September 6, 2013
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PayPal Has a Crowdfunding Problem
Late Wednesday evening, the founders behind Mailpile, a privacy-centric email client that's already raised north of $130,000 on Indiegogo, received a message no crowdfunder wants...
September 5, 2013
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Mosaic Uses Crowdfunding To Finance Solar Projects
Mosaic provides a unique crowdfunding platform that allows investors to lend money to support solar power projects and earn a return in the bargain. Once the...
September 5, 2013
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Georgia Tech Launches Its Own Crowdfunding Site For Science Research
Allison Jo Mercer, a researcher at Georgia Tech, is developing an adhesive based on a brilliantly sticky fish. Her work could some day translate into Band-Aids...
September 5, 2013
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The Changing Role Of Crowdfunding Platforms In The Hardware Ecosystem
Going by numbers alone, hardware projects should be a win-win proposition for both entrepreneurs and crowdfunding platforms. Seven of the top ten most-funded projects on Indiegogo, a...
September 4, 2013
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Egypt’s artists and activists crowdfund to support projects
Egyptian artists and innovators are increasingly using crowdfunding platforms to raise money for projects, by-passing limitations of traditional fundraising. Egyptian artists, innovators and social activists...
September 4, 2013
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Scientists discover ‘crowdfunding’ as a way of replacing research grants
Traditional scientific funding proposals typically do not ask donors to “crowdfund my meth lab, yo,” but then young scientist Ethan Perlstein isn’t taking the traditional route to...
September 4, 2013
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How crowdfunding drives development
Crowdfunding is enabling more aid organisations, charities and civic projects to bypass traditional fundraising techniques. In August, two Norwegian students raised $32,000 (£20,000) on the crowdfunding...
September 3, 2013
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Brewdog Reaches £3M Crowdfunding Landmark
Scotland’s largest independent brewery, BrewDog, has managed to raise £3 million through crowdfunding, in just two months The brewery is aiming to raise £4m through its...
September 3, 2013
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Kickstarting a revolution in architecture funding
Could crowdfunding websites be a way forward for smaller architectural projects? Last month Kevin McCloud’s development company HAB announced it had surpassed its £1 million target on...