Grow VC Group [1], who will be providing one of our speakers at The DailyDOOH Investor Conference, October, NYC announced Monday that it had acquired Kapipal [2] – a personal crowdfunding platform.
[3]The press release stated that Kapipal will continue its existing crowdfunding operations, with plans in place to expand the business into new areas in the future.
Kapipal was founded by Alberto Falossi in 2009. The platform offers donation and reward crowdfunding service for different kinds of personal projects, like birthdays, hobbies, medical bills, school expenses. Kapipal is particularly popular in the UK, the US, Canada, Italy, Spain, and Brazil.
To date, Kapipal has helped people worldwide to raise millions of dollars and has over 50,000 unique users a month.
Alberto Falossi, Founder of Kapipal said “It has been a great project to build Kapipal and get it to work. Today, crowdfunding is becoming mainstream and Kapipal needs more investment. I wanted to find a partner that has a great reputation and commitment to operate long term in this business, and the Grow VC Group is the optimal partner to continue Kapipal’s operations and develop it to the next level,”
Jouko Ahvenainen, Grow VC Group Chairman said “Kapipal has done great work in its own category and helped many people get funding for their important endeavours. The Grow VC Group’s strategy is to build a leading innovative p2p and crowd finance model group through our own operations, strategic ownerships and partnerships. We already have a strategic stake in many marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms and investment vehicles. The Kapipal acquisition is a part of this strategy. We have exciting plans to expand Kapipal’s operations and bring totally new fund raising tools to market,”
About Kapipal
Kapipal is an international crowdfunding platform that allows people to fund any legal project. It is focused on personal causes and life-events. Launched in 2009, Kapipal was the first site to support personal and private crowdfunding. Today, people from more than 100 countries use Kapipal to make their dreams come true.