August 23, 2013
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LONDON, 8 August, 2013 – The microfinance charity MicroLoan Foundation has been selected as the first UK-based partner of CARE International’s Lendwithcare.org initiative – the...
August 23, 2013
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Crowdfunding gets a new twist Thursday with the launch of an online platform that offers startups ideas and expertise as well as cash. The new...
August 23, 2013
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Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has asked the general public to save his new film, Reach Me, to the tune of $250,000 (£160,000) after the project fell into...
August 23, 2013
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Kevin Rustagi is no stranger to crowdfunding. Ministry of Supply, the men's clothier that Rustagi co-founded with several MIT classmates in 2010, broke Kickstarter records last June...
August 23, 2013
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The Omate TrueSmart raised more than $100,000 via fundraising website Kickstarter. According to the founders of Omate, a working prototype already exists. The money will be...
August 23, 2013
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A British attempt to raise a record $32m (£20.5m) through crowdfunding to build top-end smartphones has raised a unprecedented $12m, but because it failed to hit its...
August 22, 2013
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Crowdtilt CEO James Beshara has a radical vision for crowdfunding, and its a lot bigger than Kickstarter. Today the Y Combinator startup publicly debuted its open...
August 22, 2013
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In a recent interview, Greg Barker, UK Minister for Energy and Climate Change, described crowdfunding as “an incredibly powerful” funding model with the capacity “to help...
August 22, 2013
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"Crowdfunding" - an alternative lending method where companies ask the public for investment online - has been growing in popularity. Using the system, Scottish beer-maker...