Short description:
Acorn Collective helping fulfil crowdfunding's promise of being a democratic, accessible way for small businesses to get funding. The Acorn platform will be completely free to use in any country and for any legal purpose.
Industry:
FinanceAbout Acorn Collective:
Changing the Face of Crowdfunding
Acorn is building a blockchain based crowdfunding platform that's the first to be free and open to any legal project in any country.
Free Crowdfunding
ERC-20 token means tiny transaction fees (other platforms: typically 3-5%). ICO proceeds fund Acorn Revenue Generation Mechanisms so Acorn don’t need to charge any platform fees for crowdfunding (other platforms: typically 5%).
All Legal Projects
Acorn will allow legal and non-harmful projects, irregardless of category to crowdfund for free. Acorn works as well for community projects as it does for huge consumer products. Acorn don't shut you out because you're a local business.
Any Country
Crowdfunding is an outstanding success in developed countries. Emerging markets are all but shut out. Acorn interested in an expansive ecosystem, so Acorn will allow all non-sanctioned countries.
Attractive Tokenomics
Fixed supply token, used for all transactions in Acorn crowdfunding hub, Acorn post-campaign marketplace, Acorn support services and Acorn point-of-sales payment app. Real utility means real demand.
Early Incentives
Acorn want to reward and encourage early adopters. A Project Incentive Fund provides generous incentives for people to use Acorn platform. Acorn affiliate rewards provides commissions for successful recruitment of additional users.
Validated Interest
Acorn have a growing list of interested projects waiting to be listed. Accelerators and incubators in developed and emerging markets are partnering with us to provide crowdfunding to ventures and entrepreneurs in their networks.
Team:
Dr. Moritz Kurtz, Co-founder & CEO
Peter-Andreas Kurtz, Co-founder & CFO
Ed Earle, CTO
Edward Lobbett, COO
Helene Boscardin, Social Initiatives Director
Simon Minton, Cybersecurity & Startup Specialist
Edward Dench, Head of Marketing
Ben Webb, Head of Community & Partnerships
Toby Tucker, Marketing & Community
Jan Monks, Customer Relations Manager
Rory Stanway, Digital Marketing
Tayana Simons, Copywriter
Jamie Conoley, Videographer / Creative
Developers
Alex Wu, Blockchain Developer
Advisors
David Ives, Crowdfunding & Technical Advisor
Ian Scarffe, Blockchain & Startup Advisor
Hasib Nawaz Shaikh, Investment Advisor
Theodosis Mourouzis, Blockchain Advisor
Kyriacos Pavlou, Blockchain Advisor
Anuj Khanna, ICO, Business Development Advisor
Desmond Marshall, ICO & Investment Advisor
Jeremy Suarez, Cybersecurity Advisor
Becky Tsang, Creative Advisor
Viola Wang, Business Development Advisor
Daniel Schewior, Music Industry Advisor
Jon Somerscales, UX Advisor
Country: Gibraltar
Whitelist/KYC: KYC & Whitelist
Restricted areas: USA, China
ICO Bench - 33 expert ratings: 
ICO PROFILE - 4.9
TEAM - 4.4
VISION - 4.0
PRODUCT - 3.4
General conclusion:
A promising project with great potential. High probability of token exchange rate increase several times after entering the exchange
White paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1PbmmXatTeAODdsWUl4bmRJOW8/view
Website: https://aco.ai/
Bitciontalk site: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2470481.0
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