David Durand, Advisor, Innovation and Advocacy
September 9th, 2020
Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | October 23, 2013
Indiegogo has completed their outreach roadshow in Canada. The trip crossed the country from Halifax to Vancouver preaching the gospel of crowdfunding to Canadians from all walks of life. From artists to tech entrepreneurs, team Indiegogo took the opportunity to listen to the diverse crowdfunding campaigns and the many stories of success.
The first Canadian Indiegogo campaign was launched back in 2009. Since then millions of dollars have been raised and over the last year Indiegogo has seen the number of active Canadian crowdfunding campaigns increase by 200% as more people have become exposed to the benefits of crowdfunding.
The roadshow was organized in partnership with StartUp Canada – an entrepreneur driven organization that wants to improve Canada’s competitiveness in the world economy by supporting Canadian entrepreneurship. Founded by Victoria Lennox, StartUp Canada raised funding using the Indiegogo platform.
Recently Indiegogo’s main competitor Kickstarter officially launched in the Canadian market. Kickstarter’s tally shared in early October indicated they had raised over $3 Million out of the gate. While the Canadian market is significantly smaller than the United States it remains an important battleground for the two rewards based crowdfunding platforms.
Links and descriptions from the Canadian experience for Indiegogo are listed below:
September 9th, 2020
July 17th, 2020
August 22nd, 2019
September 26th, 2018
July 9th, 2018
March 19th, 2018
January 3rd, 2018
September 25th, 2017
August 10th, 2017
July 31st, 2017
NCFA Canada
Craig Asano
CEO and Executive Director
casano@ncfacanada.org
ncfacanada.org