Money for Impact - New Crowdfunding Channel

Crowdfunding – yet another of these buzz words. What happens when this community building and fundraising tool meets an impact-driven and collaborative community like the one of the Impact Hub Zürich? We decided to try it out and start a partnership with wemakeit, one of the first crowdfunding platforms in Switzerland.

The Impact Hub Channel on wemakeit,com makes the start-ups who are currently running a campaign on the platform more visible. Furthermore, start-ups who are part of the channel have had access to a workshop and have received coaching during their preparation period. For the May launch five projects are looking for your support:

Die Buchpaten – Picture books for all children

Children love stories. Die Buchpaten are making sure they have access to them. By offering readings for the whole family in kindergartens and asylum centers and distributing books to the kids who normally do not have access to them, this project offers children an entry point into the world of reading. The Buchpaten Crowdfunding campaign needs your support to make the reading events and Buchpaten network possible. What you get in return? Dragons, frogs and lots of stories!

Zum Guten Heinrich – Fighting the Waste

“Zum guten Heinrich” offers sustainable lunch menus made from crooked vegetables, which are discarded because of shape and size. Their menus are transported on a modified cargo bike (affectionately called «Berta»). At the selling location, Berta quickly changes into a fully functional take-away stand. Now, zum Guten Heinrich needs your support to build their ultimate food-vending bike since their current “Berta” is overweight. Support their Crowdfunding Campaign. In return you can get lunch meals, baking mixtures or maybe you’d like to name their future bike?

Pixxadoo – Fun for all generations

Chatch Cheeky Max, the game developed by Pixxadoo connects generations and keeps grandparents, parents and children mentally and physically fit. Wit their Crowdfunding Campaign, Pixxadoo is looking for support to finance the 1st production of their game. What do they offer in return? Anything from one of the first game sets to expertise on games for children and Cheeky Max merchandise. And of course, lots of fun!

Superar – an orchestra for Basel

Superar Suisse was founded in 2011 as a charitable organization and makes high-quality musical education in the field of voice and orchestra for all children and young people - regardless of their origin and their financial and family circumstances. The Superar Crowdfunding campaign needs your help to carry the Superar experience to Basel and to contribute to equal opportunities and social integration of young talents in the sphere of music. What you get in return? Music! Be it in the form of a concert or a private music lesson!

Saganà – bring the natural sweetness to Switzerland

Saganà, the coconut sweetner from the Philippines ist not only healthier than sugar, it also provides a sustainable rural livelihoods to Filipino farmers. Saganà wants to bring an end to the empty calories of highly-processed sugar. Support Saganà’ in their dream to bring our first 1000 kilos of coconut sweetener to Switzerland. What you can get in return: sweetness in the form of Saganà, a cooking day or a sugar craving workshop.

You’re interested in doing a crowdfunding campaign within the channel? Contact Rahel.