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Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a form of financing used to implement business ideas, products or projects.
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Would you contribute to a crowdfunding campaign?
With so many crowdfunding campaigns to choose from, what would convince you to donate money?
Inside Europe - Italian grannies use crowdfunding for trip
Inside Europe - Italian grannies use crowdfunding for trip
African entrepreneurs turn to crowdfunding
Crowdfunding platforms are increasingly helping small business that are emerging in African markets.
Crowdfunding: Salvation by mouse-click
Thom Feeney wants to use digital solidarity to raise 1.6 billion Euros for Greece online.
Poll: Could crowdfunding make a difference for Greece?
If world leaders fail, could grass root initiatives like the Indiegogo 'Greek bailout fund' project be the answer?
The ultimate budget traveller
Wanderlust? See how Serdar Dogan travelled all over the world with his crowdfunded road movie.
Kick-starting African businesses
Online crowdfunding platforms are flourishing in Europe and the US, but they're still relatively unknown in Africa.
Crowdfunding a team
Stuttgart-based startup Fairplaid thinks it's found the answer to funding forgotten, amateur sports in Germany.
Crowdfunding seals Caterham's spot at Abu Dhabi GP
F1 has been shaken by financial concerns this season with many teams speaking out over the wealth distribution. But Caterham has survived the dreaded exit and will compete on the track in Abu Dhabi.
Pop-up parks
In search of green space, Belgians are creating their own parks out of vacant lots.
European time-lapse
This amazing time-lapse video of Europe's architectural icons was financed via crowdfunding.
African entrepreneurs go crowdfunding
The concept of crowdfunding is still relatively unknown in Africa. But for Jacques Georges Badjang, an entrepreneur in Cameroon, it's been a boon for his business. Especially when the local banks refused to give him a loan.
Supporting unknown artist
Here's why one German club owner is more concerned with new music than selling drinks.
Crowdfunding in Africa
The concept of crowdfunding is still relatively unknown in Africa. Cameroonian entrepreneur Jacques Georges Badjang, however, has profited from that fairly new concept: It helped him getting his business off the ground when banks wouldn’t give him a loan.
Turning to crowdfunding
Banks are unwilling to lend them money, so Africa's entrepreneurs are looking elsewhere.
Crowdfunding a future
After being tortured and kidnapped, a 17-year-old Syrian refugee is fighting for his education.
'We need a whistleblower'
Sarah Bajc's partner Philip Wood is among the 239 passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Feeling misled by the investigating authorities, she's campaigning to raise money for a whistleblower.
Shift Ranking of March 13: Highest funded crowdfunding projects in Germany
1. Urbanara (2,9m Euro) / 2. E-Volo (1,2m Euro) / 3. AOTERRA (1m Euro) / 4. TOLLABOX (600,000 Euro) / 5. Tiefschwarz GmbH (570,000 Euro) / Source: Crowdstreet
Shift Ranking of February 5: Top Countries by Money Pledged on Kickstarter
1. USA $663m / 2. United Kingdom $54m / 3. Canada $44m / 4. Australia $31m / 5. Germany $21m / Source: Statista
Battling Greece's crisis
A group of city-dwellers in Greece has built a self-sufficient eco-community.
Crowdfunding your next danish
More and more artists are relying on donations to finish projects at a time when the studios and record labels are tight with cash. But it's not just on kickstarter.com or Amanda Palmer doing the asking. In Denmark, the crowds are at booomerang.dk
Crowdfunding
Internet users now have new ways to offer development aid - with the chance to turn a profit.
Crowdfunding: Small-scale Investments
More and more creative types and small business people are going online with their ideas. Over crowd financing platforms, they find investors willing to make small contributions, which help these entrepreneurs realize their big plans. Crowdfunding is mainly known as a means of raising money for artistic projects. It's been used successfully by the producers of the film "Iron Sky" and rappers like Public Enemy. Artists find potential investors over platforms such as Kickstarter or SellaBand. And it's not just a case of fans supporting their idols. Increasingly hard-core investors see crowdfunding as a way of earning a tidy profit.
Crowdfunding: Fans financing art
Record labels are increasingly reluctant to invest in unknowns. That means up-and-coming bands are being forced to finance their own albums. Some of them are now turning to crowdfunding as a way to launch their careers.
Online fundraiser
New European websites launch, aiming to raise cash for various projects across the continent.
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