ASSOB Funding Portal features in Crowdfunding Industry Research.

by paulniederer on May 16, 2012

ASSOB‘s Funding Portal features in Equity Crowdfunding Industry Research project announced in Forbes Magazine.  Carl Esposti and Sr. Analyst Gerrit Ahlers among other things has the following to say about the ASSOB process and track record.

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The Road to Equity Crowdfunding Hell Through the Rear View Mirror

April 27, 2012

Having run an Equity Funding platform for the past seven years ASSOB has a real feel for the type of platform that will be necessary to manage equity based crowdfunding. At the lowest common denominator Crowd-funding platforms enable anonymous persons to appear as legitimate entrepreneuers wanting your hard earned cash

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ASSOB stats show Capital Raising Platforms strength with investors

April 7, 2012

ASSOB’s Capital Raising Platform has recently passed $120 million in funds raised. It has looked back on the past 5 years to see what the stats tell.While several companies have gone from ASSOB to stock exchanges like the ASX and others have exited through trade sales it is interesting to

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Capital Raising and Crowdfunding

March 9, 2012

Shaun Drummond writes a good article in the AFR today. Capital raising scene gets crowded When we look back in ten years the way businesses get capital will have changed considerably. What began as “pledge’ and “loan” crowdfunding is moving in to the equities area with companies like Crowdcube, Symbiad

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Profounder Equity Investor Crowdfunding Platform closes … lessons

February 21, 2012

The unfortunate exit of Profounder from the equity investor crowd funding scene is worth commenting on. Equity or Investor Crowdfunding is a complex and time consuming area with often little return. While Symbid and Crowdcube and others have chosen to create bridging investment entities or coops to enable smaller investments

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A Future Capital Raising and Funding Model for Investors

November 23, 2011

Tomorrow’s Capital Raising model for raising funds and matching investors with entrepreneurs could be here! Trickling into the mainstream are new capital raising and funding models that show us a glimpse of what the future could be. While many crowdfunding platforms offer generous or novel prizes to entice people to “pledge” or

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Finance Sector could be reduced by a factor of 4 or 5

October 20, 2011

In an interview conducted by Business Spectator’s Amber Plum on October 17, 2011 with University of Western Sydney associate professor of economics and finance Steve Keen, he makes the following statement: “SK: If the finance sector was doing what it should be doing, which is simply providing working capital

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Capital Raising event in Melbourne Great Success

October 9, 2011

A capital raising event held by ASSOB in Melbourne this week was a great success. There is a good article about the event in the Business Spectator. Thanks to Bob Gottliebsen. The main message from ASSOB’s CEO Paul Niederer was that when you invest via the ASSOB Capital Raising Platform 100% of the funds

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Capital Raising while listed on a Stock Exchange

October 4, 2011

  Capital Raising does take place while a company is listed on a Stock Exchange but it usually handled by Investment Banking firms and Stockbrokers. The Stock Exchange is not directly involved in the process but will allow the trading of the newly issued shares once the offering has closed. Funds

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Are funds invested in your Superfund Fostering Jobs & Innovation?

October 1, 2011

Did you realise the majority of funds invested by individuals or your super fund don’t actually create jobs or foster innovation? Reason being is that the majority of investors buy shares from individuals in preference to investing funds directly into the actual entity. Why the preference? Most people prefer to

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