(Staff Translation) The city of Albacete signs up for Crowdfunding To obtain financing to make an entrepreneurial, cultural or social project viable can be a major obstacle these days but inventions and new technologies also put in place tools that can solve these issues. We are talking about Crowdfunding, a term imported from the Anglo-Saxon... Read More
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(Staff Translation) Lately we have heard about Crowdfunding as an alternative means to obtain financing for projects in order to collectively assume their cost. But in some sectors, such as in music, that individual contribution was already vital to guarantee the success of a band, a concert or an album in the first place. That... Read More
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(Staff Translation) Water, knowlege, culture: Who will have access common goods if everything is being privatized? What forms of financing allow an equal distribution? One answer to that question is the Spanish platform Goteo: Whatever is being financed here becomes common good. Olivier Schulbaum, one of the founders, reports. We founded goteo in 2010, at... Read More
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(Staff Translation) I have specialized in the new financing solutions and donations. Within this context, last year, alongside the Spanish production crew “Riot Cinema Collective” I participated in the making of the science fiction movie El Cosmonauta. Before this, I never gaged the similarities that exist between successfully producing a firm and launching a start... Read More
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Crowdfund Insider recently spoke to Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Projects Coordinator & Community Manager at Goteo. Goteo is a successful crowdfunding site based in Spain which is managed by a non profit organization – Fundacion Fuentes Abiertas (Open Source Foundation). Their source code is readily available on GitHub. Goteo has embraced the core principles of openness, neutrality, transparency and... Read More
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(Staff Translation) Crowdfunding has reached fashion in Spain. The industry branch of textile design, like other branches is suffering from the draught raiding traditional channels of financing. Within this context, Fanstyler is becoming the first micro-financing platform in Spain with an exclusive focus on these type of businesses. The platform was brought to life by... Read More
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(Staff Translation) Five Young entrepreneurs move forward with a Segovian Soccer Club radio and televisión project. Internet Internet Micro-sponsorship, better known as Crowdfunding is coming to Segovia thanks to five young entrepreneurs, creators of the televisión channel RTV Gimnástica Segoviana. Teresa, Marcos, Carlos, Óscar and Álex are the team behind RTV Gimnástica Segoviana, a project launched... Read More
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As confidence in banks and the economy by Spanish residents continues to plummet industries within the creative space are turning to crowdfunding as an alternative to traditional financing to provide much needed investment in projects. Small businesses have woken up to the bleak reality in which they can no longer rely on the financial instruments offered by the... Read More
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(Staff Translation) The band “The body of the Lito” is kicking off its campaign tomorrow to seek support for its first record, counting on the collaboration of Manuel Manquiña (a Spanish actor from Galicia). Five new bands are asking for public support to produce their albums thanks to Crowdfunding. Verkami, the most important platform of... Read More
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The European Crowdfunding Network has published a whitepaper explaining the state of crowdfunding regulation in the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany. The document explores how all four countries are simultaneously taking their own unique approaches to implementing crowdfunding while clearly learning from one another as they do so. … only 30% of businesses are using bank... Read More
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Another week of discovery in our Crowdfund Insider mailbox. Most of the time the media covers only high profile campaigns. Sure we cover them too, but we recognize there are hundreds of campaigns which have enormous potential which get passed by for coverage. Most people do not have the time to spend hours cruising the... Read More
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I was feeling a little festive yesterday and didn’t get to a roundup, so we’re making up for it today with a big roundup of things we’ve found throughout the week. My turkey coma has thankfully worn off. Forbes | Britain’s Crowdfunders Plot World Domination British crowdfunding platforms like Seedrs and Crowdcube are planning expansion... Read More
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For this weeks Crowdfunding Mailbox we have three very interesting crowdfunding campaigns. FLUX Seamless Fashion, Y.En Nanotechnology skin care and the Cynaps Enhance Hearing Restoration Project. Flux Seemless Fashion is from Laene Scandinvia in Los Angeles. Designers Annette Cantagallo and Heidi Helavirta both grew up in Scandinavia and met at the London College of Fashion... Read More
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The Spanish Government and Minister of Economy and Competitiveness Luis de Guindos are weighing regulations that would limit both overall project size and individual contribution size for crowdfunding-related campaigns in Spain. A draft bill would limit deal size to €1 million. Contributions for individuals would be capped at €3,000 per project, €6,000 per year. Platforms would be... Read More
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The Spanish government has admitted their mistake in capping amounts investors may contribute to crowdfunding campaigns. The law originally place a € 3000 limit per project or a €6000 limit per year for all investors. Now “professional” or accredited investors with an annual income of €100,000 or more is not encumbered by any constraints. Individuals who earn less... Read More
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Crowdcube has made it no secret they intend on a broad global expansion – in Europe and around the world. They have mentioned previously their plans to start a site in Spain – and in a recent email to followers Crowdcube shared they are preparing a launch over the coming weeks. Apparently with the changes... Read More
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Crowdcube has announced expansion into multiple markets beyond their UK base. The most recent big move was opening up shop in Spain where they have put a local team of managers in place. This southern European country has not been known for their entrepreneurial environment but Crowdcube intends on altering this dynamic by facilitating capital... Read More
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EBN and its network, in partnership with CEEILleida, Diputació de Lleida and Global Lleida are organising the 23rd EBN Congress edition. In this edition young entrepreneurs will be placed at the core of the discussions, in Lleida a city located at the heart Catalonia (Spain) from 25th to 27th June. Entrepreneurship opportunities Actually, these challenging... Read More
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Biospain 2014 is currently seeking and selecting projects for presentation as part of its Investment Forum, one of the most high profile in the sector, for which 25 investment funds, 70% of which are international, have already confirmed their attendance, a figure the organizers expect to double. This year the Forum will be bolstered by the... Read More
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