The crowdfunding market grew threefold in 2011

According to a study by The Daily Crowdsource in 2011, companies and projects raised $ 102 million through crowdfunding based on one-off rewards (the kickstarter model — everyone who pays gets a predetermined non-cash reward if the project succeeds) and $ 20.5 million through crowdfunding for investment basis (the traditional model is money in exchange for a share in a business or future profits). The figures are based on an analysis of indicators of eight crowdfunding platforms operating on the principle of one-time remuneration and six investment.

In 2011, 31 thousand projects tried to get co-financing (in 2010 - 12 thousand). It is important that the number of projects that managed to raise the required amount also increased significantly - this means that the crowdfunding model retains its effectiveness. Of the 102 million crowdfunding collected for a fee, 85.4 went to projects funded 100% or more. Such projects in 2011 were 263% more than in 2010.

At this growth rate, the largest crowdfunding platform kickstarter in 2012 will help art projects attract more money than National Endowment for the Arts - the US government organization dedicated to the arts.

Investment crowdfunding is lagging behind in absolute numbers, but shows a relative increase of five times. Most likely, it will show an accelerated growth rate in the future, since on April 5, Barack Obama signed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act - a package of changes in the legislation that legalizes crowdfunding. Until now, crowdfunding was in the United States outside the legal field - that is why the most widely used financing model in exchange for “trinkets”, which is not officially considered an investment. Earlier, only those who fell under the definition of an “accredited investor” could invest in a startup, that is, they had free capital of at least $ 1 million and an annual income of at least 200 thousand over the past two years. Now every American can invest in young fast-growing companies from 2% to 10% of their annual income (but not more than 10 thousand dollars a year). A startup can raise up to $ 1 million a year in this way.
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Unfortunately, we are still strangers at this celebration of life. Perhaps the only example of successful crowdfunding in the CIS is the political project “RosPil” by Alexey Navalny. Among the few domestic clones of kickstarter, only “With the world on a thread” looks more or less alive. Besides him, I managed to find only “Time to start” and IT-rockout . Both are at zero. It's sad ...