One of the case studies in the book CROWDASSET - Crowdfunding for Policy Makers is that of Angus Council in Scotland. We are joined to Shelley Hague Strategic Policy & Planning Manager at Angus Council to tell us more about the origins of its crowdfunding project, its success and plans for the future…

Tim Wright of twintangibles interviews Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes of the Matchbox Consultancy author of “Crowdfunding Potential for Nigeria 2017” a report produced in conjunction with CrowdfundingHub.twintangibles

A few months ago we interviewed Derek O'Sullivan of Thermo Tent prior to their launch of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Derek promised to return and tell us how it went and what he learned. Good to his word we caught up with Derek after a successful campaign to raise 50,000 Euro. He tells us what went well, what advantages he has found from t…

This week the UK's biggest reward crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder, announced a partnership with the Community Shares Company so that they can offer Community Share project through their site. In this podcast we speak to Dave Boyle of the Community Shares Company and he explains how he has been involved in these share issues for some time, what i…

Its not not often that you get to hear form someone whilst they are actually running a crowdfunding campaign - usually it is afterwards as they bask in the glow of success or mull a bruising failure. But here we speak to Derek O'Sullivan in the midst of his Kickstarter campaign raising funds for Thermo Tent. Derek tells us why he chose crowdfunding…

In this episode we speak to Jamie Veitch who was an important participant in the Sheffield Live crowdfunding campaign. This project raised £165,000 through a Community Share issue which is specific and increasingly popular type of crowdfunding. Jamie tells us why they chose this approach and some of the challenges and benefits with running this typ…

Marketlend is a new Australian lending platform founded and led by Leo Tyndall. Launched in the same week that the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) of Australia released its “blueprint” for the Australian financial system for the next ten years, this new platform shows how innovation in financial products is global. We were lucky enough to get a chan…

Whilst I was in Sheffield at the Deep Impact Crowdfunding conference I was invited onto BBC radio Sheffield to talk about crowdfunding and the potential launch of Venture finance Hubs. Also speaking are Jamie Veitch and Sharon Mossbeck. Host is Andy Crane. You can find out much much more at twintangibles.co.uk…

DIY Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular choice for those seeking to raise funds for the organisation or project. In this process crowdfunders choose to host their campaign themselves rather than use one of the well known crowdfunding platforms. As organisations come increasingly to understand the value of their crowdassets and social c…

Last week Tim facilitated an interview with Markus Lampinen the COO of GrowVC as part of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce ThinkDigital event, hosted at the Lighthouse. As part of our research work in the Crowdfunding area we maintain links with the major platforms and we had spoken to Markus recently. Part of that took the form of a brief interview …

TinyLightBulbs is an e-commerce site that lists “tiny little ideas” of innovators who are making the world better all together, but that “didn’t have where to go or that decided not to go to big investors to get their product up the ground”, all those little makers and innovators who decided to “do it themselves” and either crowdfunded their produc…

The Bicycle Academy, an innovative plan to train people to build bike frames whilst providing bikes to the developing world, used crowdfunding to generate the funds it needed to set up. The campaign was one of the most successful reward based campaigns raising £40,000 in just a few days. I had the chance to speak to Andrew Denham, the founder of Bi…

Crowdcube is the world leader in equity-based crowdfunding. Launched in February 2011, the UK based platform has set the pace in bringing to the fore a new mechanism of raising capital for entrepreneurs and established businesses alike. Just before Christmas twintangibles managed to get the chance to speak to Luke Lang, one of its founders shortly …