Tagged: fundedbyme

February 17, 2015 @ 8:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

International crowdfunding platform FundedByMe, has jumped into the debt space thus rounding out their funding options on their global platform.  The loans will initially be available for SMEs in Sweden but investors from all over the world will be able to loan money in the… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Sweden based NOA Relaxation, an all natural beverage, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe and raised USD $ 180,000 in the first 3 minutes of going live on January 29th. The goal of raising $640,000 was quickly beat in two days and by day… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 8:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In an international effort, the Malaysian media platform Vulcan Post joined forces with Swedish crowdfunding platform FundedByMe and Korean dating app Between in an effort to raise cash funds for flood victims in Malaysia; more than 132,000 people have been forced to evacuate and crowdfunders… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 11:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Sweden but operating in multiple countries today, has shared some recent success stories on companies using their platform.  The site has experienced an average investment size of €3,500.  The largest single investment has been € 120,000 and the lowest… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Sweden based FundedByMe’s says their strategic decision to focus mainly on business building crowdfunding has proven to be a success.  The hybrid crowdfunding platform claims a surge in membership and new funding campaigns.  FundedByMe’s experience is exemplified by Finnish interactive yoga platform Yoogaia, a young… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Sweden but with operations in Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Spain, Germany, Italy & Norway, recently launched a self-crowdfunding campaign to raise capital for their expansion.  In March of 2014 the campaign hit the pages of the funding platform with… Read More

September 18, 2014 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler announced this past Monday that his crowdfunding platform was opening up shop in Scandinavia and Ireland.  The expansion into Ireland was known for quite some time, but the move into Denmark, Norway and Sweden, while not surprising, was new.  The nordic countries have… Read More

September 13, 2014 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark Start – Berlin, took place all day today in Germany. This is the first international location for the One Spark crowdfunding festival that takes place each Spring in Jacksonville, Florida.  The closing presentation was given by FundedByMe founder and CEO Daniel Doboczy.  For… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Having opened an office in Singapore last year,  Sweden based crowdfunding platform FundedByMe has revealed an investment by Singapore based investment group Link2Ventures for an undisclosed amount.  The additional funding is expected to be used to boost further growth in the Asia Pacific region.  FundedByMe will be… Read More

July 29, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Casper Arboll & Balthasar Scheder  |  

Crowdfunding is a new source of entrepreneurial finance allowing a wider audience to invest in startups for equity in the venture.  While investment crowdfunding as a vehicle for financing early stage ventures is gaining momentum on a global basis it remains in its infancy.  Our… Read More

May 4, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Experiment in Norway Beats Expectations. More than $120,000 was invested into three startups at Norway’s first live equity crowdfunding event, part of the Technoport 2014 innovation conference in Trondheim. The big winner was stair-assist company Assistep, who raised around $90,000 through their campaign on the… Read More

April 5, 2014 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The Technoport 2014 conference gathers together entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, students, researchers and troublemakers. Organizers aim to stimulate technology-led innovation to meet global challenges.  The membership group based in Trondheim, Norway, wants to be a catalyst for future innovation and entrepreneurs. As part of this year’s… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sweden Based Crowdfunding Platform Raises Capital for Expansion. Stating that 2013 has been their best year to date, equity crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is now inviting the public to own shares in their Northern European investment platform by launching a self-crowdfunding campaign.  Based in Sweden, but… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 8:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Interview with Arno Smit, Co-Founder & CTO of FundedByMe. Launched by Arno Smit and Daniel Daboczy in 2011, FundedByMe quickly found an international niche as both an equity and rewards-based crowdfunding platform.  According to Smit, this “unified experience on our platform allows entrepreneurs to feel secure in… Read More

November 16, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundedByMe has relaunched their crowdfunding platform with an improved look and feel. The site offers both rewards- and equity-based crowdfunding models. Over the past couple of months the team has been hard at work creating a web and brand experience that is focused on our… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 8:12 am By ArcticStartUp  |  

Before Martin Borgs joined the crowdfunding scene, the largest amount raised for a Swedish film was 393,646 SEK (€45,000) in a month. On FundedByMe, the largest amount raised for any project on the “classic crowfunding” site was 257,914 SEK. Borgs made more than that in… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Soholoft has scheduled two webinars featuring top crowdfunding leaders from the emerging crowdfunding industry.  The focal point of The Soho Loft Webinar Series is to showcase the new industry of crowdfunding which possesses a distinctive set of opportunities as well as challenges. This series will… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 8:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

January 31, 2013 @ 7:08 pm By ArcticStartUp  |  

Right now we’re reading about how the J.O.B.S. act is going to change crowdfunding in the United States, but I think it’s worth pointing out we actually have a head start on equity crowdfunding in Northern Europe. The countries in the ArcticStartup region have their… Read More

December 13, 2012 @ 6:22 pm By Huffington Post  |  

I just spent three exciting days as an official blogger for LeWeb, Europe’s largest tech conference. As a tech blogger and entrepreneur, I look forward to LeWeb, which is held in Paris every December, as much as I ever did to Christmas as a kid…. Read More