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The Crowdfunding Freak Show

Luc Henry @heluc

What is Crowdfunding?

What is Reward-based Crowdfunding?

What is crowdfunded? social

dance

games

fashion

journalism

architecture

design

environment

exhibitions

festivals

musics

graphic novels

technology

sport

photography

Science? fair trade

books

cooking

film

art education agriculture

politics startup theater

Why crowdfund science?

for the scientists •  raise startup fund for preliminary study

•  unique opportunity to reach out

•  learn communication skills and build a community

for the crowd

•  learn more about science

•  make personal connection with researchers

•  contribute to something meaningful

What brings us here?

We have a matching fund 225’000.- over 2 years

Science Booster Facts and Figures (as of mid-September 2017)

7.5 Months Time since the launch in January 2017

15 Total number of campaigns

10 Successful projects 66% Success rate

859 Total number of donors

CHF 191,864.- Total funding raised from the crowd

CHF 220.- Average contribution from backers

CHF 76,500.- Matching fund distributed

CHF 7,650.- Average contribution from Science Booster

refund

backers wemakeit

association 6%

Wemakeit

GmbH

payment

follow the money!

Project

90%

100%

100%

4%

Science Booster

What is wemakeit.com?

300,000 155,000

Monthly unique visitors

Registered users

Female Male

18-24 25-34 35-45 45+

German French English Italian

130,000 Subscribers to the wemakeit newsletter

23,000 Facebook fans

2,500 Twitter followers 1,750 Instagram followers

Foodautonomie für Luzern?! High School Student, Luzern Raised 1,581.- from 28 people Boosted with 1,000.-

HORAO Surgeon, Inselspital Bern Raised 58,013.- from 220 people

Boosted with 10,000.-

20 Minuten August 2017

Der Bund August 2017

Projet Spectro-Pointer Curious Engineer, Lausanne Raised 10,105.- from 16 people

Boosted with 9,000.-

ftero - Airborne Wind Energy Master Students, ETH Zürich Raised 11,136.- from 33 people

Boosted with 10,000.-

Science Booster Press Coverage

20 Minuten May 2016 NZZamSonntag April 2017

SNSF News Nov. 2016

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