Essays about: "Investment Crowdfunding"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Investment Crowdfunding.

  1. 16. Crowdfunding applied to Real Estate – Risks and Opportunities

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Ida Sylvan; Renée Huuva; [2016]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; Crowd financing; Tessin; Real estate investment; Investment risk; Crowdfunding; Gränsrotsfinansiering; Tessin; Fastighetsinvestering; Investeringsrisk;

    Abstract : Due to the low interest rates and uncertainty in the economic outlook investors seek alternative investments to achieve a satisficing return. Real estate is the third largest asset class and represent a large amount of physical capital with a unique risk. For an investor's utility-maximizing real estate should be a natural part of a portfolio. READ MORE

  3. 17. Understanding The Crowd : A quantitative study on investor motivation in equity crowdfunding

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Alex Pearson; John Johdet; Mikael Näselius; [2016]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; Investment Motivation; Motivational Factors; Demographic Motivation; Equity Crowdfunding; Crowdfunding Investment;

    Abstract : Background - Equity-based crowdfunding is rapidly emerging as a source of funding, as a way for ventures to overcome financial obstacles. It is based on a large number of investors, the crowd, who contributes with smaller investments that together helps fund the venture, where the investor in return receives equity in the venture. READ MORE

  4. 18. Crowdfunding and Economic Growth : Potential Effects on Investment Efficiency

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Johan Holmberg; [2016]
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    Abstract : Crowdfunding is an alternative form of finance that have emerged with the widespread adoption of the internet. With the increasing utilization of crowdfunding, this thesis sets out to theoretically investigate whether crowdfunding could affect economic growth. READ MORE

  5. 19. External Financing of Swedish Living Labs

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Johanna Olsson; Lovisa Yvell; [2016]
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    Abstract : The building and housing sector is often described as one of the most conservative sectors within society and is today facing a slow technical progress and a significant difference between technically possible solutions and socially accepted ones. An initiative trying to solve this problem by decreasing the lead times within this sector is KTH Live-In Lab, a living lab that is supposed to open during fall 2017. READ MORE

  6. 20. Perceptions of Swedish Fund Managers of Equity Crowdfunding

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Mikael Uusivuori; Axel Andersson; Latif Andersson; [2015]
    Keywords : Equity Crowdfunding; Crowdfunding; Traditional Funding Methods; Venture Capital; Fund Managers; Seed-Stage Funding; ECF Fund; Equity Gap; Financing of Small Firms;

    Abstract : Equity crowdfunding (ECF) is the smallest of four main types of crowdfunding (CF) and has emerged as a new form of investment, where investors receive equity of a company in return for capital. Over the past years, the development of CF has given entrepreneurs the option to seek funding from a new source, instead of relying solely on venture capital (VC) and other sources of funding (Mollick, 2013). READ MORE