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LaunchGood

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Type of site
  
Crowdfunding

Launched
  
8 October 2013

Website
  
www.launchgood.com

Headquarters
  
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Founder(s)
  
Chris Blauvelt Amany Killawi Omar Hamid

LaunchGood is a crowdfunding platform focused on the Muslim community worldwide. LaunchGood went live in October 2013 and in its first 2 years has raised more than $3 million for 370+ projects across 30 countries.

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LaunchGood is one of a number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public, which circumvents traditional avenues of investment. Project creators choose a deadline and a minimum funding goal, and usually provide rewards or "perks" for contributors at various levels.

The founders of LaunchGood are Chris Blauvelt, Amany Killawi and Omar Hamid. They are based out of Detroit, Michigan and Atlanta, Georgia.

Projects

LaunchGood has been used to fundraise for several nationally-recognized projects, including a campaign to help rebuild African-American churches destroyed by arson in the summer of 2015, and a campaign to fund the legal team of Adnan Syed (widely known from the podcast Serial) through a special appeal of his conviction. Each of these campaigns raised more than $100,000 through the platform.

Awards

LaunchGood has received multiple awards, including:

  • Islamic Economy Award, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
  • American Muslim Consumer Conference (AMCC), Entrepreneur Showcase
  • References

    LaunchGood Wikipedia