Agenda 1. Why crowdfund in crypto? 2. Major crowdfunding platforms 3. Projects being crowdfunded 4. Crowdfunding on Counterparty + Vennd 5. Case study

Why Crowdfund in Crypto? ●  Cheaper ●  Flexibility ●  More engaging

http://www.crowdvalley.com/news/crowdfunding-market-the-investors-double-role

Crypto Crowdfunding Platforms

Swarm

●  “The Facebook of Crowdfunding”

●  Coin-based, goes beyond Kickstarter

●  Experienced team

●  Project incubation ●  Decentralised voting

●  Bitcoin protocol ●  Assurance contracts ●  $40,000 winner of Olivier

Janssen’s bounty

Counterparty + Vennd

What is Counterparty? 1. Bitcoin 2.0

a.  Prediction markets b.  Derivatives markets c.  Peer to peer sports betting

2. Open source platform for business

3.  Interoperable with Bitcoin 4. Secure as Bitcoin

Buy 1,000,000

GOLD

Case Study

Rewards and Bespoke Pricing

Vennd (Digital Vending Machine)

Steps To Invest

Summary ●  Crowdfunding is a huge market ●  Crowdfunding in crypto is disruptive

o  Cheaper o  More engaging

●  Platforms like Counterparty + Vennd are available now

References http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/03/mastercoin-maidsafe-crowdsale/ http://www.coindesk.com/mike-hearn-wins-40000-bounty-bitcoin-core-crowdfunding/

Image Credits http://coinbrief.net/bitcoin-lighthouse/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse#mediaviewer/File:Aveiro_March_2012-13.jpg