Archive for July 6th, 2017

Malta’s first crowd-funding platform raises €90,000

In just over a year, Malta’s first crowd-funding platform Zaar has managed to raise more than €90,000 for 32 different projects by sourcing contributions from members of the public. “We’ve had a 63 per cent success rate, meaning that nearly two-thirds of the closed projects were successful in reaching their target. This is well above the industry standard worldwide,” Zaarread more

Is investment-based crowdfunding the way forward for Maltese business?

Last January, Zaar, Malta’s only local crowdfunding platform, held a workshop at the Malta Financial Services Authority exploring the potential introduction of investment-based crowdfunding in Malta, in addition to reward and donation based crowdfunding models that already exist, following the release of a discussion paper on the topic. Sarah Micallef speaks to Zaar manager Matthew Caruana and Grant Thornton directorread more

Malta’s First Crowdfunding Platform

Whether community, cultural, entrepreneurial or otherwise, zaar.com.mt has become a valuable platform that connects projects and ideas with much-needed finances through crowdfunding. ZAAR – Malta’s first crowdfunding platform is an online platform founded on the premise that big ideas can go far, and helps projects to get off the ground thanks to the financial support of backers who believe thatread more