Rewards-based crowdfunding grew dramatically in 2011. In 2010 approximately $28.8 million was donated to projects created on rewards-based crowdfunding platforms. This includes projects that received 100 percent of their pledged amount,… Read more »
In crowdfunding, a large factor in this explosion of funding has been the increase in the number of projects that are being posted online. This amount grew 285 percent from 2010… Read more »
Crowdfunding — a crowd of people donating a defined amount of money for a specific cause — is expected to reach $500 million in 2012. The size of the crowd is… Read more »
We can attribute the increase in donations to a key improvement in the crowdfunding market: the size of the crowd (number of donors). The amount of donors increased 195 percent in… Read more »
2011 saw a 410 percent increase from the previous year, with a total of over $20 million invested in projects. Almost 50 percent of all projects in 2011 received full funding. Read more »
Of the total number of crowd-funded projects, very few receive 100 percent funding. In 2011, just 88 projects out of 2,254 projects received full funding. Read more »
Involvement in crowdfunding projects is on the rise: In 2010, just 362 individuals surveyed invested in a project. In 2011, that number rose to 5,714 individuals involved in at least one crowdfunding project. Read more »
Crowdfunding — a crowd of people donating a defined amount of money for a specific cause — is a market to watch. The year 2011 saw a 68 percent decrease in… Read more »
Thanks to platforms like Kickstarter and the JOBS Act, among other things, we believe crowdfunding is an important space to watch. The quantity of fully funded projects increased, and the average… Read more »
A metric that’s actually declining in the crowdfunding field is the average amount of money that each project is receiving. The average dollar amount per project raised in 2011 was $3,995,… Read more »