| Website | http://www.40billion.com/ | https://www.c-crowd.com/ | http://www.capangel.com/ | http://www.cofundit.com/ | http://www.crowdcube.com/ | http://www.fandyu.com/ | http://www.financeutile.com | http://www.investiere.ch/ | http://www.microventures.com/ | http://partizipa.com/ | http://www.seedmatch.de | http://www.seedups.com | http://www.vencorps.com/ | http://www.venturebonsai.com | http://www.wiseed.com | http://www.symbid.com |
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| Video tour | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAFA42cgPfE | http://vimeo.com/24672228 http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/161/872/161872883_200.jpg | http://vimeo.com/3171079 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkHY4Qwtzw | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyldZyNhC5g | | http://www.financeutile.com/video.php | | | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NM9BlQpctY | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrVavbSk3BA | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJTxsZMxOg | | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIYNRms1h9s | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERhOrkbD5g |
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| Launch date | | | | 2010-06-01 | 2010 | | 2009 | | | | | 2011-02-01 | 2008 | | 2009-06-15 | 2011-04-14 |
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| Description | 40Billion.com is the social funding network for entrepreneurs,
where members can leverage their social networks to raise capital
for a business, fund a business, or find resources to build a
business. | c-crowd ist die führende Schweizer Internetplattform auf der
Projekte und Kapital zusammengeführt werden. Auf c-crowd.com
können: Unternehmen oder Start-up’s Charity Projekte Campus
Projekte sich einer breiten Masse (crowd) von möglichen
Kapitalgebern vorzustellen, und: Privatpersonen Investoren
Stiftungen Business Angels können bereits mit beschränktem
Kapitaleinsatz Zugang zu professionell aufbereiteten Projekten
erhalten, die bislang nur einem exklusiven Kreis von Personen offen
standen. | CapAngel helps to raise love money from friends, family,
networks... | Cofundit leverages the power of the Crowd to provide funding
opportunities for innovative and unique ideas for both established
Small & Medium Sized Enterprises, as well as Growth companies.
Through the combination of its unique internet platform and
targeted local events, Cofundit puts Entrepreneurs in touch with
Investors. Entrepreneurs with funding requirements, seeking funds
to develop their business, have an opportunity to present their
project. Investors ready to lend money to Entrepreneurs and looking
for high returns, have a place where they can see several
investment opportunities at once. | Crowdcube gives the UK's best entrepreneurs and business pioneers a
newfangled way to raise business finance by tapping into a 'crowd'
of like minded trendsetters willing to invest smaller amounts of
cash in exchange for rewards and a stake in their business. | allows project owners to design rewards of different types,
including financial rewards | Finance Utile is a platform to finance startups and small business
in France | investiere facilitates direct investments by private investors in
non-listed Swiss companies. Verve Capital Partners, a Swiss AG
based in Zug, Switzerland was founded in 2007. With the goal to
develop and implement innovative financing concepts, in February
2010, the team at Verve Capital Partners launched investiere
(www.investiere.ch) and opened a previously insulated and elusive
market of innovative Swiss start-ups to the general public via an
online platform. In contrast to crowdfunding companies, investiere
is a hybrid model that combines the established practices of
traditional venture capital with elements of e-finance and social
media. All start-ups featured on the site go through a rigorous due
diligence process and investors are able to choose the start-up
that sparks their unique interest. | Bringing small businesses and investors together in an innovative
way, MicroVentures Marketplace will review start-ups in a process
similar to that of other Venture Capital companies. MicroVenture
Marketplace will screen all prospective applications and will
select companies that fit a profile which includes an evaluation of
suitable risk, likelihood of profitability, and willingness to give
up an equity stake. | Spanish startup Partizipa.com does p2c (person to company) lending
instead of p2p lending. Individual investors can lend money
together to fund a company. Currently a solar power plant in
Andalucia is listed for funding. The amount to be raised is 285,000
Euro. Minimum individual investment is 5,000 Euro. The project
advertises 13.85% ROI. | Seedmatch is an online platform that offers crowdfunding for
startups. Everybody is invited to invest even small amounts of
money and to become one of many “mini business angels” who together
help realising the innovative and promising startup projects that
are introduced on the platform. Each investor can choose
individually which projects he wants to support. Our vision is to
make exciting ideas happen and to encourage entrepreneurship. | Seedups is a crowdfunding matching engine for seed stage
entrepreneurs and tech savvy investors. It’s free to register your
business, and simple to complete the profile. Once it’s uploaded,
investors can ask questions and evaluate businesses before making
investments of up to £10,000 per company. Seedups was formed to
help companies get that all important early stage funding. Seedups
facilitates tech-savvy High Net Worth and Sophisticated Investors
linking up with the most innovative start-ups. Using the
crowd-funding ethos of companies such as Kickstarter and applying
it to equity stakes in companies. | VenCorps™ is a community of interested individuals focused on
startup success. We peer review startups, help them solve problems,
and decide who should get funding in regular challenges. | Venture Bonsai enables entrepreneurs to get traction and feedback
for their product in the community, build trust with the potential
investors as well as attract investors when running an investment
round. | WiSEED is a crowdfunding platform dedicated to high innovative
european startups. Specialized in seed investment. Open for people
investors from 100 €. | Symbid is the first online investment platform where investors,
with €20 a part, directly invest in the shareholder’s equity of a
start-up or existing company! This makes investors partial owners
of the fully financed (new founded) company. Entrepreneurs use
Symbid as a quick, simple and fun new way to obtain start or growth
capital via all Symbid users and among their personal network
though private invites. Additionally, an entrepreneur has the
luxury to interact with his investor community within a closed
online collaboration workspace! |
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| Price |
- Gifts &Contributions: It's FREE for a limited time
(regularly $49.99) to start a Raise for gifts and donations, and
after the first month there is a small extension fee of $9.99 per
month if the entrepreneur wishes to extend the Raise for up to six
more months.
- Direct Loans: a setup fee of $29.99 for a limited time
(regularly $99.99) to activate a Raise for direct loans, and after
the first month there is a small extension fee of $9.99 per month
if the entrepreneur wishes to extend the Raise for up to six more
months.
- Commercial Paper: a setup fee of $99.99 - $199.99 for a
limited time (regularly $499.99 - $999.99) to activate a Raise for
commercial paper, and after the first month there is a small
extension fee of $49.99 per month if the entrepreneur wishes to
extend the Raise for up to six more months.
| 10% for company projects, 5% for charity and campus |
- 6% of the offering amount (3% fo investisors and 3% for
entrepreneurs) after the fundraising.
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- Experts and Members don't pay anything.
- Investors pay an annual membership fee of $(USD)100 to access
the Cofundit portfolio of investment
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- It is currently free to register as an Entrepreneur and add a
Pitch to Crowdcube. For a limited period we are waiving our £250
listing fee.
- When an Entrepreneur successfully raises their Target amount
Crowdcube will deduct a success fee of 5% of the target
amount.
- We also pass on legal fees of £1750 for completion of each
company investment. Again, this is only charged if the target
amount is raised.
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- 5% HT (6% TTC) is taken from investisors in order to manage the
holding during 5 years in average.
- No management and exit fees during invesment period.
- No exit fees after 5 years, but 1% of fees in case of
individual sale before 5 years
- 22% of tax deduction (maximum: 40 000 euros for a married
couple)
- 50% of ISF deduction (maximum: 45 000 euros according to 2011
Finance Law)
| Fees are charged only to the funded start-ups and have two
components ("5% + 5%" formula): Cash: 5% of the total amount raised
on our platform Equity: 5% of the raised capital on our platform |
- $100 to complete a preliminary application and submit a
business plan
- + $250 if approved for a second additional screening
- + 10% of the offering amount
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- Registration and use of the platform are free.
- When a funding is successful, Seedmatch charges a success fee
of 5%-10% of the target amount (depending on the total amount of
money raised).
| Free to register, with 2% of successful funds raised to be paid by
both parties on completion of successful deals. | |
- Free for startups and investors.
- 5% success fee when round is completed
| 10% of offering amount, after the fundraising for company only. | Free for start-ups, existing companies pay an additional fee of 250
Euro For investors: mark-up of 3% (including VAT and transaction
costs) on any investment Success-fee if target funding is reached
5% |
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| Languages | | German | | | | Spanish | French | English | | | German for the moment | English | | English | French for the moment | Dutch, English version anticipated 22-06-2011 |
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| Country of origin | | Switzerland | | | | Spain | | Switzerland | | | Germany | | | | France | |
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| Fundraising | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Maximum amount of fundraising | | | | | No, however any member wishing to invest over £5000 must register
as either a High Net Worth individual or a Sophisticated Investor | | | | | | 100 000 - 500 000 € | $/€/£ 250,000 | | 1 000 000 € | 100 000 € to 500 000 € | 20.000 Euro up to 2.5 million Euro |
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| Fundraising campaign duration | | | 30 days | 4 weeks | 180 days | | | | | | 60 days | 6 months | | defined by the startup | 3 months after campaign launch | No time constrains |
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| Who can raise money? | You need an idea for a US-based business, whether you are an
experienced entrepreneur or just starting out. You must be at least
18 years old with a valid US address. | - Enterprises or start-up’s - Charity projects - Campus projects | For business located in France. | | | | | | | |
- innovative businesses based in Germany
- complementary team
- market-ready product
- visionary, scalable, viable and mature business model
- clear USP
- a product or service that benefits from support of a crowd
- focus: b2c, cleantech, social businesses
| Innovative start up companies based in the USA, Ireland and the UK
at the moment. | | Companies founded within the EU | For business located in Europe, only for young innovative companies | Start-ups and existing companies |
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| Investors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Minimum investment | | | | | £10 | | 800 € | | | | 250€ | €250/£250/$250 | | 5 000€ | 100€ | 20 Euro |
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| Who can invest ? | You must be at least 18 years old with a valid US address. | | | | Anyone who is a UK resident and over 18 years old can invest
through crowdcube. | | | | | The only prerequisite to become a member of the community is to
have a bank account in Spain under his/her name. | anyone (>18 years old) | US Accredited Investors UK and Irish high net worth individuals. | |
- Residents of the EU
- U.S. Accredited investors
| anyone (>18 years old) in Europe and the rest of the World | Anyone (>18 years old) |
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| Social Networks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Blog | http://blog.40billion.com/ | http://www.crowdfunding.ch/ | http://www.capangel.com/blog | http://www.cofundit.com/blog/ | http://blog.crowdcube.com/ | http://www.fandyu.com/blog | http://blog.financeutile.com/ | http://www.investiere.ch/blog | http://www.microventures.com/blog | | http://blog.seedmatch.de | http://www.seedups.com/blog | http://vencorps.posterous.com/ | http://venturebonsai.info/ | http://www.wiseed.fr | http://www.symbid.com |
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| Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/40Billion | http://twitter.com/ccrowd | http://www.twitter.com/capangel | http://twitter.com/Cofundit | http://www.twitter.com/crowdcube | | | http://twitter.com/#!/investiere | | | http://www.twitter.com/seedmatch | http://www.twitter.com/seedups | http://twitter.com/vencorps | | http://twitter.com/#!/wiseed | http://twitter.com/#!/symbid |
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| Facebook | http://apps.facebook.com/fortybillion | http://www.facebook.com/swisscrowdfunding | | http://www.facebook.com/http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Lausanne-Switzerland/Cofundit/132364876791412 | http://www.facebook.com/crowdcube | | http://www.facebook.com/pages/FinanceUtile/132330070147288 | http://www.facebook.com/investiere.ch | | | http://www.facebook.com/seedmatch | http://www.facebook.com/Seedups | | | http://www.facebook.com/pages/WiSEED-microinvestissement-dans-linnovation/293735283127 | http://www.facebook.com/symbid |
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