List of highest-funded equity crowdfunding projects

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This is a list of the highest-funded equity crowdfunding projects.

RankProjectCategorySumPlatformInvestorsnotesReferences
1 BrewDog Brewery £72,754,050Proprietary/Crowdcube 117,917 [1]
2CoinMetro Crypto-Exchange €12,026,735CoinMetro7032[ citation needed ]
3Paradox Interactive Video game industry $11,800,000Pepins2,517 [2]
4Crowdcube Crowdfunding £6,565,000+Crowdcube3,000 [3]
5Ameria Advertising €5,000,000 Companisto 2,989 [4] [5] [6]
6 WEISSENHAUS Real estate €7,500,000 Companisto 1,679 [7] [8] [9]
7EtergoElectric Mobility€3,225,567 Seedrs [10]
8 Gohenry Finance £3,999,000Crowdcube2209 [11]
9Chapel Down Group plc Wine £3,953,819 Seedrs 1,390 [12] [13]
10JustParkTravel£3,514,110Crowdcube2,702 [14]
11SugruManufacturing£3,388,150Crowdcube2,374 [15]
12ChilangoFood and drink£3,370,000Crowdcube1432 [16]
13Plant Growth Net Zero Aqualife Shrimp farm $4,575,550 crowdfunder [17]
141RebelHealth and fitness£2,916,020Crowdcube433 [18]
15Crowdestor Equity Campaign Crowdfunding €1,600,000Crowdestor477
16eMoovEstate agency£2,622,360Crowdcube765 [19]
17Witt EnergyEnergy£2,386,030Crowdcube1567 [20]
18Gritpit FixingsManufacturing£4,100,000Crowdcube1941 [21]
19 PodPoint Renewable energy£3,713,450Crowdcube1748 [22] [23]
20Seedrs Crowdfunding £2,580,000 Seedrs 909 [24]
21Protonet Hardware €3,000,000 Seedmatch 1,827 [25] [26] [27]
22Urbanara Home AG Homewares €3,000,000 Bergfürst ≈1,000 [28] [29] [30]
23Train Alliance ABReal estate$4,400,000Pepins600 [31]
24ingogo Pty Ltd Taxi booking & payments $4,200,000 VentureCrowd 65 [32]
25Kronfönster Group ABRetail & manufacturing$3,796,095Pepins1232 [33]
26Hab Housing Limited Real estate £1,972,560Crowdcube640 [34] [35]
27Parcel Genie Gift delivery £1,800,000 Angels Den 51 [36] [37]
28Lovespace Storage £1,562,960Crowdcube257 [38] [39]
29Hotel Kaiserlei Real estate €2,400,000 Zinsland 1056 [40]
30Feldbrunnenstrasse Real estate €2,116,200 Exporo 440 [41]
31Bostäder för unga vuxna Real estate €2,111,000Tessin179 [42]
32 Companisto Crowdfunding €2,100,000Companisto2461 [43] [44]
33BaristaCoffe shop$2,400,000Pepins1682 [45]
34NaavaHealth Tech$2,368,000Pepins1257 [46] [47]
35UB-Holding Crowdfunding €2,000,000 Rendity 357 [48]
36Alvestaglass ABFood$1,944,152Pepins900 [49]
37 Sion Electric solar car€1,815,000Seedrs1,078 [50]
38 Panono Hardware€1,615,745Companisto1,804 [51]
39Freygeist E-Bike €1,500,000Companisto1,110 [52]
40SawadeFood€1,350,000Companisto1098 [53]
41Domaine d´EscapatWineyard$1,240,540Pepins760 [54]
42 Uniti Electric city car €1,227,990 FundedByMe 570 [55] [56] [57]
43Nordic OilCannabis Company€1,167,591Seedrs694 [58]
44Dynamic CodeHealth tech$1,138,700Pepins287 [59]
45PickawoodFurniture€1,010,000Seedmatch795 [60]
46AoTerra Waste heat recovery€1,000,000Seedmatch883 [61] [62]
47FoodistFood€1,000,000Companisto1,980Exit, 192% ROI [63] [64] [65] [66]
48 I'll Be Next Door for Christmas Movie$1,070,000StartEngine and Wefunder 893First movie to use equity crowdfunding in the U.S. [67] [68] [69]
49 HackerNoon Electronic publishing $1,065,553.11StartEngine1,142 [70]

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