Green Energy Record Highlights Popularity of Crowdfunding
Abundance Generation – a crowdfunding platform for renewable energy investment – has set new records after raising more than £200,000 in just four days. It shows the popularity of raising funds in such fashion, with investors able to invest as little as £5 in renewable energy projects. The latest project – REG High Down – […]
Crowdfunding Platform Indiegogo eyes $40m Global Expansion
The crowdfunding platform that has built a reputation for financing film and technological startups is aiming to expand after raising $40m in funding. Indiegogo, whose most recent exploits include financing the Jamaican bobsleigh team to reach the Sochi Winter Olympics, raised the amount with three rounds of funding. It smashed the total of $15m raised […]
A Different Approach to Business Crowdfunding
In a change to the usual processes of crowdfunding, a British website is taking a different approach by launching a fund for members of the public to donate to. The plan will see people leave the decision of where exactly their money goes in the hands of a professional. This should mean that educated financial […]
Crowdfunding for Business Success
Money raised by entrepreneurs via crowdfunding has topped the £1 billion mark in the past two years, according to the latest figures. As a result many businesses have had a solid foundation on which to build and develop, helped by the continued growth of crowdfunding as a concept. The number of websites on both sides […]
The Potential Impact of Crowdfunding Regulation
Crowdfunding is not a new concept, but it seems that it is really taking off in the UK at present. Studies in the back end of 2013 by NESTA suggested that the UK crowdfunding network has grown by a whopping 618% in the last year. This is a serious spike in interest by anybody’s standards. […]
