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Kickstarter is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors,Ranging from indie film and music to journalism and food-related projects.

We started Crowd Supply based on a single guiding principle: to be the product development platform we'd want to use for our own projects. As engineers and designers, we know the challenges of going from idea to reality, and all the important details in between. We built Crowd Supply from the ground up to handle as many of those details as possible so you can focus on your vision.

Selfstarter makes it easy to roll your own crowdfunding site. To get started, fork this repository and change around config/settings.yml to suit your needs.

Nonprofit donor database to help charities, churches, and growing organizations make smart decisions and raise more money.

What do all startup founders need? More time, passionate collaborators and investors! Designbook is the place where you as a startup founder can find the people and money that you need to launch and grow your startup in a new, efficient and innovative way. After all, now more than ever, entrepreneurship is a team sport.How do you round out your awesome team? Our community is made up of talented and passionate people who want to be part of something special, and who want to use their talent and time to earn equity in the companies on Designbook. Designbook’s growing community has people from all over the world with really diverse skill sets. More and more people are becoming a part of this community and getting involved in great new companies. Do you want to efficiently launch a business? Designbook has the tools to help you! You can outline your company and plan out your milestones and goals. You can look to our community to find the team members you need to meet your goals.Think Designbook is only for startup Founders? No way, most of our community is made up of people who want to become part of a great team. Collaborators are a huge part of startup success. We all have jobs but finding a job you love, that is a real challenge. On Designbook you can find a product that you are passionate about and become one of the first members of the team. Not only that, on Designbook you can receive equity in the company, you become an owner in a company that you work for, talk about motivation.When its time to raise money, Designbook has that covered also. Designbook has the structure and the strategy to enable you to raise funding for your product based business. We provide investors the means to evaluate and rank products they are interested in. Want to raise money through crowdfunding? Designbook will set you up for success. Within the next couple of months Designbook will be ready to run and host equity crowdfunding campaigns. »

A leader in equity-based crowdfunding, CircleUp focuses on angel investments in consumer products companies.

Donorhut is a service for nonprofit organizations and organizations seeking help with raising funds online. Our service helps you simplify your fundraising efforts and provides you with the tools to safely and securely collect money online. Our service is designed to give you as much control over your campaign as possible while keeping the process simple and easy.

Crowdsourcer.io is a crowd sourcing alternative focussed on software that allows developers and designers alike to either create or join in on software related projects, build up their contribution and earn an income from the final product. Think of Crowdsourcer.io as something between open source software creation and Kickstarter start ups, a new crowd sourcing alternative.

Citizinvestor is an American-based civic crowdfunding website. It has successfully helped fund a project to buy iPads with voice over software for a class of blind ­students.OverviewFounded by Jordan Raynor, Tony De Sisto and Erik RapprichDonations are tax deductibleDonors are not charged if their project does not reach its funding targetProjects can only be submitted by municipalitiesPeople can start petitions for new projectsUnlike kickstarter, no perks/rewards/swag are offeredInitial focus is on micro projects: between $10,000 and $20,000.Charges a 5% fee plus 3% for Amazon's payment processingQuotesWe fundamentally believe that citizens don’t have an issue with how much they pay for government services. They just want more control over where their dollars are going. That’s a really important distinction. - Jordan Rayner This has the potential to transform the way government projects and priorities are determined, go a really long way to making government more accessible, making the budget process more participatory, and using technological tools to allow citizens to put their money where their mouth is and vote with their dollars. - Jordan Rayner »