November 13, 2013
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EY in crowdfunding joint venture
EY has partnered with all of London's 33 local authorities and a start-up tech firm to provide crowdfunding for local regeneration projects. The Big Four firm has joined...
November 11, 2013
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RoboRoach app encourages children to turn cockroaches into smartphone-controlled toys
The developers of a new electronic device that fits onto cockroaches, allowing their movements to be controlled by a mobile phone app, have been...
November 11, 2013
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Can Crowdfunding Give the Private Space Race a Boost?
The end of the space shuttle program ushered in a new era of space exploration carried out by private firms like SpaceX. But Elon Musk...
November 11, 2013
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Crowdfunding science: could it work?
In its infancy, science was sponsored by rich benefactors who favoured areas of their own liking. Today, despite being more equitably financed by public intervention,...
November 11, 2013
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Which are the best 'crowdfunding' websites?
Is the phenomenon of "crowdfunding" – where entrepreneurs or more or less anyone asks the public to put cash into their proposed venture – getting...
November 7, 2013
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Is crowdfunding the best way to access start-up investments?
With crowdfunding due to come under FCA regulation from next April, should advisers be considering the concept as a way of directly accessing higher risk...
November 7, 2013
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McSweeney's Publishing House Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for $15. Yup. For $15.
Aim low and you virtually guarantee success. And if you aim really, really low, then you can orchestrate a reason to bust out the champagne...
November 7, 2013
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Crowdfunding sites are the smart new way to raise finance but how do you work out which projects will succeed?
When "Superwoman" signs up to something, you know that an idea has taken off. Especially when the Superwoman in question is financier Nicola Horlick. Earlier...
November 7, 2013
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Crowdfunding on the case: Job creation-SME funding-R&D
By Kieran Garvey @Microwdfinance While socially and environmentally orientated projects make up a major proportion of projects being funded through crowdfunding, it is also serving unmet...