How it works

Create an account
Anyone can create a project for their community. Sign up for free and start building your project page.
Create a project page
We will help you develop your project so you are set up for success and ready to crowdfund.


Access additional funds
We have over £7m from exclusive funders that can back your campaign to help you reach your fundraising goals faster.
Share and collect pledges
Share your project far and wide to start raising funds and boost local support. You can get lots of helpful tips and resources along the way.

FAQs
Anyone can create a project on Spacehive provided that it is locally-rooted, tangible, and serves a community purpose.
When you're ready you can start your crowdfunding campaign. This means asking people to pledge money to your campaign, with the assurance that if the campaign is unsuccessful they will be refunded. Our platform will automatically match projects to Funds, which can then pledge directly to the crowdfunding campaign.
The funds are received approximately three weeks after reaching the target. You can go ahead and deliver your project.
You are matched to funds depending on certain criteria, such as location, and project type. You can make short ‘pitches’ to these funds via the Spacehive website, which involves answering questions about your project. Once your crowdfunding campaign is live, the funds you have pitched to will monitor your progress and then decide whether to pledge alongside the crowd.
Visit our Funds page to see if our partners are offering funds in your area.
If a project is fully funded it can continue to fundraise indefinitely to support its ongoing costs. Backers can either make a one-off donation or set up a monthly payment subscription.
Getting verified is a confidence-booster and makes your project more appealing to funders.
Fees are 7.5% (+VAT) of the project target and are only applicable in the event of a successful campaign. When you input your project costs, our platform will calculate this fee and it will appear as a cost item in your budget.
There are transaction fees (fees which apply when receiving electronic money payments, charged by our payment partner, Stripe) which are calculated when you input your project costs. These costs will vary depending on the transaction method, but are approximately 2.9% of the payment value, and only payable if the campaign is successful.
The 7.5% (+VAT) success fee and the transaction fees are added to your crowdfunding target at the outset. All fees are covered by your crowd, and you have 100% of the amount you need to deliver your project.
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