{"id":41282,"date":"2023-10-20T15:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/starting-change-podcast-episode-three-tips-for-crowdfunding-success-from-the-founders-of-pozible-and-chuffed-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:12:55","slug":"starting-change-podcast-episode-three-tips-for-crowdfunding-success-from-the-founders-of-pozible-and-chuffed-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/starting-change-podcast-episode-three-tips-for-crowdfunding-success-from-the-founders-of-pozible-and-chuffed-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Change podcast episode three: Tips for crowdfunding success from the founders of Pozible and Chuffed &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Prashan-Profile-Standing-Prashan-Pramatharan-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"A Melbourne crowdfunding platform for social cause projects has raised more than $1 million in seed funding after incorporating a new legal structure into its business model. \u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do is transform how fundraising gets done from being annoying people on the street to an engaging experience that people actually want to be part of,\u201d says Chuffed CEO Prashan Paramanathan. Since launching in 2013, Chuffed has raised more than $7 million in donations for social projects on its platform.\" title=\"Prashan Paramanathan CEO of Chuffed\"><\/div>\n<p>Crowdfunding is a multibillion-dollar industry that\u2019s changing the game for social entrepreneurs and the charity sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to <em>StartupSmart<\/em> on the go: This podcast is now available on iTunes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this episode of the Starting Change podcast, we sit down with the creators of some of the biggest and most exciting crowdfunding platforms to come out of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Chen co-founded Pozible, a platform that is used in more than 100 countries around the world, and has one of the highest success rates of any crowdfunding platform on the market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial enterprises, in the past two years, use us a lot more than before,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He provides insights into what the best campaigns do, and where the future of crowdfunding is headed.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in the non-profit sector, Chuffed CEO and founder Prashan Paramanathan built his platform to give charitable ventures and social enterprises a new way to connect and inspire people to drive impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you gave [people] an inspiring way of interacting with all these organisations out there in a more direct, connected way, they would actually come to the party,\u201d Paramanathan says.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 641px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 15.6006%;\">                             <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1724217442001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=5078924073001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>                           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Follow StartupSmart on<\/em> <em>Facebook,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Twitter,&nbsp;<\/em><em>LinkedIn&nbsp;<\/em><em>and&nbsp;<\/em><em>SoundCloud.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowdfunding is a multibillion-dollar industry that\u2019s changing the game for social entrepreneurs and the charity sector. 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