Companisto
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| Crowd funding | |
| Founded | Berlin, Germany (June 2012) |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
Number of locations | 2 |
Key people | David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO |
| Website |
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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 49.000 investors from 79 countries. The value of the crowdfinanced Startups on Companisto increased 23,24% in three years, from 83,51 million Euro to 102,92 million Euro. 5 of 38 crowdfinanced Start-ups field for insolvency. That's 5,57% of all in companisto invested capital. The value of the investors’ shares has increased by 15.32% on average.[3][4][5]
Companisto ist member of the European Crowdfunding Network.
History
Companisto investors have funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[6] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[7][8][9]
With the funding of Wonderpots (500,000 € in one week by 892 investors) Companisto broke a European crowdfunding record.[10] In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[11][12] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[13][14] All in all Weissenhaus could collect 7.5 Million €.
Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[7][15]
In April, 2014, Companisto opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland.[16][17]
In december 2015 Companisto Exceeds €25M in funding.[18]
Crowd funded startups (selection)
Million
| Name | Category | Funding | Investors | Valuation | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEISSENHAUS | Real Estate | 7,500,000 € | 1,679 | 76 Million € | 4 % p.a. Minimum Interest European crowdfunding record | [19][20][21] |
| Panono | Technology | 1,618,945€ € | 1,803 | 12 Million € | [22] | |
| Freygeist | Technology | 1,500,000 € | 1,110 | 2,5 Million € | [23] | |
| Foodist | Food | 1,470,000 € | 2,405* | 1.1 Million € / 2 Million € / 5.5 Million € | three funding-rounds (175,000 € + 295,000 € + 1,000,000€, 564 + 874 + 967 Investors) | [24][25] |
| Returbo | E-commerce | 1.088.050 € | 1383 | 11.5 Million € | [26] |
500k
| Name | Category | Funding | Investors | Valuation | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonderpots | Food | 500,000 € | 890 | 4.5 Million € | [27] | |
| BiteBox | Food | 500,000 € | 1,298 | 2.5 Million € | [15] | |
| readfy | Literature | 500,000 € | 1,363 | 1.5 Million € | [28][29] |
250k
| Name | Category | Funding | Investors | Valuation | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meine Spielzeugkiste | Toys | 460,670 € | 1.241* | 1.1 Million € / 1.6 Million € | two funding-rounds (100,000 € + 360,670 €; 871+370 Investors) | [30] |
| 5 CUPS and some sugar | Food | 300,000 € | 741 | 1.4 Million € | Exit: 145% ROI | [31][32] |
| OnlineVersicherung.de | Insurance | 300,000 € | 769 | 1.3 Million € | [33] | |
| Sommelier Privé | Food | 300,000 € | 715 | 1,5 Million € | File for Insolvency August, 2014 | [34][35] |
| Tame.it | Searchengine | 250,000 € | 808 | 1 Million € | [36] |
(* = Number of Investors might by lower by Startups with multiple funding rounds, because some Investors might have invested multiple times)
References
- ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ http://tech.eu/news/german-equity-crowdfunding-platform-companisto-starts-taking-startups-across-europe
- ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/10/75370-seeking-industry-transparency-companisto-publishes-its-equity-crowdfunding-performance-data-focusing-on-germany-austria-and-switzerland
- ↑ http://www.presseportal.de/pm/106768/3128076
- ↑ http://www.companis.to/Performance_Report
- ↑ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- 1 2 "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ↑ https://www.companisto.com
- ↑ "Companisten und WONDERPOTS stellen Europa-Rekord im Crowdinvesting auf" (in German). Companisto.de. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BerlinVC/status/490175240019116032
- ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/45065-weissenhaus-grand-village-spa-raises-over-e1-7m-on-compansito
- ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/weissenhaus-stellt-europarekord-im-crowdinvesting-auf-startup-article-686
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
- 1 2 David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting‐Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/news/companisto-er%C3%B6ffnet-office-in-z%C3%BCrich-article-537
- ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/12/78453-companisto-exceeds-e25m-milestone-exemplifies-growing-crowdfunding-sector
- ↑ http://www.brandeins.de/lesen/was-wurde-aus/schloss-weissenhaus-jan-henric-buettner.html
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
- ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/08/48224-weissenhaus-claims-european-crowdfunding-record-companisto
- ↑ http://www.golem.de/news/panono-explorer-edition-kugelfoermige-wurfkamera-fuer-1-500-euro-1507-115407.html
- ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/freygeist-e-bike-ein-rad-fuer-einzelgaenger-1.2691421
- ↑ Ermanno Cece. "FinSMEs | Foodist Raises €175K in Equity Crowdfunding". finsmes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/startups/foodist-startup-47/overview
- ↑ http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/returbo-crowdinvesting
- ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ "Readfy schließt Finanzierung per Crowdfunding ab" (in German). buchreport.de. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ↑ Alois, JD (April 2, 2014). "Equity Crowdfunding Record for Companisto". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ "TVSmiles holt sich 5 Millionen Euro (und mehr Finanznews) - deutsche-startups.de" (in German). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ "5 CUPS and some SUGAR knackt die 300.000 Euro | junge Gründer" (in German). junge-gruender.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/ad-hoc-release:-companists-accept-redemption-offer-by-5-cups-article-861
- ↑ http://crowdstreet.de/2013/04/13/die-grosten-crowdfundings-in-deutschland
- ↑ "Die größten Crowdfundings in Deutschland | Crowdfunding Blog - Crowd-Investments in Start-ups & Projekte" (in German). crowdstreet.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Tame Wants To Help Hacks, Flacks, And Other Social Media Types Tame The Noise On Twitter | TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.