Companisto
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| Company type | Crowd funding |
|---|---|
| Founded | Berlin, Germany (June 2012) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 2 |
Key people | David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO |
Number of employees | 22 |
| Website | www |
Companisto is an international equity-based crowdfunding website. It was founded by the lawyers David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge in June 2012, in Berlin. Investments are between 5 and 500,000 Euros per investor with no limit on how much funding a startup can raise.[1] Companisto allows investors to invest in startups. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefiting from an exit. Companisto has over 60.000 investors from 92 countries.
Business model
Companisto allows investors to invest in startups. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefiting from an exit.[2][3][4]
History
Companisto investors have funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[5] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[6][7][8]
In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[9][10] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[11][12] Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[6][13] In April, 2014, Companisto opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland.[14][15]
In December 2015 Companisto exceeded €25M in funding.[16]
References
- ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/10/75370-seeking-industry-transparency-companisto-publishes-its-equity-crowdfunding-performance-data-focusing-on-germany-austria-and-switzerland
- ^ http://www.presseportal.de/pm/106768/3128076
- ^ http://www.companis.to/Performance_Report
- ^ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ a b "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ https://www.companisto.com
- ^ https://twitter.com/BerlinVC/status/490175240019116032
- ^ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/45065-weissenhaus-grand-village-spa-raises-over-e1-7m-on-compansito
- ^ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/weissenhaus-stellt-europarekord-im-crowdinvesting-auf-startup-article-686
- ^ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
- ^ David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting‐Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/news/companisto-er%C3%B6ffnet-office-in-z%C3%BCrich-article-537
- ^ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/12/78453-companisto-exceeds-e25m-milestone-exemplifies-growing-crowdfunding-sector
