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What we learned from our $5M community round
We’re excited to announce that we’ve completed our community round, via Wefunder. In late July of 2021, we set aside ~$5M to allow our customers... (2022)
What We Learned Doing Fast Grants - Future
We launched an abnormally fast source of emergency science funding during COVID-19. The results revealed flaws in current science funding models. (2021)
Patreon triples valuation to $4 billion in new raise – TechCrunch
Patreon has tripled its valuation to $4 billion in a $155 million funding round led by Tiger Global, the company confirmed to The Wall Street Journ... (2021)
How startups are using crowdfunding to raise capital - even during a pandemic
When it comes to capital raising, entrepreneurs have been increasingly tapping their own crowds. We explore the types of crowdfunding and share tip... (2020)
New SEC Crowdfunding Rules Could Provide Founders With a Boost
Founders can raise $5 million through crowdfunding, up from $1.07 million, and certain demo day communications will not be deemed general solicitat... (2020)
Patreon will now give creators cash advances on their subscription money
Patreon Capital exists because Patreon is a business that pays out a significant amount of the money it pulls in to the people who populate its pla... (2020)
Max Tuchman Shares 3 Lessons Learned From Raising $1.7M Through Equity Crowdfunding
In an effort to show just how diverse funding options can be, Max Tuchman shares how she navigated raising $1.7M by going the equity crowdfunding r... (2019)
Patreon, one of the most interesting media startups of the last few years, has raised $60 million - Vox
The service, which lets fans pay creators, will process more than $150 million in contributions this year. (2017)
Grocery startup BigBasket becomes India’s newest unicorn with new $150M investment – TechCrunch
India has a new unicorn after BigBasket, a startup that delivers groceries and perishables across the country, raised $150 million for its fight ag... (2019)
Exclusive: The Saga Of 'Star Citizen,' A Video Game That Raised $300 Million—But May Never Be Ready To Play
Video game legend Chris Roberts has spent seven years building "Star Citizen," drawing in money from average gamers in the world's biggest crowdfu... (2019)
Controversial U of T Prof Now Making Over $500K a Year in Donations - VICE
Jordan Peterson, the darling of the anti-PC crowd, is making bank. (2017)
Facebook’s Patreon competitor is a bad deal for creators - The Verge
Facebook’s Fan Subscriptions feature, which rolled out last March to a handful of pages, is a Patreon competitor that lets users pay $4.99 a month ... (2019)
Say Hello to SmartDrops: The New Way to Give Away Free Crypto - CoinDesk
Can smarter airdrops help crypto projects build communities and keep speculation at bay? (2018)
Drinking From The Crypto Firehose – AVC
But we still don’t have consensus mechanisms that can scale to transaction speeds that are typical of mainstream web apps, we don’t yet have consen... (2018)
Choosing Which Key Performance Indicators Matter to your Business - Boardwalk Advisors
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) analyze particular business activities and allow management to determine which course of action to take in order ... (2018)
Why the SEC Should Give Amnesty to Illegal ICOs - CoinDesk
The SEC and ICO participants must work together to find a reasonable market fix to the current royal mess... (2018)
GoFundMe acquires YouCaring as charitable crowdfunding continues to consolidate – TechCrunch
GoFundMe, the startup that focuses on crowdfunding for charitable causes, has made another acquisition to scale up its platform: It has acquired Yo... (2018)
Valuation For Startups — 9 Methods Explained – Medium
This article was co-written and published in French by Augustin de Cambourg and in Portuguese by Raphael Mielle. The box has a value. The more thin... (2016)
ICOs Iced: A 12-Month Freeze on US Token Trading Is Just Beginning - CoinDesk
The SEC's actions against U.S. ICOs appear to not only be discouraging innovation, they're leaving even experts confused about the state of play. (2018)
MIT-Founded Startup Raises $20 Million for Supply Chain Blockchain - CoinDesk
Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's media lab, the startup raised the funds to continue developing its own public blockchain - p... (2018)
So Long ICOs, Hello Airdrops: The Free Token Giveaway Craze Is Here - CoinDesk
Scrapping public tokens for free airdrops has become the new way crypto issuers are building communities and even keeping themselves out of trouble. (2018)
The ICO Paradox — and how to fix it. – Sia Blog
Today’s ICOs are deeply flawed and lack the right incentives. Tokenized Securities Offerings (TSOs) are the solution. At Sia, we have closely w... (2018)
Advice on pitching - Aaron Harris (YC)
We're currently getting ready for demo day at YC, which means quite a lot of pitch practice. Here are the main points of feedback we tend to give t... (2018)
Searching the Subway for Mike Yung, the Viral Singer that Time Forgot | Pitchfork
A video of Yung singing the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” has been viewed millions of times in the past week, but he's been down this—and ... (2018)
I Will Never Give Up – AVC
I’m a fan of busking. I always drop some change in the basket. A little entertainment underground goes a long way with me. As the narrator says ... (2018)
Diligence 101 for Seed Stage Startups – Hacker Noon
For some entrepreneurs, raising capital is effortless. When you see a company raise tens of millions of dollars, series after series, especially if... (2017)
Learn how to do DD like a startup founder with these 66 checks (and learn how to spot shams)
Now before we start let us be clear this is mostly applicable for B2C, B2B is very difficult to do due diligence (DD) on without talking to the ‘cl... (2016)
Stones Unturned: An Investor’s Guide to Due Diligence in Early Stage Companies
14 angel investing risk factors to evaluate during due diligence and how to prepare a diligence report. (2018)
An Investor’s Guide to Due Diligence in Early Stage Companies [Series]
This series of 18 angel investing articles focuses on the due diligence process and how to minimize risk before investing in startups. (2018)
Blended Capital: What Happens When Companies Tap Both VCs and Foundations For Funding? | EdSurge News
"It takes a village to raise a successful education technology company—and for that matter, to build an ecosystem for education innovation that cre... (2016)
Mike Yung - Subway Compilation
Kickstarter for my album... (2018)
Buy Me A Coffee | Where creators make money doing what they love
Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (2020)
GitHub - sponsors - Receive recurring funds to build our shared digital infrastructure
Fund your work. Build what matters.. GitHub is where people build software. More than 36 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribu... (2019)
StartEngine: Equity Crowdfunding & Investment Opportunities
StartEngine is One of The Nation's Leading Equity Crowdfunding Platforms. StartEngine Allows Everyday People The Opportunity to Invest Online a... (2018)
Patreon - Best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with fans
Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. Join over 50,000 creators earning salaries from over 1,00... (2018)