Essays about: "Investment Crowdfunding"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the words Investment Crowdfunding.

  1. 11. What can we say about the users of crowdfunding platforms?

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Therese Dannberg; [2017]
    Keywords : crowdfunding; crowdfunding platforms; creators; funders; financial; investment;

    Abstract : Crowdfunding is a method for financing a product, investment or project. It means that all people, individuals or companies that have an idea and Internet connection can outsource the idea on a crowdfunding platform. The purpose with this crowdfunding is that the creator turn to many people with small amounts of money. READ MORE

  3. 12. Crowdfunding as a Source for Social Enterprise Financing : Advantages and Disadvantages Experienced by Social Entrepreneurs

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Diana Hazam; Dijana Karimova; Magnus Gabriel Olsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; Social Enterprise Financing; Lending Crowdfunding; Equity Crowdfunding; Sustainability; Social Ventures; Impact Investment;

    Abstract : Social Enterprises face funding challenges. As investors focus too narrowly on risk and return, social enterprises may struggle to compete with commercial enterprises for investment capital. READ MORE

  4. 13. Financing Success through Equity crowdfunding : The case of Start-ups and SMEs funded on a European crowdfunding platform

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pia Neugebauer; Justina Medziausyte; [2017]
    Keywords : equity crowdfunding; success drivers; entrepreneur finance; funding gap;

    Abstract : Due to changes of regulations in the banking sector after the credit crunch, equity crowdfunding has become an alternative funding source in raising capital for small and medium sized enterprises, that face a lack of financial resources or trustworthiness. The aim of this thesis is to identify the determinants of a successful equity crowdfunding project. READ MORE

  5. 14. On the Shoulders of Giants: Quality signalling in Venture Capital and Equity Crowdfunding

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Lampros Baltas; Mario Todorov; [2016]
    Keywords : Venture Capital; Crowdfunding; Equity Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Signalling;

    Abstract : The latest years, Equity Crowdfunding has experienced exponential growth as a way of financing new ventures. This study explores whether equity crowdfunding investors, or ''the crowd'', interpret signals of venture quality in a way similar to professional Venture Capitalists ("VCs") and also if their investment decisions are subject to similar constraints and biases. READ MORE

  6. 15. Equity crowdfunding: Is it really "Dumb money"? : An exploratory study on the non-financial value added by equity crowdfunding investors from Swedish entrepreneurs’ perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Johanna Malmgren; Freja Holm; Susanna Bertilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : equity funding; equity crowdfunding; non-financial value added; investors; entrepreneurial finance; Swedish entrepreneurs;

    Abstract : Abstract  Background:                     In an equity crowdfunding campaign, the investor receives shares in the company in return for the investment, which makes equity crowdfunding similar to traditional sources of equity funding. Nevertheless, skeptics have referred to equity crowdfunding as “dumb money”, since it might not provide similar non-financial value added as realized from professional investors. READ MORE