Zo komen mkb’ers aan financiering: worden banken overbodig?

De transformatiefunctie is de basis van een retailbank: spaargeld aantrekken en uitlenen aan bedrijven voor investeringen. Maar de laatste jaren stokt de kredietkraan voor het mkb. Tenminste, dat is wat we lezen en horen. Hoe komen mkb-ondernemers in de toekomst aan financiering en is er nog wel een toekomstige rol voor banken? Of worden ze mede […]

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Keek Raises $18M, Adds 6M Users In 30 Days And Looks To Expand Mobile Video Sharing Further Internationally

keek-screenKeek, the Toronto-based social video sharing startup that emphasizes communication over entertainment through bite-sized 36-second smartphone movie clips, today announced an $18 million funding round, led by AGF Investments, Pinetree Capital and Plazacorp Ventures, along with Cranson Capital. The new money comes after Keek added $7 million in new funding just a few short months ago in October, and is designed to help the network keep pace with that it describes as explosive growth.

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Kleiner-Backed Stipple Lands $3M To Help Brands Turn Tweeted Photos Into Micro-Storefronts

Screen shot 2012-12-13 at 8.16.57 AMStipple, the startup that helps publishers and marketers monetize their images, announced this morning that it has raised $3 million in follow-on funding from Sands Capital. This bridge round follows the $5 million series A the company raised in May from Floodgate and Relevance and the $2 million in seed it nabbed in 2010. All told, Stipple now has $10 million in the bank from a laundry list of recognizable names as investors, including Sands, Mike Maples’ Floodgate, Relevance, Kleiner Perkins, Justin Timberlake, Matt Mullenweg and Naval Ravikant — to name a few.

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Crowdfunding, Contests and the Small Business Capital Dilemma

Politicians on both sides of the aisle talk about small business innovation as a potential panacea for the woes of the U.S. economy. But despite the importance of small businesses for job creation and economic recovery, small business innovation doesn’t come cheap. It takes capital, which has been in short supply for the majority of […]

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Crowdfunding, Contests and the Small Business Capital Dilemma

Politicians on both sides of the aisle talk about small business innovation as a potential panacea for the woes of the U.S. economy. But despite the importance of small businesses for job creation and economic recovery, small business innovation doesn’t come cheap. It takes capital, which has been in short supply for the majority of […]

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What Mark Zuckerberg Learned From Weasleys’ Wizarding Wheezes

It is the year 2003. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been released to fans across the globe. The 4th installment in JK Rowling’s series sees the beloved Weasley twins invest Harry’s Triwizard Cup winnings in the formation of a novelty goods business based in the fire-lit comfort of the Gryffindor common […]

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