From a $ 9 computer to a ridiculously smart trash can, here are the coolest
projects on the crowdfunding platform right now.
On the tech side, a cell phone controlled airplane project with 21,000 supporters and the Sense rest tracker with 19,000 backers likewise pulled in a moderately high number of supporters against other
projects on the crowdfunding platform.
Not exact matches
Then there were the 10 «essential» questions I suggested you ask yourself when creating your first
project on the popular
crowdfunding platform.
On Kickstarter, the foremost platform for crowdfunding, just 35 % of projects hit their goal; on competing site Indiegogo, it is closer to 10
On Kickstarter, the foremost
platform for
crowdfunding, just 35 % of
projects hit their goal;
on competing site Indiegogo, it is closer to 10
on competing site Indiegogo, it is closer to 10 %.
On the other hand, rewards - based
crowdfunding platform Kickstarter receives thousands of applications each week and accepts about 75 percent of
project proposals, 25 percent get rejected because of unfollowed guidelines.
Just one day after Inc. covered the formal launch of Mosaic, a clean energy
crowdfunding platform based in Oakland that connects investors with solar energy
projects, the start - up has made good
on its promise: In less than 24 hours, it hasalready funded four sustainable energy campaigns in California.
Starting at noon ET
on Monday, Mosaic becomes the first
crowdfunding platform that will connect investors with clean - energy
projects that need financing.
Musician and videographer Jack Conte had struggled to earn enough from his work, and found one - off
project crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter didn't provide the steady capital artists need to focus
on creativity.
Listed in 2011, Republic
Project was the first investment opportunity
on the MicroVentures equity
crowdfunding platform and is also the first liquidity event, or «exit,» for investors in this new space.
The deciding factors, battle to choose, between the two most popular
crowdfunding platforms — Kickstarter or Indiegogo — is not so much a battle but a choice of options depending
on your
project and your audience: Before getting ahead of ourselves, let's step back and look at some of the most recent instances of
crowdfunding success... What do the -LSB-...]
Fundable is specifically for business
crowdfunding, though their monetization model is different in that instead of charging a percentage - based fee contingent
on the success or failure of a
project, they charge a flat monthly fee for using their
platform.
To curb the incidence of
project creators disappearing with backers funds, the top
crowdfunding platforms have had to refine their policies over and over to deal with problems
on crowdfunding platforms.
With over $ 1,000 a minute pledged to
projects on Kickstarter in 2015, and its position as the most - trafficked
crowdfunding platform (30 million visits per month), it is clear that Kickstarter is the «place to be.»
This momentum can help your
project show up
on the hot or popular list of Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, or any of the other popular
crowdfunding platforms.
Other notable startups include
crowdfunding platforms Kitabisa, which focuses
on social
projects, and Wujudkan, which focuses
on creative
projects.
Moscow, Russia — November 15, 2017 — Revain is proud to announce the release of the first test version of the
platform designed for accumulating authentic user reviews
on projects and startups that have concluded their
crowdfunding / ICO stage.
Additionally, the
platform does not review applications, so there may be lower quality
projects on the website than at other
crowdfunding platforms.
Lifespan.io is a
crowdfunding platform focused specifically
on projects aimed at extending healthy human lifespan.
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platform on the web, helping you find the latest and greatest gadgets, products and
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platform on the web, helping you find the latest and greatest products and
crowdfunding projects.
While
crowdfunding / preorder site Pubslush has already made a name for itself in the backing community for being dedicated solely to book
projects, the company was
on hand exhibiting in the Startup Challenge alley to get the word out about the
platform.
Crowdfunding also continued to be a popular
platform, with dozens of publishing
projects successfully funded
on Kickstarter, covering everything from teaching programming to kids to a Lil Bub picture book.
If you are familiar with The Book, The Cook and The Hook model of marketplace analysis in the publishing industry, you'll find that your back story as a writer and motivation for writing your book — the story behind the book — is far more important to attracting the social proof for your
project on Kickstarter and other
crowdfunding sites than your existing track record of publishing traditionally and your well - honed author
platform.
First, let me say how I admire an indie developer like Two of a Kind for relying
on the gaming community to help them with
projects through
crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.
Quo Vadis was great again this year, very interesting discussions there and a LOT of discussions
on crowdfunding... That intrigued me, so I looked at the statistics for video game
projects and where they are coming from
on Kickstarter (the most discussed
platform then).
The minimum required quality to launch a
crowdfunding campaign for a video game is such (beautiful assets, good video, demonstrable gameplay) that it wouldn't be surprising if many
projects considering
crowdfunding simply decided to skip it, and go in Early Access instead, with the idea to be able to start getting revenue regularly directly
on the main
platform the game is sold
on to the end users.
It seems that there's only ever a limited volume of such large
projects considering
crowdfunding, meaning there will be a visible effect
on the overall performance for the video games category in
crowdfunding in any given year based
on the volume of these high performance
projects — there will naturally be years where lower numbers of these big
projects come to the
platform due to factors such as the long development cycles.
New York, NY — 01/19/2017 — New York game developers and mobile app publishers, Cloud M1 LLC, have launched a colorful and fun new digital
platform game
on crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, which has already featured the campaign in their «
Projects We Love» and «
Project of the Day» sections.
Like past Pebble Kickstarter campaigns, the company's latest
project has been immensely popular
on the
crowdfunding platform; it reached its $ 1 - million funding goal in an hour.
Stremio, a company that designs media center software for video entertainment focused
on user experience and ease of use has chosen WINGS, a decentralized
platform to create,
crowdfund, join and manage
projects using Blockchain and smart contracts, for their AdEx
crowdfunding campaign which will use smart contracts and tokens.
Because the
project aims to positively impact the
crowdfunding space, it is possible to write and deploy smart contracts
on the
platform.
«Coinstruct is an Initial Coin Offering as a Service
platform (ICOaaS) where backers and creators can come together and
crowdfund projects on blockchain technology»
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crowdfunding projects.
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platform on the web, helping you find the latest and greatest gadgets, products and
crowdfunding projects.
I've also written a case study
on property
crowdfunding returns, surveying
projects and returns
on five different
platforms.
Rather than buying an entire property or financing a development
project on your own, you can buy into a very small share of a property or
project using a real estate
crowdfunding platform.
Nick is a co-founder of GROUNDFLOOR, a
crowdfunding platform focused
on providing opportunities to finance high quality real estate
projects.
While RealtyShares does some due diligence
on the developer and the
project, you have to understand the the real estate
crowdfunding platform is just a marketplace for deals.