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Date Posted: 1 July 2016
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Africa Business Awards – 2016’s Most Innovative Company, South Africa

Jumpstarter Crowdfunding is delighted to announce that, following a period of extensive and in-depth research, Acquisition International has selected Jumpstarter Crowdfunding as 2016’s Most Innovative Company, South Africa!

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Acquisition International in-house team has spent the last few months examining a number of key firms based across the continent of Africa, in an effort to identify those that have, over the past 12 months (April 2015 – April 2016), stood out from the crowd in terms of stellar results and ongoing commitment to their sector.

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Date Posted: 1 July 2016
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Jumpstarter – Reward Based Crowdfunding

These days, it’s hard to hear much about fundraising without also hearing a thing or two about the concept of crowdfunding. Thanks to the internet, crowdfunding has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for a variety of people that might not have had the same chance to put their projects in motion on a practical basis before. These include small business owners, independent artists, charity workers, and many others.

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The rising popularity of top crowdfunding sites has only helped to spread the popularity of crowdfunding as a modern fundraising solution. At present, the concept on the whole has caught on to such an extent that it’s gone beyond simply being a tool specifically utilized by small businesses and independent entities to get a given project off the ground. Even larger businesses are now turning to crowdfunding as a way to obtain funds to develop products and concepts the public would like to see happen. Continue reading →

Date Posted: 1 June 2016
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CliffCentral Radio Interview | 360 Biz – Financial Empowerment

Jumpstarter Chief Operations Director, Derek Whitehead, is interviewed by CliffCentral’s Teboho Mafodi & Bulelani Balabala on the success of Jumpstarter Crowdfunding tackling real challenges facing African businesses – big, small, formal and informal!

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People speak of funding daily, but few know that there’s financial empowerment in the form of grants and crowdfunding!

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Date Posted: 1 May 2016
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Four Different Types Of Crowdfunding

Defined broadly, crowdfunding is a joint effort by individuals to support a cause, company or organization. These individuals are collectively referred to as the “crowd.”

Four Types of Crowdfunding

The role of the individuals in the crowd is to pool their resources. The resource most commonly pooled is money, which is how the word “funding” was added to “crowd” in “crowdfunding.”

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Date Posted: 24 November 2015
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PRESS RELEASE – African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA) Established to Provide Equal Access to Capital for All

African Crowdfunding Association

Today, Thundafund and Wealth Migrate supported by Jumpstarter, other Organizations and individuals announce the launch of the African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA). The ACfA will be the industry association for Crowdfunding professionals and companies in Africa.

The goal of the ACfA is to lobby for crowdfunding legislation creation and reforms, increase public awareness, and to create a more cohesive industry structure in Africa that protects investors and democratizes access to capital for all Africans.

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Date Posted: 1 November 2015
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Why Crowdfunding Campaigns Fail

There have been many well recognised, successful crowdfunding campaigns in the last several years, but most will fall short of their goal.  At times failure is simply due to the fact the project does not have merit, but remember when addressing the crowd passion and the ability to connect with your virtual investor is very important.

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Below are some of the biggest reasons a campaign fails:

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