Companisto

Companisto GmbH
Crowd funding
Founded Berlin, Germany (June 2012)
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Number of locations
 2
Key people
 David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO
Website www.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 allows investors - called Companists - to invest in promising startups. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefitting from an exit.

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 35,800 investors from 73 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 CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
WEISSENHAUSReal Estate 7,500,000 €167976 Million €4 % p.a. Minimum Interest
European crowdfunding record		[17][18][19]
PanonoHardware1,615,745 €180412 Million €[20]
FREYGEISTE-Bike1,005,505 €7702,5 Million €[21]

500k

Name CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
Kyl21Food940,450 €19822 Million €[22]
EN3Technology727,775 €12236 Million €[23]
Wonderpots Food 500,000 € 890 4,5 Million € [24]
BiteBox Food500,000 € 1,298 2,5 Million € [12]
readfyLiterature 500,000 €1,363 1,5 Million € [25][26]

250k

Name CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
FoodistFood480,895 € 1,6141,1 Million € / 2 Million €two funding-rounds (175,000 € + 305.895 €, 730+884 Investors)[27]
Meine Spielzeugkiste Toys460,670 € 1,2411,1 Million € / 1,6 Million € two funding-rounds (100,000 € + 360,670 €; 871+370 Investors)[28]
5 CUPS and some sugar Food300,000 €7411,4 Million €Exit: 145% ROI[29][30]
OnlineVersicherung.de Insurance300,000 €7691,3 Million €[31]
Sommelier Privé Food300,000 € 7151,5 Million €File for Insolvency August, 2014[32][33]
KnicketSearchengine264,565 €8141,750,000 €[34]
EDITION FMagazine252,830 €7611,5 Million €[35]
Jaimie JacobsFashion250,000 €4271 Million €[36]
Tame.itSearchengine250,000 €8081 Million €[37]

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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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. ↑ 12.0 12.1 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/freygeist-startup-43/overview
  22. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/kyl-startup-33/overview
  23. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/en3-startup-37/overview
  24. ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  25. ↑ "Readfy schließt Finanzierung per Crowdfunding ab" (in German). buchreport.de. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  26. ↑ Alois, JD (April 2, 2014). "Equity Crowdfunding Record for Companisto". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  27. ↑ Ermanno Cece. "FinSMEs | Foodist Raises €175K in Equity Crowdfunding". finsmes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  28. ↑ "TVSmiles holt sich 5 Millionen Euro (und mehr Finanznews) - deutsche-startups.de" (in German). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  29. ↑ "5 CUPS and some SUGAR knackt die 300.000 Euro | junge Gründer" (in German). junge-gruender.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  30. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/ad-hoc-release:-companists-accept-redemption-offer-by-5-cups-article-861
  31. ↑ http://crowdstreet.de/2013/04/13/die-grosten-crowdfundings-in-deutschland
  32. ↑ "Die größten Crowdfundings in Deutschland | Crowdfunding Blog - Crowd-Investments in Start-ups & Projekte" (in German). crowdstreet.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  33. ↑ 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
  34. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/knicket-startup-35/overview
  35. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/startups/edition-f-startup-39/overview
  36. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/startups/jaimie-jacobs-startup-40/overview
  37. ↑ "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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