Companisto

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Companisto GmbH
Company type Private
Industry Financial services
FoundedBerlin, Germany (June 2012 (2012-06))
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Number of locations
2
Key people
David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO
Products Venture capital
Number of employees
57 (2019)
Website companisto.com

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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As of 2019, 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

Companisto 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 €.

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "3 Jahre Crowdinvesting: Erstmals werden Performance-Daten veröffentlicht | Pressemitteilung Companisto". Presseportal.de. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Dropbox - Error". Dropbox. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  5. 1 2 "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  6. ↑ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  7. ↑ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Samantha Hurst (2014-07-24). "Weissenhaus Grand Village & Spa raises over €1.7m on Compansito | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  10. ↑ "WEISSENHAUS Sets New European Crowdfunding Record". Companisto.com. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  13. ↑ Haselbach, Ann-Christin (April 3, 2014). "Internationale Crowdinvesting-Plattform Companisto eröffnet Office". Mittelstand Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Companisto eröffnet Office in Zürich - Crowdinvesting". Companisto.com. 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  15. ↑ Erin Hobey (2015-12-08). "Companisto Exceeds €25M, Milestone Exemplifies Growing Crowdfunding Sector | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  16. ↑ "Companisto: Plattform für Crowdinvestment knackt Marke von 50 Millionen Euro". Gruender.wiwo.de. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  17. ↑ ""Der stärkste Sicherheitsmechanismus ist die Crowd" - Interview mit Companisto CEO Tamo Zwinge". Crowdfunding.de. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  18. ↑ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  19. ↑ "Eigenkapital-Investments in Startups". Companisto.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  20. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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