{"id":71,"date":"2012-09-03T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-06-14T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:04:41","slug":"welcome-to-the-crowd-for-angels-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/welcome-to-the-crowd-for-angels-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Crowd for Angels Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 13th July 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/our-team\">Tony De Nazaret<\/a>h set out to forge his knowledge of quoted sector financing and social media platforms to create an online crowdfunding platform that allowed ordinary people to become investors in both debt and equity <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding<\/a> for private and public companies.\u00a0Crowd for Angels<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to challenge the status quo in the funding market, to help companies find funding and to give investors the opportunity to invest in companies they believe in.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming months as we prepare for launch, Tony and his team look forward to the challenges and opportunities Crowd for Angels will bring.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large wp-image-538\" src=\"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0790-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd for Angels Sign\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0790-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0790-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crowdforangels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0790-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 13th July 2012, Tony De Nazareth set out to forge his knowledge of quoted sector financing and social media platforms to create an online crowdfunding platform that allowed ordinary people to become investors in both debt and equity funding for Private and Public companies. 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