Tagged: deutschland

July 3, 2014 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedmatch claims the title as the first German investment crowdfunding platform having launched way back in 2011.  Equity crowdfunding in Germany has been fairly robust with reports placing total volume in 2013 at about EUR 15 million.  Anyone can participate in these offers as there… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

German investment crowdfunding platform SeedMatch has a new hit listing on their platform.  Protonet quickly raised over 1 Million Euros in 3 hours and 33 minutes.  In the first hour and a half the platform hurdled 750,000 Euros – over $1 million USD.   3:33… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 8:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Walking the crowdfunding catwalk looks easy for the nascent global sustainable fashion brand Front Row Society.  In their third crowdfunding round on Seedmatch, the fashion label quickly raised €28,000 with the help of thirty three investors, reaching 56% of their €50K goal.  The funding limit… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Die führende Praxis- und Wissens-Konferenz in Europa Aktuellstes Praxiswissen – Top-Experten – Wissenschaftliches Fundament Wer an der Crowd Dialog Konferenz teilnehmen sollte Jeder zukunftsorientierte Entscheider im Unternehmen, ob CIO, CEO, Inhaber, Personalentwickler oder CFO. Der Crowd Dialog bietet einen wissenschaftlich fundierten und umfassenden State-of-the-Art Einblick… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 10:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Newly listed on Companisto, the Germany-based Kyl (pronounced “kühl” – the German word for “cool”) seeks to raise € 200,000 in its equity crowdfunding campaign.  To date 509 backers have bought 25,479 shares and invested € 127,395.  Emerging from the polar vortex to a cultural climate steeped… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 13 days remaining on Foodist’s second Companisto crowdfunding campaign, 376 investors have bought 24,493 shares, raising over €122,000. Funding from this equity campaign will promote the Foodist’s internationalization, grow their customer base, and exploit the potential within the B2B market. Subscribers of Foodist receive… Read More

April 2, 2014 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

German equity crowdfunding site Companisto has announced a platform record.  The readfy funding campaign listed on Companisto raised €100,000 in just 24 hours and half a million Euros within six weeks.  Over 1300 investors came together to back the company that offers free access to ten… Read More

March 17, 2014 @ 2:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Dreamojo is a new Berlin-based crowdfunding site, that launched in December. They  operate with the belief that everybody should have the chance to use crowdfunding to fund their dreams. Social networks have become a vital portion of any crowdfunding campaigns and their site features an… Read More

March 15, 2014 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

German equity crowdfunding platform Seedmatch has responded to inquiries regarding a company that was crowdfunded on their platform back in June of 2o12.  Larovo, an online buying guide, raised € 100,000 from 181 investors.  Seedmatch, the largest equity crowdfunding platform in Germany, has always prided their… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 9:57 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

goodz’ CEO & Founder Jeffrey van Ede, the former VP of Sony Europe & CEO of Sony Germany, is leading a Seedmatch campaign that has already raised € 53,750, with 81 investors on board, surpassing their initial goal by 7% with 39 days remaining.  Seedmatch is the first German Crowdfunding… Read More

February 23, 2014 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blue Patent GmbH, a company funded in the fall of 2011 on the German equity crowdfunding platform Seedmatch, has suspended operations.  In a disappointing announcement made this past week, Seedmatch shared the news the young company was ceasing operations.  In an effort to support transparency,… Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Digital-Life-Design (DLD14) conference took place last week in Munich, Germany.  DLD is self described as a “global network on innovation, digitization, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and influencers for crossover conversation and inspiration”. Over 150 speakers and 1000… Read More

January 24, 2014 @ 6:55 am By Klaus-Martin Meyer  |  

Germany is the single largest market in all of the European Union.  With a population of around 82 million, a highly educated population and many top global corporations it is the economic engine of Europe today. The crowdfunding industry has benefited from this significant base… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

5th Most Funded Successful Campaign Ever on Indiegogo. Berlin, Germany based Panono has won many accolades during their crowdfunding campaign including a coolest gadget shout out and tons of press especially with their trip to CES 2014 this past week.  The hot tech device that… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network and Osborne Clarke invite have scheduled an event in Cologne, Germany to be held on October 24, 2013.  Discussion will focus on crowdfunding in Germany, along with perspective on current events with the rest of Europe.  The results of a new… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Crowdfunding can be an alternative to classic financing means for entrepreneurs   To date this form of financing has been deployed mostly to collect smaller sums for social projects.  Roughly 6.6 million Germans have already made online donations for social causes. That corresponds… Read More

December 25, 2012 @ 9:14 am By NYTimes  |  

PARIS — In the early rush to turn crowd-funding online into a new source of public revenue to buy everything from medieval ivory statues in France to a gallery for dinosaur bones in Canada there’s a cautionary tale: It doesn’t always work. The Louvre is… Read More

December 22, 2012 @ 1:10 am By Berlin BusinessOn  |  

(Staff Translation) Berlin. Online donations for the ideas and projects of others. Crowdfunding allows start-ups to present their projects and to obtain financing from crowdfunding platform users. To this date, almost 7 million Germans have donated online for a variety of projects. About 6.6 million Germans… Read More

December 17, 2012 @ 2:52 am By JD Alois  |  

From Telecompaper, Around 6.6 million Germans have supported social projects online, equal to 1 in 8 (12%) of all internet users in Germany, according to a survey by Aris for ICT industry group Bitkom. A further 22 percent are prepared to give money online for… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 10:58 pm By Grunderszene  |  

(Staff Translation) The Crowdfunding portal Seedmatch (www.seedmatch.de) is making further innovations: Going forward, start ups are able to launch follow-up financing campaigns via Crowdfunding. The Freiburg based start up Leaserad is the first enterprise seeking Seedmatch’s assistance for the 2nd time in a row. It already collected 100.000 Euros… Read More