Press release - 14 November 2014 10:50

FundedByMe experiences record breaking month

FundedByMe’s strategic decision to focus mainly on business building crowdfunding has proven to be a success.

The surge of new members, new quality campaigns and that Finnish interactive yoga platform Yoogaia receiving VC funding 3 months after a FundedByMe round shows that the market is maturing and more and more segments starts seeing opportunities in the disruptive force of equity crowdfunding rather then buying previous myths like complexity in the many shareholder structure.

Latest record breakers: Yoogaia, ISBJÖRN of Sweden, GiveApp, Virtuous Vodka

FundedByMe also has seen submissions of pre IPO companies like North American Gold Mining company Maple Leaf Gold and submission of a car portal site operated by ex VolvoCars CEO in Shanghai

”Our mission is to provide a financial service that creates a stair for the companies to climb upwards in the eco system of funding, there is nothing better like funds in the bank with the added force of hundreds of people talking about your products or company”, says Daniel Daboczy, CEO and co-founder of FundedByMe.

FundedByMe aims to be the one-stop-shop of company funding standing on the forces of crowdfunding. Today the platform offers both equity- and reward based crowdfunding. The company aims to launch a loan based crowdfunding product (peer-to-company social ledning) in Sweden and thereby offer a full spectrum of crowd investment services and becoming a one-stop-shop for company funding.

Stats:

More then 42,000 activated investor members

Average investment €3,250, 23% crossborder investments, 13% returning international investors

Biggest investments €120,000, lowest investment €8

Singapore

Ambassador Håkan Jevrell recently opened the formal launch of FundedByMe in Singapore, held in conjunction with a conference, “Asia: The Next Crowdfunding Epicentre”, arranged by FundedByMe. The Singapore office is the company’s first step outside the European borders, providing a gateway for the markets in Asia Pacific. In his opening speech Ambassador Jevrell highlighted the great collaboration between Singapore and Sweden and the highly welcomed addition of FundedByMe to the Singaporean market and beyond.

The event was held at the Singapore Exchange SGX and was a well-attended event with over 200 participants.

Topics

Economy, Finance

Regions

Skåne

FundedByMe is the fastest-growing crowd financing platform, connecting investors and entrepreneurs. Founded in April 2011 in Sweden, FundedByMe today operates with additional offices in Finland, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, Germany and Singapore.

FundedByMe offers equity crowdfunding, peer-to-company social lending (Q1 2015) and reward-based crowdfunding.

For more information, visit www.fundedbyme.com.

Contacts

Susan Sjölund

Press contact Chief Marketing Officer Marketing and communications susan@fundedbyme.com +46723338910

Daniel Daboczy

Press contact CEO and co-founder daniel@fundedbyme.com +46736269985

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FundedByMe’s strategic decision to focus mainly on business building crowdfunding has proven to be a success: Only three months after their crowdfunding round, the Finnish yoga platform Yoogaia succeeded to attract one of the leading venture capital firms in the Nordics and raised €500K for further expansions.

18 September 2014 08:39

FundedByMe welcomes Kickstarter to Sweden with a gift

When the American crowdfunding platform Kickstarter launched their services in Sweden, their Swedish competitor FundedByMe answered with embracing their presence and welcome them with open arms - and a gift.

8 September 2014 07:51

Link2Ventures invests in FundedByMe

Following their successful opening of an office in Singapore 2013, FundedByMe today announces that the Singapore based investment company Link2Ventures invests in the company for further expansions into Asia Pacific.

21 August 2014 15:55

FundedByMe expands with key personnel to ensure increased growth

The FundedByMe HQ in Stockholm expands their team with Michal Gromek, recently from Rocket Internet.

10 April 2014 15:35

Intresset att investera i den svenskabyggda crowdfundingsajten FundedByMe är mycket stort.

I veckan stängde extra bolagsstämman en emission som fulltecknades på en vecka med 200 investerare. Inom några dagar öppnas ytterligare en mindre emission för att alla som signerat för teckning skall kunna vara med i bolaget.

1 April 2014 11:58

FundedByMe inför crowd-lending

Svenska crowdfunding plattformen Fundedbyme lägger till möjligheten för entreprenörer att söka lån från crowden för att finansiera sina bolag. "I Sverige, liksom i många andra länder, är det svårt för tillväxtbolag att få in pengar. Där finns ett jättebehov, inte minst för bolag som inte befinner sig i en storstad eller i närheten av riskkapital", säger vd Daniel Daboczy

25 August 2015 08:58

Niclas Ahlström appointed as new Country Manager for Finland by FundedByMe

Niclas Ahlström joins FundedByMe to spear head Finland and maintain the FundedByMe Nordic domination in crowdfunding. FundedByMe launched in 2011 and is the biggest crowdfunding portal with a recorded 86% share of the Nordic market. With over 12m€ raised and a global member pool of over 56,000 people from 116 countries FundedByMe shows that crowdfunding is a global tool to fund companies.