Startup Canada Podcast: Lessons in crowdfunding with Viktor Grabovskyy
Crowdfunding and marketing genius Viktor Grabovskyy is often asked how the ForeverSpin campaign gained so much support and raised so much money. “The items…
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Fundrazr partners with education savings provider to establish education crowdfunding
As crowdfunding grows in popularity, it seems it was only a matter of time before organizations working in the education sector would take notice….
Tilt releases new metrics on Canadian micro-groupfunding
Tilt’s Canadian branch isn’t even a year old, but already the company is reporting huge growth among its Canadian users. The company on Tuesday…
Canadians pledged $27.65 million to Kickstarter in 2014
Kickstarter has published a brief year-in-review presentation on its website about the crowdfunding marketplace’s 2014 growth. The numbers are impressive, with the company reporting…
Crowdfunding for Charities. Do you Giveffect?
Toronto startup Giveffect just launched a custom, white-label crowdfunding solution for charities, a much needed initiative in the space dominated by Kickstarter and Indiegogo….
Hardware Projects on Kickstarter Raised Over Five Times More Investor Funding as Those on Indiegogo
A new report has revealed some interesting facts about crowdfunded hardware projects that graduate from Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Specifically, Kickstarter projects have raised over…
Jack Astor’s to Bring Potato Salad Kickstarter Guy to Canada
In what can only be described as this week’s terrible branding initiative, Jack Astor’s restaurants is bringing the “Potato Salad Kickstarter” guy to Canada…
Here’s Five Tricks To Help Your Crowdfunding Project Win
The Next 36’s Chris Grouchy recently took to the Financial Post to drop a bit of knowledge about how crowdfunding projects can achieve greater…
Toronto Man Crowdfunds Mystery Product, and Yes, People Have Almost Funded It
A 22-year-old Toronto man has nearly hit his funding target for a new product on Crowdtilt. What the product actually is remains a mystery to all who…
Indiegogo Taps Canada As First Dance Partner in Mobile App Deployment
Indiegogo, the San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform, has opened its new app up to Canadians users first. The move comes as Indiegogo prepares for an…
Group-Funding Platform Crowdtilt Expands to Canada
Crowdtilt, a crowdfunding platform hailing from San Francisco that helps users fund experiences, purchases, and causes with help from their friends, family, and extended…
Crowdfunding as the Pre-Equity Investment and Validation Tool
Typical tech start-up funding starts when all personal savings have been exhausted, and credit cards and lines of credit have been maxed out. At…
Toronto Tool Library Turns One
Toronto Tool Library had much to celebrate on the night of its one-year anniversary. When its co-founders Ryan Dyment and Lawrence Alvarez came up…