1. The largest Crowdfunding website Startnext
"Startnext" was founded in 2010 and was the first German Crowdfunding platform. So far, around 2,000 different projects have been submitted. The success rate is around 40 percent. Successful examples include the TV-magazine "stoersender.tv" with Dieter Hildebrandt, a food sharing platform.
- Target audience: artists, designers and inventors.
- Cost: Basically, to start next is free of charge and free of Commission. It is a Premium, however, can be purchased Features that to market a project better. Start next set them up in a Facebook-Account, create press releases and promotional QR Codes, and business cards.
- Support you can) the individual projects via Paypal (here are the fees for the project initiators), Bank transfer, Sofortüberweisung, FidorPay, the start of next vouchers and a cash payment (against a fee, can be activated.
Crowdfunding: Start Next
2. Incubators, with Crowdfunding for artists, musicians and Creative
In the case of "incubators, with" be mainly implemented creative and social projects. Whether a filmmaker or a musician - the small platform is ideal for small amounts up to max. 10.000 Euro. As has been previously financed, amongst others, a branch office of the pirate party and the election campaign of party "The party".
- Audience: filmmakers, musicians, designers, authors, and inventors.
- Cost: For successfully-funded projects, a Commission, as well as PayPal and various transaction fees due. Overall, you have to give up 10 percent of the collected amount.
- Supporters will find here as the payment method only Paypal.
Incubators, With Crowdfunding
3. Expensive Crowdfunding Visionary: vision bakery
Founded in 2010, the platform "vision bakery" is today the second largest German Crowdfunding website, with more Than 4,000 projects have the financing by means of VisionBakery is trying - successfully, however, were only about 100 projects. Among them, for example, a second radio Studio for "detector.fm" and the world Cup participation of the German women's national team in Lacrosse.
- Target group: The visions of the bakery is mainly a platform for film-makers, musicians, artists and social projects.
- Costs: For any transactions fees of 36 cents will be charged, regardless of the amount. In the case of a successfully funded project visionbakery charged 10 percent fees, as well as 1.9 percent for each Paypal payment.
- If you want to support a project, you can do so via Paypal or via a traditional Bank transfer.
The VisionBakery
International Crowdfunding: The Top 3 of the best platforms
- "Kickstarter" is over 45,000 successfully funded projects, the world's largest Crowdfunding Community. Over 600 million US dollars were collected for the various projects. Including the "New Broadway Musical: One for my Baby", the development of a 3D printer and a Museum opening. The funding from Germany, however, is not possible.
- "Indiegogo" is an international platform, with the help of some German projects to be realized could. Among the most well-known Indiegogo initiatives, the funding of a further relay of the remote TV-Format "the Jersey Shore" (total amount: 1.25 million US dollars).
- "RocketHub" is a smaller website, the world's various projects. These range from art, research to social commitment.
Crowdfunding with Kickstarter
Other Crowdfunding Pages
- The "game forge" for creative game ideas.
- "CorwdEner.gy" for Crowdfunding for Renewable energy.
- In the case of "science starter" are scientific projects in the focus of the crowd funder.
- "Berlin Crowd" is the platform for project ideas from and for the capital.
- The website "Sellaband" helps Bands and Solo musicians in the Studio production co.
- "GreenUnite" is an international Crowdfunding Community on "green" projects to counter the consequences of climate change, has specialized.
Crowdfunding for musicians
What is the significance of Crowdfunding in the meantime, has obtained, we report in the CHIP TV , the CeBit. A picture gallery of the most fascinating Crowdfunding projects, we have you here assembled.
