Weeve
Type of site | Crowdfunding |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , |
| Founder(s) | Alex Chung Vincent Chu Trevor Loke |
| Launched | July 2012 |
Weeve was a free crowdfunding website for nonprofit projects. It was founded by Alex Chung, Vincent Chu, and Trevor Loke[1][2][3] and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[4] The site once raised money for organizations including the BC Children's Hospital Foundation and YWCA. Weeve operated based on a freemium model and did not charge fees from donors or nonprofit organizations.
It was launched in July 2012. In August 2012, Weeve joined Canadian startup incubator GrowLab.[5]
On February 14, 2013, Weeve was acquired by LX Ventures.[6]
The Weeve.it website is now inactive.
References[edit]
- ↑ WALL, ELEANOR (July 28, 2012). "Vancouver Startup Weeve set to Disrupt Nonprofit Fundraising". Digital Journal.
- ↑ Roberto, Katrina (August 7, 2012). "Vancouver's Weeve was to bring a free crowdfunding alternative to Kickstarter and Indiegogo". Vancouver Observer.
- ↑ Geier, Karen (November 1, 2012). "Your Start-Up Business: Doing Better Together". HuffPost.
- ↑ "Vancouver's Weeve is the World's First Crowdfunding Platform that doesn't take a cut". Born Digital. July 5, 2012.
- ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (August 22, 2012). "Vancouver's Growlab Accelerator Graduates Its Spring 2012 Cohort". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "LX Ventures Acquires Weeve.it Crowdfunding Platform" (Press release). Marketwire. February 14, 2013.
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