch should give some idea as to the ambition of the crowdfunding campaign for bioluminescent plants. The Kickstarter campaign has crossed a quarter of a… Read More

May 2, 2013 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming from King5, Dr. Mike Mulligan is a transplant surgeon looking to crowdfund research on medical crowdfunding platform Consano: Mulligan is asking the public directly for money, using a new website Consano.org. It describes Mulligan’s research project and tells you how much he’s trying to… Read More

April 27, 2013 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

In an interesting dissertation authored by Alexey Moisseyev from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, College of Business Administration, he tackles an ongoing assumption pertaining to crowdfunding success.  His research on crowdfunding, titled  EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CROWDFUNDING PROJECT RESULTS, tackles these assumptions head on… Read More