Crowdfunding Generates More Than $60,000 an Hour (Infographic)A look at the eye-popping growth of the crowdfunding industry.
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When big data analytics are overlaid on the exploding industry ofcrowdfunding, it becomes eye-poppingly clear just how much this new finance mechanism is growing.
For example, there's this: Every hour in the month of March, more than $60,000 dollars were raised via crowdfunding throughout the world.
And this: In the first three months of 2014, $124 million was raised around the world via crowdfunding.
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And this: In March, 442 crowdfunding campaigns were launched globally each and every day.
This data comes from the first ever quarterly report and accompanying infographic, both of which are publicly released tomorrow, fromThe Crowdfunding Centre, an online platform for crowdfunding news and analytics based in the United Kingdom.
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Have a look at theinfographic summarizing the reportbelow.
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