FundedByMe Success Story Wheelys Launches Unmanned Convenience Store in Shanghai.
News just in from TechCrunch : "Wheelys, a startup that got its start selling an all-in-one cafe on a bike, is pushing forward with another crazy local commerce idea. The company is opening up an unmanned retail store in Shanghai that will allow customers to buy chocolates, cigarettes or potato chips at any time, day or night. “We’ve been thinking about how to make shopping more innovative, effective and cheaper for people to start a cafe or retail in general,” Wheelys cofounder and CEO Maria De La Croix told TechCrunch'
Scandinavia’s fastest-growing crowdfunding platform closes its 2016 activities with a cheer. With more than 74,000 registered members from 179 countries, FundedByMe has thus far raised almost €30 million to 461 successful crowdfunding campaigns, averaging €5,500 per investment and investments from 45 countries. This is almost double the total amount raised during the first five years up to December 2015.
“The crowdfunding trend is only going to get bigger from here, as 2016 has shown a maturity of the market while FundedByMe attracts bigger parts of the early majority than early adopters
Summer, historically a quiet time for crowdfunding platform FundedByMe, this year proved to be a hit with investors – particularly in the sharing economy division. Not only did Wheelys break all Nordic crowdfunding records, but Swedish Rentl reached 320% of their crowdfunding goals, smashing their €60,000 crowdfunding goal to raise almost $190,000 from crowd investors. Rentl is a web service that allows its users to rent items they may need from people near them – offering environment and cost-conscious consumers the opportunity to easily hire items they may need, rather than purchase.
Wheelys Café closed their campaign on FundedByMe this week after reaching 410% of their funding goal. The campaign, which secured more than €740,000 from 167 investors, breaks the record for most overfunded equity crowdfunded campaign on FundedByMe, previously held by Berries by Astrid, a campaign that raised €244,000 from 171 investors in record time, reaching 380% of its crowdfunding goal. “Watching the Wheelys campaign launch, succeed and close has been thrilling,” says Daniel Daboczy, CEO and co-founder of FundedByMe. “This is what crowdfunding is all about – presenting a hot
In the wake of the financial chaos that Europe is facing after the United Kingdom’s "Brexit" decision, FundedByMe has been the host to a funding round that doubled it’s crowdfunding goal within the first day of launching on the platform. The Wheelys Café campaign launched on FundedByMe at 12pm on Monday 27 June and confirmed more than €350,000 from 78 investors in the first 18 hours. Wheelys Inc is a Swedish Y Combinator startup operating hi-tech organic bike cafés in 50 countries. “The Wheelys campaign reached their crowdfunding goal in record time proving that despite the turbulence