Companisto is a German equity-based crowdfunding website. It allows investors to invest in startup companies. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefiting from an exit.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | Berlin, Germany (June 2012) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 2 |
Key people | David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO |
| Products | Venture capital |
Number of employees | 57 (2019) |
| Website | companisto |
As of 2019[update], Companisto had over 150.000 investors from 92 countries. It was Germany's largest network for investments in start-ups and growth companies.[1][2][3]
History
editCompanisto was founded by the lawyers David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge in June 2012, in Berlin. Companisto investors funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[4] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[5][6][7]
In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[8][9] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[10][11] Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[5][12] In April, 2014, Companisto opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland.[13][14]
In December 2015 Companisto exceeded €25M in funding,[15] in December 2016 Companisto exceeded $36M in funding[citation needed], in Mai 2018 Companisto exceeded €50M in funding.[16]
All Companisto supported Startups together created over 1200 new jobs.[17][18] Companisto is market leader in D-A-CH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).[19]
In March 2019 Companisto announced Equity Investment, meaning that investors can now become real company shareholders. Investors are no longer limited to €10,000 and total investment is no longer limited to $2.4 million.[20]
As of September 2024, 359 startups were funded with a collective amount of 250 Million €.
References
edit- ^ Erin Hobey (2015-10-06). "Seeking Industry Transparency, Companisto Publishes Its Equity Crowdfunding Performance Data, Focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "3 Jahre Crowdinvesting: Erstmals werden Performance-Daten veröffentlicht | Pressemitteilung Companisto". Presseportal.de. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Dropbox - Error". Dropbox. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ a b "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- ^ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Nikolas Samios [@BerlinVC] (18 July 2014). "#weissenhaus raised 1.2M€ in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding via @companisto @CoopHQ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Samantha Hurst (2014-07-24). "Weissenhaus Grand Village & Spa raises over €1.7m on Compansito | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "WEISSENHAUS Sets New European Crowdfunding Record". Companisto.com. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Companisto: Luxus-Hotel stellt neuen Europa-Rekord beim Crowdfunding auf - WSJ Tech - WSJ". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting‐Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ "Companisto eröffnet Office in Zürich - Crowdinvesting". Companisto.com. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Erin Hobey (2015-12-08). "Companisto Exceeds €25M, Milestone Exemplifies Growing Crowdfunding Sector | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Companisto: Plattform für Crowdinvestment knackt Marke von 50 Millionen Euro". Gruender.wiwo.de. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ ""Der stärkste Sicherheitsmechanismus ist die Crowd" - Interview mit Companisto CEO Tamo Zwinge". Crowdfunding.de. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Eigenkapital-Investments in Startups". Companisto.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
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