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1381:Neighborly
1265:Planeta.ru
1245:FundedByMe
1225:Companisto
1133:SeedInvest
1108:Piggybackr
1083:LaunchGood
1063:InvestedIn
1033:GiveSendGo
1013:Experiment
963:CommonBond
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550:January 9,
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190:job growth
179:whitepaper
81:Bill Gates
1451:YouCaring
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1416:Sellaband
1411:RocketHub
1376:Mobcaster
1346:Fundageek
1285:Spacehive
1260:Liberapay
1230:Crowdcube
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1058:Indiegogo
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1008:EquityNet
988:Crowdrise
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907:Headstart
884:platforms
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484:Bloomberg
147:Sellaband
50:RocketHub
39:rockethub
17:RocketHub
1469:Category
1436:Tilt.com
1426:Sponsume
1391:PieShell
1386:Offbeatr
1366:Junction
1356:@HopeMob
1341:Fondomat
1295:Zinsland
1255:Invesdor
1215:Beesfund
1184:PledgeMe
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1148:Wefunder
1118:Republic
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1028:FundRazr
998:DonorSee
993:DonorBox
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953:CircleUp
921:Americas
912:OurCrowd
265:See also
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134:Facebook
126:outreach
1304:Defunct
1275:Seedups
1189:Pozible
1169:Birchal
1143:Wedidit
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902:Eureeca
603:Fortune
564:Peter.
138:Twitter
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68:History
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1270:Seedrs
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587:Wired
450:Tonic
163:Obama
1103:Pear
1078:Kiva
1068:Ioby
785:Mi2N
552:2017
211:and
128:and
79:and
41:.com
1018:Fig
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