After weeks of reaching out to his network and canvasing for votes it has paid off. Thank you to everyone who voted. There is a term for business initiatives funded on small budgets. They are called Boot Strap… well growing organically from the ground up as is the case with Phil’s web studio there should also be the term, Shoe Lacing! Congratulations Phil you can count on the continued support of PCM projects.
Pitchit5k: The Winner.
Seedups are pleased to announce the winner of the Pitchit5k competition: Phil Campbell and his PCM projects entry. The Nottingham based entrepreneur has won the $5,000 competition launched at the prestigious SxSW festival in March.
The competition was launched to celebrate the US launch of North-West based firm Seedups, the crowd-funding matching engine for early stage startups. Requiring people to submit a 60 second video pitch of why their company deserved the money and then using their social networks to vote for the best, entries came from all the US, UK and Northern Ireland, with PCM Projects coming out on top.
Seedups matches early stage startups up with tech-savvy investors, and has attracted nearly 500 entrepreneurs since its launch in February of this year, and the trip to SxSW in conjunction was one of a few early high points for the fledgling company; which also opened its first US office in March and was named as one of the Irish Echo Small Business 50.
The winner of the competition, Phil Campbell, established Fibrecamp a few years ago as a drop-in centre for making media for the web. Phil says “this money will help to build our first product from the studio to help our more mobile clients and local business that want our services at their own locations.” This social media command centre is called Rattlr.
Phil hopes that this will be the start of something brilliant for Fibrecamp: “we can really take the studio and our services to the next level, and who knows, maybe in the next few years we will have our wish of having Fibrecamps all across Europe and beyond.” Philip made extensive use of his social networks to ensure the victory, and was complimentary of the Seedups platform “Seedups are firmly on my radar as the go-to people for funding because of the things they stand for.
Seedups founder, Michael Faulkner, was ecstatic that the competition was so well received. “The competition was introduced as a means to show startups that we were ready to help them, and also highlight the services we provide. We’re delighted with the response and delighted for Phil and his efforts.
By using a unique combination of “micro-investments” from a crowd of investors, Seedups offers a viable alternative to traditional financing models, and for investors it collates numerous attractive seed stage investment opportunities in the one location. The fledgling service has already attracted press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic, culminating in being championed as one of the Irish Echo Small Business 50.
The competition, launched at SxSW, attracted entrants from all across the United States, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. PCM projects beat Troll Inc, a video games developer concentrating on the smart phone market, into 2nd place.
