European Expertise Centre for Alternative and Community Finance
Why you should always use Crowdfunding
More control for entrepreneur
Crowdfunding = Community Funding
Not an anonymous crowd, but involved community
Crowdfunding
more than money
marketing
broad support
market research
brand loyalty
easier to attract additional finance
Luchtsingel Rotterdam
Marketing
1300 funders - Local city promotion - 4 million euro
Market research
18.000 subscribers - >1 million euro raised
Investment by customers – Brand Loyalty
1 million euro funding in 2 campaigns
Additional finance
1400 members - 15 million euro (2 million equity)
Additional finance
$2,5 million pre-sales -> VC -> Facebook
Next step: Crowd Businessmodel
R&D with customers/investors
Use community as marketing team
Crowdfunding = Community Funding
Funding from an involved community
Crowdfunding = More than money
Marketing, market research, local support
Crowdfunding for projects
Not for your brand/organization
Crowdfunding campaign = Marketing campaign
Not only a fundraising campaign
Crowd Businessmodel
Implement crowd in R&D and marketing department
Key take-aways
European Expertise Centre for Alternative and Community Finance
Ronald Kleverlaan
Founder CrowdfundingHub
Advisor European Commission “Alternative Finance”
ronald@crowdfundinghub.eu
@kleverlaan

Why every startup should use crowdfunding - Ronald Kleverlaan

Editor's Notes

  • #4 2 grote misverstanden. Eerste is anonieme crowd
  • #6 Luchtsingel Rotterdam 60K euro in eerste instantie. Via bekendheid werd 4 miljoen euro Stadsinitiatief opgehaald
  • #7 Luchtsingel Rotterdam 60K euro in eerste instantie. Via bekendheid werd 4 miljoen euro Stadsinitiatief opgehaald
  • #8 Rob Wijnberg heeft 1 miljoen euro opgehaald om nieuwe online krant te starten >30.000 leden nu (60%? hernieuwd)
  • #10 Phase 1. Build supporting community (400 members) Phase 2. Add local investor community (+1000 members) Phase 3. Raise 2 million euro (+16 million bank loan) Phase 4. Build windfarm Phase 5. Members are 100% owner
  • #11 Oculus Rift 2,5M Kickstarter (sep 2012) - enkele tientallen miljoenen VC -> $2 miljard Facebook
  • #13 Involved community
  • #14 Marketing teams of fans and investors (instead of internal team)