Companisto

Companisto GmbH
Crowd funding
Founded Berlin, Germany (June 2012 (2012-06))
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Number of locations
 2
Key people
 David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO
Website www.companisto.com

Companisto is an international equity-based crowdfunding website. It was founded by the lawyers David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge in June 2012, in Berlin. Investments are between 5 and 500,000 Euros per Investor with no limit on how much funding a startup can raise.[1]

About

Companisto allows investors - called Companists - to invest in promising startups. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefitting from an exit.

Companisto claims to have a very much focus on quality. “The other platforms have an approach where there are a lot of campaigns and virtually anyone can upload one to the site. But of course, that leads to having quite a few campaigns that don’t have very high potential. Our startups and investment proposals are usually startups that have already gotten substantial investments from business angels or VCs.”[2]

Companisto has over 50.000 investors from 79 countries. The value of the crowdfinanced Startups on Companisto increased 23,24% in three years, from 83,51 million Euro to 102,92 million Euro. 5 of 38 crowdfinanced Start-ups field for insolvency. That's 5,57% of all in companisto invested capital. The value of the investors’ shares has increased by 15.32% on average.[3][4][5]

Companisto ist member of the European Crowdfunding Network.

History

Companisto investors have funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[6] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[7][8][9]

With the funding of Wonderpots (500,000 € in one week by 892 investors) Companisto broke a European crowdfunding record.[10] In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[11][12] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[13][14] All in all Weissenhaus could collect 7.5 Million €.

Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[7][15]

In April, 2014, Companisto opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland.[16][17]

In december 2015 Companisto Exceeds €25M in funding.[18]

Crowd funded startups (selection)

Million

Name CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
WEISSENHAUSReal Estate 7,500,000 €1,67976 Million €4 % p.a. Minimum Interest
European crowdfunding record		[19][20][21]
PanonoTechnology 1,618,945€ €1,80312 Million €[22]
FreygeistTechnology 1,500,000 €1,1102,5 Million €[23]
FoodistFood1,470,000 € 2,405*1.1 Million € / 2 Million € / 5.5 Million €three funding-rounds (175,000 € + 295,000 € + 1,000,000€, 564 + 874 + 967 Investors)[24][25]
ReturboE-commerce1.088.050 € 138311.5 Million €[26]

500k

Name CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
Wonderpots Food 500,000 € 890 4.5 Million € [27]
BiteBox Food500,000 € 1,298 2.5 Million € [15]
readfyLiterature 500,000 €1,363 1.5 Million € [28][29]

250k

Name CategoryFunding InvestorsValuation Notes References
Meine Spielzeugkiste Toys460,670 € 1.241*1.1 Million € / 1.6 Million € two funding-rounds (100,000 € + 360,670 €; 871+370 Investors)[30]
5 CUPS and some sugar Food300,000 €7411.4 Million €Exit: 145% ROI[31][32]
OnlineVersicherung.de Insurance300,000 €7691.3 Million €[33]
Sommelier Privé Food300,000 € 7151,5 Million €File for Insolvency August, 2014[34][35]
Tame.itSearchengine250,000 €8081 Million €[36]

(* = Number of Investors might by lower by Startups with multiple funding rounds, because some Investors might have invested multiple times)

References

  1. ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. ↑ http://tech.eu/news/german-equity-crowdfunding-platform-companisto-starts-taking-startups-across-europe
  3. ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/10/75370-seeking-industry-transparency-companisto-publishes-its-equity-crowdfunding-performance-data-focusing-on-germany-austria-and-switzerland
  4. ↑ http://www.presseportal.de/pm/106768/3128076
  5. ↑ http://www.companis.to/Performance_Report
  6. ↑ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  7. 1 2 "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  8. ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  9. ↑ https://www.companisto.com
  10. ↑ "Companisten und WONDERPOTS stellen Europa-Rekord im Crowdinvesting auf" (in German). Companisto.de. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/BerlinVC/status/490175240019116032
  12. ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/45065-weissenhaus-grand-village-spa-raises-over-e1-7m-on-compansito
  13. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/weissenhaus-stellt-europarekord-im-crowdinvesting-auf-startup-article-686
  14. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
  15. 1 2 David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  16. ↑ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting‐Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  17. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/de/news/companisto-er%C3%B6ffnet-office-in-z%C3%BCrich-article-537
  18. ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/12/78453-companisto-exceeds-e25m-milestone-exemplifies-growing-crowdfunding-sector
  19. ↑ http://www.brandeins.de/lesen/was-wurde-aus/schloss-weissenhaus-jan-henric-buettner.html
  20. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.de/wsj-tech/2014/08/27/crowdfunding-europarekord
  21. ↑ http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/08/48224-weissenhaus-claims-european-crowdfunding-record-companisto
  22. ↑ http://www.golem.de/news/panono-explorer-edition-kugelfoermige-wurfkamera-fuer-1-500-euro-1507-115407.html
  23. ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/freygeist-e-bike-ein-rad-fuer-einzelgaenger-1.2691421
  24. ↑ Ermanno Cece. "FinSMEs | Foodist Raises €175K in Equity Crowdfunding". finsmes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  25. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/startups/foodist-startup-47/overview
  26. ↑ http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/returbo-crowdinvesting
  27. ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  28. ↑ "Readfy schließt Finanzierung per Crowdfunding ab" (in German). buchreport.de. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  29. ↑ Alois, JD (April 2, 2014). "Equity Crowdfunding Record for Companisto". Crowdfund Insider. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  30. ↑ "TVSmiles holt sich 5 Millionen Euro (und mehr Finanznews) - deutsche-startups.de" (in German). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  31. ↑ "5 CUPS and some SUGAR knackt die 300.000 Euro | junge Gründer" (in German). junge-gruender.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  32. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/ad-hoc-release:-companists-accept-redemption-offer-by-5-cups-article-861
  33. ↑ http://crowdstreet.de/2013/04/13/die-grosten-crowdfundings-in-deutschland
  34. ↑ "Die größten Crowdfundings in Deutschland | Crowdfunding Blog - Crowd-Investments in Start-ups & Projekte" (in German). crowdstreet.de. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  35. ↑ https://www.companisto.com/en/news/sommelier-priv%C3%A9-musste-leider-insolvenz-anmelden-article-684?utm_source=Companisto+Newsletter&utm_campaign=513328ea9e-Companisto_Newsletter_80&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9e3ce6926d-513328ea9e-26919249
  36. ↑ "Tame Wants To Help Hacks, Flacks, And Other Social Media Types Tame The Noise On Twitter | TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.

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