I did like Nems said and grabbed this for Forbes because I figure they are reputable in there way and do focus on business news.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chancebarnett/2013/05/08/top-10-crowdfunding-sites-for-fundraising/

I didn't check the globe/local restriction for the listed sites, sorry. I know there are a lot of people here that would like this sort of funding in there local area but good old google tends only to find me US sites and news.

The crowd investment thing sound really promising also.

Edit - http://www.indiegogo.com/ indiegogo.com calls itself international and its front page says