Funding your start-up with NGOs money

1 points by gumbo ↗ HN
Currently working on the hypothesis of my future venture and come to a the current hard to answer dilemma.

Our value proposition is two fold:

1. Bring education to the hundred millions of people that do no have access to school and by nature are often poor. Targeted to the developing world. 2. Making education an addictive experience and a part of everyday life of people in the developed world through the use of Gamification.

Now the dilemma arise because that we believe that the only way to address the first target would be to take NGOs money in order to put the equipments and the setup in the hands of the users.

Do you think that we can take NGOs money while remaining a business?

PS: We think this project would explode it kickstarter funding, if we could use it. But unfortunately we can't.

What other means do we have to fund such a venture.

Thank you.

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"PS: We think this project would explode it kickstarter funding, if we could use it. But unfortunately we can't."

Use Indiegogo instead

The problem with indiegogo is that most raised fund are in the order of 5 digit, we need are looking for $150k. Do you think that indiegogo is still an option?
Or roll your own on Crowdtilt or Selfstarter.us
Absolutely, you can always go for an option to collect all funds contributed even if goal is not met