The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2024

Image source: Getty Images My friend Jeff wanted to start a food truck business and had read a lot about crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is a relatively recent addition to the small business funding toolkit. The beauty of crowdfunding is that these funding pledges do not need to be repaid.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Crowdfunding Traditionally, there were only two ways to fund a business through history. Crowdfunding is altogether different. With crowdfunding, you neither take on a debt nor do you bring on a partner. If you open a hand-thrown clay pottery store for example, you could name different pots after your crowdfunding investors.

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Africa Capital Digest

MARCH 23, 2025

The post CEI Africa Joins Crowdfunding Platforms to Back MPower first appeared on Africa Capital Digest. To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. Current members login here) [.]

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Depending on the loan provider, you may be able to access funding much faster than using other methods, like grants or crowdfunding. Crowdfunding Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo allow new business owners to raise funds by gathering small contributions from a large number of people -- without giving up equity in their businesses.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Crowdfunding Traditionally, there have been two ways to fund a business: Debt funding Equity funding Debt funding is what it sounds like -- you take on debt in the form of a loan. Crowdfunding is newer and altogether different. A food truck might, for example, name a dish after one of the crowdfunding investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". You can''t crowdfund a fund.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

These can include self-funding, crowdfunding, using venture capital, or through a small business loan, according to the U.S. Data from Google shows that people searching for the small business topic in the business and industrial category over the past year searched for the following related queries.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. A lot of people have asked me over the last year what I think of crowdfunding. Call it fate, call it luck.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Stories of startups with million-dollar funding seem to dominate our newsfeeds, but overall venture capital volume is actually falling. Crowdfunding and SBA loans can provide funds you can use to build or grow your business. Image source: Getty Images Want to start a business but don't have VC funding or access to a business loan ?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Whether your business needs venture capital, angel investors, or crowdfunding from everyday investors, lower interest rates might make it easier for your company to access the capital you need. When interest rates go down, that means the best savings accounts and money market accounts are no longer paying such high APYs.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Start-up funding is essential, as is operating capital. But the fact is, there are many ways to fund a business, including small business loans , crowdfunding, and microfinance options. It takes money to launch a business. As a result, many people feel they simply do not have enough to launch.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2024

You might capitalize on carbon concerns by creating eco-tourism projects closer to home. Another might be crowdfunded loans for solar panel projects. Eco-tourism Almost 70% of those surveyed in Trip.com's 2022 Sustainable Travel Consumer Report said they were actively seeking sustainable travel options.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 28, 2019

While some of those offerings were scams or worse , many of the ones that are being investigated by the SEC are serious projects, started by some of the top cryptographers and computer scientists in the world, and backed by the leading token funds and venture capital firms in the US and around the world. You can do so here.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

Also too, you have a ton of private equity capital that's going out there and looking to take on loans that maybe regional banks won't want to take on. There's still a lot of capital flowing into real estate, maybe not the speed it was in 2021. I think that does present an opportunity for institutional capital to continue taking share.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

It's very fashionable these days of crowdfunding and party rounds to go out, tell a good story to individuals, and piece together a lot of cash from a lot of folks--with no investor in particular really taking any responsibility for advising the company.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Last year, the company crowdfunded more money to artists than the National Endowment for the Arts. The Pencil Factory. Barclays Center.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Not all of us can be Warren Buffett, because he can totally avoid things he doesn't understand and still make so much money with all that capital and all that acumen. billion inventure capital to develop these bots. Maybe that approach is a little bit better for most of us. Mary Long: Asit I already thought you are a renaissance man.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As such, we prioritise investing in companies with technology offerings that have the potential to generate a life improvement for at least one million people in emerging markets within a decade of investment, while still meeting typical venture capital return expectations by commercialising their technology in North America and Europe.

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

Several types of investment opportunities are available, from traditional stocks to crowdfunding campaigns. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

They know that castles and trains have sold in the past, but they're putting out all this capital to send off to the manufacturer to print a bunch of games. Elizabeth Hargrave: But there was an article about me in The New York Times and there were no copies of Wingspan available to capitalize on that. He just raised $1.8

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Feb 24, 2020 Bird by Bird Albert Wenger — Feb 24, 2020 Coronavirus and World After Capital. They are back with the Rocketbook Orbit which is a “legal pad” that saves your work to the cloud. I backed it this morning.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Too many DAOs are just experiments in crowdfunding or forms of financial marketplaces. Massive sums are sitting on the sidelines just waiting to be more than just money, or cynically, waiting to be able to be money just without the whole capital gains part that comes with converting it back to fiat.

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Private Capital Investment in Latin America

MARCH 4, 2025

DEALS > UNICORN SoftBank Group and Dynamo led a US$190m Series E round in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from VELT Partners, Brasil Capital, and Brazilian family office Lakewood Investment Management, and follow-on from monashees and Flybridge Capital. Acumen led a US$4.5m

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The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

You look at things from capital appreciation, stocks, ultimately they have the potential to increase in value over time. I think that's something that probably doesn't get enough attention but the longer you own certain companies, and that comes with dividends and also capital appreciation, stocks go up. There's compounding.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

There was no venture capital, you know, there. Initially, it was started in 2005 and it was called Revolution, but it was just my capital. A little over a decade ago, we decided to open up to outside capital. And in our early days, we really just tried to figure out like many startups get noticed to stay alive.

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