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KICKSTARTER LAUNCHES DRIP, A NEW SERVICE THAT LETS FANS SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR FAVORITE CREATORS
The Verge, 2017: "Amid stagnant growth and a leadership exodus, Kickstarter’s founder returns to the helm. "The idea of subscription crowdfun... (2017)
Capital-as-a-Service: A New Operating System for Early Stage Investing
At Social Capital, we’re most excited about entrepreneurs that challenge assumptions, that take a non-consensus view of the world, and then… (2017)
Invisible unicorns: 35 big companies that started with little or no money
TechCrunch: Capital won’t make your company insightful. If you can’t creatively turn $1 into $10, why do you expect to be able to turn $1 million i... (2017)
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 Tops $1 Billion Valuation as Pandemic Brings a Surge in Creators to Platform
Membership platform Patreon, which enables musicians and other creators to connect with fans, has raised $90 million from investors, bringing its v... (2020)
A Look Into The Wild Economy Of Tabletop Board Game Funding
The tabletop gaming community has quietly been shifting toward a new type of funding model where fans have increasing say over which games make it ... (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)
Crypto Bulls Pile Into ICOs at Record Pace Despite Bitcoin Rout - Bloomberg
This year’s selloff in virtual currencies has done little to dent investor enthusiasm for initial coin offerings, which attracted a record $12 bill... (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)
Mike Yung - Subway Compilation
Kickstarter for my album... (2018)
Republic — Invest in Startups
On Republic, anyone can invest in startups. Become an investor in cutting-edge private companies with as little as $10 ✅ (2021)
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)