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crowdfund

To raise money for something, such as a project or cause, by soliciting donations from a large network of people, often via social media. If the studio won't finance our movie, then we'll have to turn to crowdfunding. I'm crowdfunding to raise money for a local family whose house burned down.

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"Say if a local bar wanted to crowd fund panels for roof," said van Haaren.

Green money growing one dollar at a time

Amsterdam-based Kurdish filmmaker and writer Beri Shalmashi has successfully crowd funded her short film, 'Shouted From the Rooftops,' a tragic love story about a couple divided by war.

Kurdish filmmaker turns to crowd funding to finance short film

If we take the statistics - average crowd funds raised in the UK have increased by 47% in the first half of 2015 and the UK is the centre of crowd funding globally.

Follow the crowd on new routes to business funding

Naked Wines, founded in 2008, runs a crowd funded business where around 300,000 subscribers help fund over 130 independent winemakers in 14 countries in exchange for access to exclusive wines at preferential prices.

Majestic swallows Naked Wines; In Brief

Films with successful crowd funded projects range from very small, raising hundreds of dollars to larger ones, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Trends in the motion picture industry provide opportunities and challenges for accountants: tax credits, crowd funding and global partnerships

Myton Park Primary School in Ingleby Barwick successfully "crowd funded" PS70 to buy five fruit trees.

School's efforts set to bear fruit thanks to funding

* Shekra combines multiple aspects of the entrepreneurial ecosystem including reaching out to startups, business plan support, mentorship, milestone financing, and monitoring to increase the success rate and sustainability of crowd funded initiatives.

We are excited about the pool of potential startups to be crowd funded across target markets.