Crowd Funding

Xiaomi announces Mi Drone with 1080p and 4K recording

The Xiaomi Mi Drone comes in 1080p and 4K video recording variants and will be a crowd-funded project

Crowd funding: Why its dangers outweigh the potential benefits in India

The 2014 Sebi discussion paper on crowd sourcing of equity discusses the pros and cons of the model, between the need for an additional source of finance and the possible misuse of this platform by money launderers.

Crowd-funding website seeks to bail out Greece, promises postcard from PM for 3 euros

As with most crowd-funding campaigns, there are gifts for those who pledge.

India's cash-strapped ice hockey team takes to social media to raise funds

The Indian ice hockey association has turned to crowd funding to raise money to send a team to an international tournament in Kuwait next week.

Meet Wishberry, a made for India Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform

Malayalam film to be launched through crowd funding

In a first such initiative in the Malayalam film industry, a movie Oraalpokkam, is being launched through the funding from crowd.

Information platform Heipile looks like a concept born of Wikipedia and Pinterest

We’re bombarded with ideas and information throughout the day. Our cell phones, news and everything in between sees us getting information out of

A legume-based MP3 player crops up on Kickstarter

A unique range of MP3 players, called iBean and iTagua, make use of legumes as their casing, and is looking for crowd funding on Kickstarter...

Charge your gadgets on the go with a new 'smart bag'

Meet Phorce, the world’s first ‘smart bag’ that will not only protect your precious gadgets but will also charge them.

Entrepreneurs flock to crowdfunding websites

Since it began, Kickstarter* has been home to musicians and film makers looking to fund their projects. It has now become a hotbed of innovation as designers, inventors and entrepreneurs tap into the vast “crowdfunding” community to realise their ideas.