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'CrowdJustice': Crowdfund Startup Speeds U.S. Launch Thanks to Trump Travel Ban
Need to raise money to fund legal cases? Call CrowdJustice.
CrowdJustice, which until now has been based in Britain, announced this week that it have moved up its U.S. launch by 3 weeks to take advantage of various campaigns to defend those subject to the travel ban from 7 Muslim-majority countries.
"We moved our U.S. launch so that we could go live right after the immigration executive order was announced to give a platform to raise money and support and increase public awareness for legal cases." - - CEO Julia Salasky.
Its first U.S. case is aimed at raising funds to help Tareq and Ammar Aziz, 2 Yemeni brothers who were deported to Ethiopia after arriving at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on 1/28, hours after Trump had signed the order. Salasky said the platform’s team of 10 is working on a number of other crowdfunding campaigns related to the legal cases on the immigration order, as well as 2 cases on voting rights.
A former attorney with British law firm Linklaters, Salasky launched CrowdJustice 18 months ago. It has helped raise around $2.5 million in pledges for around 150 cases to date. It charges a 5% fee on total raised, as well as a payment processor fees.
Unlike the most well-known crowdfunding websites, such as Kickstarter, which generally help businesses or individuals raise money in exchange for products or rewards, CrowdJustice is donation-based. It describes itself as a nonpolitical platform, meaning it does not admit cases based on their content. To be admitted for fundraising, cases must have a lawyer in place.
