Crowd Funding

A Simple Equity Crowdfunding Fundability Evaluation Tool Revisited

So … how can you quickly and simply evaluate if an equity crowdfunding raise may fly? Meaning it will get investors. After overseeing 320 unaccredited investor equity crowdfunding raises totalling $142 million you get a good feel of what gets funded and what doesn’t. This is key to any successful equity crowdfunding platform. Having just one …

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Learnings from $11.4 million of Equity Crowdfunding raises from mostly unaccredited investors

Success leaves clues. I wondered, what is “Best in Class” in raising funds from predominantly retail or unaccredited investors. Best way to find out was to look at 16 of the most successful, recent Startup equity raises on the ASSOB Equity funding Capital Raising platform. These 16 raised over 11 million dollars together on ASSOB. Most of …

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Linking your Crowdfunding raise with a Charity drive

The Veronica Mars film crowdfunding raise has added a new “charity” dimension to it’s progress so far.  A recap first though starting with the Kickstarter raise. Kristen Bell’s / Veronica Mars charity raise follows. Story: Veronica Mars was a TV show that aired between 2004 to 2007; Kristen Bell played the title character. The show developed a …

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Democratization of Capital will help to bridge the chasm for entrepreneurs

In most countries getting a few mates to invest in your early stage business is expensive, time consuming and often restricted to those that meet income and asset criteria.   The rapidly growing movement for the democratization of capital formation hopes to level the field for both investors and entrepreneurs while increasing engagement, equality and …

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