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Revision as of 23:40, 9 March 2015

Companisto GmbH
Company typeCrowd funding
FoundedBerlin, Germany (June 2012 (2012-06))
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Number of locations
2
Key people
David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO
Websitewww.companisto.com

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]

About

Companisto claims to have a very much focus on quality. “The other platforms have an approach where there are a lot of campaigns and virtually anyone can upload one to the site. But of course, that leads to having quite a few campaigns that don’t have very high potential. Our startups and investment proposals are usually startups that have already gotten substantial investments from business angels or VCs.”[2]

Companisto has over 30,000 investors from 67 countries.

Companisto ist member of the European Crowdfunding Network.

History

Companisto investors have funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[3] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[4][5][6]

With the funding of Wonderpots (500,000 € in one week by 892 investors) Companisto broke a European crowdfunding record.[7] In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[8][9] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[10][11]

Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[4][12]

In April, 2014, Companisto opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland.[13][14]

In November 2014 early Investors of Companisto (called Companists) where offered the possibility of a 100 Percent Return after 2.5 Years.[15] Of the Companists who participated in the vote, 31.89 % voted for the offer, and the other 68.11 % voted against it. Consequently, the offer was rejected, and Companists will keep their shares in Companisto.[16]

Crowd funded startups

Million

Name Category Funding Investors Valuation Notes
WEISSENHAUS Real Estate 7,130,600€ €[17][18][19] 1609 76 Million € 4 % p.a. Minimum Interest
European crowdfunding record
Panono Hardware 1.615.745 €[20] 1804 12 Million €

500k

Name Category Funding Investors Valuation Notes
Kyl21 Food 940,450 €[21] 1982 2 Million €
EN3 Technology 727,775 €[22] 1223 6 Million €
Wonderpots Food 500,000 €[23] 890 4,5 Million €
BiteBox Food 500,000 €[12] 1,298 2,5 Million €
readfy Literature 500,000 €[24][25] 1,363 1,5 Million €

250k

Name Category Funding Investors Valuation Notes
Foodist Food 480,895 € 1,614 1,1 Million € / 2 Million € two funding-rounds (175,000 € + 305.895 €, 730+884 Investors)[26]
Meine-Spielzeugkiste Toys 460,670 € 1,241 1,1 Million € / 1,6 Million € two funding-rounds (100,000 € + 360,670 €; 871+370 Investors)[27]
5 CUPS and some sugar Food 300,000 €[28] 741 1,4 Million € Exit Offer: 145% ROI
OnlineVersicherung.de Insurance 300,000 €[29] 769 1,3 Million €
Sommelier Privé Food 300,000 €[30] 715 1,5 Million € File for Insolvency August, 2014[31]
Knicket Searchengine 264,565 €[32] 814 1,750,000 €
Tame.it Searchengine 250,000 €[33] 808 1 Million €

References

  1. ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. ^ http://tech.eu/news/german-equity-crowdfunding-platform-companisto-starts-taking-startups-across-europe
  3. ^ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  4. ^ a b "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  5. ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  6. ^ https://www.companisto.com
  7. ^ "Companisten und WONDERPOTS stellen Europa-Rekord im Crowdinvesting auf" (in German). Companisto.de. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/BerlinVC/status/490175240019116032
  9. ^ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/45065-weissenhaus-grand-village-spa-raises-over-e1-7m-on-compansito
  10. ^ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/weissenhaus-stellt-europarekord-im-crowdinvesting-auf-startup-article-686
  11. ^ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
  12. ^ a b David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  13. ^ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting‐Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  14. ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/news/companisto-er%C3%B6ffnet-office-in-z%C3%BCrich-article-537
  15. ^ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/crowdfunding-success-story:-a-100-percent-return-after-2.5-years-article-747
  16. ^ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/abtimmungsergebnis-%C3%BCber-das-exit-angebot-f%C3%BCr-die-companisten-liegt-vor-article-782
  17. ^ http://www.brandeins.de/lesen/was-wurde-aus/schloss-weissenhaus-jan-henric-buettner.html
  18. ^ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
  19. ^ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/08/48224-weissenhaus-claims-european-crowdfunding-record-companisto
  20. ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/panono-startup-38/overview
  21. ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/kyl-startup-33/overview
  22. ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/en3-startup-37/overview
  23. ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  24. ^ "Readfy schließt Finanzierung per Crowdfunding ab" (in German). buchreport.de. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  25. ^ Alois, JD (April 2, 2014). "Equity Crowdfunding Record for Companisto". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  26. ^ Ermanno Cece. "FinSMEs | Foodist Raises €175K in Equity Crowdfunding". finsmes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  27. ^ "TVSmiles holt sich 5 Millionen Euro (und mehr Finanznews) - deutsche-startups.de" (in German). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  28. ^ "5 CUPS and some SUGAR knackt die 300.000 Euro | junge Gründer" (in German). junge-gruender.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  29. ^ http://crowdstreet.de/2013/04/13/die-grosten-crowdfundings-in-deutschland
  30. ^ "Die größten Crowdfundings in Deutschland | Crowdfunding Blog - Crowd-Investments in Start-ups & Projekte" (in German). crowdstreet.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  31. ^ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/sommelier-priv%C3%A9-musste-leider-insolvenz-anmelden-article-684?utm_source=Companisto+Newsletter&utm_campaign=513328ea9e-Companisto_Newsletter_80&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9e3ce6926d-513328ea9e-26919249
  32. ^ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/knicket-startup-35/overview
  33. ^ "Tame Wants To Help Hacks, Flacks, And Other Social Media Types Tame The Noise On Twitter | TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
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