Aussie crowdfunding platform OzCrowd has been instrumental in bringing young Queensland man Jordan Darney home after suffering a terrible accident in Prague. While OzCrowd is one of the more recent entrants into the local crowdfunding market, unlike some others, it offers a variety of funding models. This was a huge advantage … Continue reading
Category Archives: Australian platforms
Crowdfunding by RipeNearMe at #StartingGood Digital Summit!
The lovely people over at StartSomeGood asked me to be part of their #StartingGood Digital Summit in October 2014. I was really excited to interview Alistair Martin from RipeNearMe – a brilliant initiative. This crowdfunding project to create change has to be one my favourite ones – it makes so … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing Entrepreneurs
Crowdsourcing was an early example of the power of the crowd. We have some noteable success stories here in Australia including Matt Barrie from Freelancer.com. Doing business online has become the norm and building trust no longer requires meeting in person at the early stages. People find love on the … Continue reading
Your Christmas Crowdfunding Guide
As we venture closer to Christmas we face the inevitable task of dolling out huge amounts of cash for Christmas presents. If you’re anything like me then at some stage of the process you may feel a bit uneasy about spending so much money when there are serious issues of … Continue reading
Subscription Crowdfunding Growth
Global crowdfunding platform Pozible announced the beta launch of their subscription crowdfunding model. I’m pretty excited about the subscription model as it appears to address the challenge of ongoing support that projects may need. Wary of continually going back to their networks to ask for more money, crowdfunders may find … Continue reading
Chuffed Crowdfunding Christmas
There’s a new platform in Australia aimed at not-for-profits and social enterprises and it’s got a hard-to-beat angle: Fee Free Crowdfunding. With Chuffed immediately taking an average of 5 per cent off the costs to crowdfunders this is sure to gain a lot of attention from those in the target market. The … Continue reading
Crowdfunding for kids with Village Raised
If you’re a busy working parent then perhaps you’re a bit like me: More comfortable behind a computer than behind the cake stall at the school fete? If that is the case, then Village Raised may be the perfect way to fundraise for your school or kindergarten. I spoke to … Continue reading
Supporting Crowdfunding Platforms
Nice words today from new Australian platform Fanfuel when I added them to the list of platforms. This page receives a lot of traffic on my site and as soon as I hear of a new platform I like to touch base to get their details to add to the … Continue reading
Team Bus crowdfunding site for Australian sports clubs and athletes
Team Bus is an Australian platform for any sports-related cause that needs fundraising. In big news, Melbourne Football Club turns to Team Bus crowdfunding site to sponsor its first ever women’s team! This may well be the first time an elite sporting club has used crowdfunding in Australia. Summary: Team … Continue reading
ZoshPit: Australia’s Music-based Crowdfunding Platform
Australian indie music creators will soon have access to new funding options. Launching any day now is an Australian crowdfunding platform solely dedicated to music projects. I spent time researching ArtistShare and SellaBand when writing Crowdfund it! I’m interested to find out more about what ZoshPit offers to Australian musicians … Continue reading