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Czech Crowdfunding Campaign Funds Five Trainer Aircraft for Ukraine’s Air Force

A Czech crowdfunding initiative, Dárek pro Putina, raised funds to purchase five ALTO NG trainer planes for Ukraine, matching five others bought by the Czech government. The aircraft will help train Ukrainian pilots domestically, accelerating their transition to NATO-standard jets. The campaign follows previous successful efforts by the same group to supply military equipment to Ukraine.

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Keychron Orca Echo Sets New Crowdfunding Record on Gizmart with Over 300 Million Yen Raised

The Keychron Orca echo split keyboard campaign has surpassed 300 million yen in crowdfunding on Gizmart, setting a new platform record. The campaign launched on June 19, 2026, and quickly attracted significant user support. This achievement breaks the previous record held by the Keychron Nape Pro project. The campaign is a collaboration between Keychron, Kopek Japan, and Gizmart.

Success Story Health & Science Equity United Kingdom

Tharos Surpasses Crowdfunding Target to Fund Expansion into Canine Supplements

Tharos, a West Midlands-based animal supplements maker, has raised £173,078 from 52 investors on Republic Europe, exceeding its £165,000 crowdfunding goal. The funds will support the company's expansion into the canine market and the launch of new products. Tharos plans to grow its UK and EU presence and leverage partnerships to boost brand recognition.

Success Story Startups Reward

BLAST’s AIROX Campaign Raises $548,000 on Kickstarter With Over 2,000 Backers

Magpie Tech, operating as BLAST, completed a Kickstarter campaign for its wireless dual compressor 'AIROX', raising $548,338 from 2,066 global backers. The campaign ran for 60 days and attracted significant interest in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. BLAST supported the project from product development to global launch, validating both market demand and product competitiveness.

Platform Update Success Story Green energy Equity United Kingdom

Octopus Energy Collective Wind Project Fully Funded by Retail Investors in 86 Minutes

Octopus Energy relaunched its Collective platform, enabling retail investors to fund a wind turbine repowering project in Cornwall with a minimum investment of £25. The 'Fan #3' campaign reached its £550,000 target in just 86 minutes, attracting nearly 180 participants. This rapid uptake highlights strong retail interest in green infrastructure investment and supports Octopus's alternative financing model.

Success Story Reward Germany

Board Game ‘Believe in me! (please)’ Achieves Crowdfunding Goal on Gamefound

Independent publisher Wyrmgold has successfully reached the crowdfunding goal for its strategy board game 'Believe in me! (please)' on Gamefound, just over two days after launch. The campaign will now introduce stretch goals and exclusive content for backers. The game is set for release in October 2026 in German and English, with a French edition planned for 2027.

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026

One of equity crowdfunding’s most famous success stories became its starkest cautionary tale last week, as BrewDog’s collapse left roughly 200,000 crowd investors with worthless shares. Elsewhere, donation crowdfunding showed real strain on two different continents, while the Middle East and Africa kept building targeted alternative-finance infrastructure, and the EU’s crowdfunding passport quietly expanded to […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

A viral campaign to buy Spirit Airlines collapsed last week, exposing a huge gap between pledges and real committed capital. Beyond that lesson, several product campaigns closed strong, Saudi Arabia licensed new providers under its established crowdfunding framework, and Ireland’s new savings scheme drew backlash for leaving crowdfunding out entirely. Lead Story Campaign to buy […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 17–23, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 17–23, 2026

Crypto regulation set the pace last week, with the SEC and Brazil’s CVM both moving to extend the crowdfunding exemption model into tokenized assets. Underneath that headline, three platform failures put concrete numbers on investor downside, while state-backed capital-access programs in Oman, Malaysia, and across Southeast Asia kept expanding on policy momentum rather than platform […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 17–23, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 3–9, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 3–9, 2026

Last week’s news operated on two levels at once: infrastructure and platforms. On the infrastructure side, tokenization kept merging with conventional finance rails and regulators started tackling crowdfunding’s oldest complaint — the lack of a secondary market. On the platform side, legacy names consolidated their business models while Southeast Asia’s lending sector grew and got […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 3–9, 2026

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