Collaborative or decentralized models of finance and investing, including equity crowdfunding, reward crowdfunding, crowd currencies, peer-to-peer lending and peer-to-peer commerce.
A little while ago we covered the benefits of equity crowdfunding from the perspective of the entrepreneur. It can be an excellent way for entrepreneurs to raise money, while at the same time gaining significant marketing exposure and solidifying customer loyalty....
Many successful businesses reach a stage where transformational expansion to take it to the next level, whether that might be developing the next version of a product or setting up a Sales and Marketing team, can’t be funded fast enough through sales income. Equity...
Real estate crowdfunding is on the rise thanks to recent technological and legal developments, and it’s redefining the way commercial real estate (CRE) assets are bought, managed, and sold today. Also known as 'online real estate', it allows individual investors...
Tech headlines today herald the potential impact of blockchain technology on industries such as crowdsourcing, transportation, and inter-company collaboration (supply chains). We’re inundated today with projects targeting these markets and many people think it’s quite...
From unknown, to renowned, to unknown again, blockchain technology’s past year has been tumultuous. Optimism abounded at the beginning of 2018. A technological revolution was happening. However, the outcome of that revolution was much more sobering. Today, in the...
Cryptocurrencies are massively disrupting the financial sector. This time last year we witnessed something amazing for the first time in history: people became aware of cryptocurrencies at large and started actively buying them, resulting in massive price jumps in...
It is very reassuring to small-stake equity crowdfunding investors to believe that the terms of their deals are the same terms as those offered to large investors, with no discrimination against ‘the small guys’. However, the latest round of ‘in-house’ fundraising by...
The banking industry has always been perceived as a bedrock of economic stability, but it is experiencing disruption at an increasing pace. A sea change in finance is being driven by technology, which is both expanding service capabilities and reshaping client...
The World Economic Forum is the international, independent organisation behind the celebrated annual Davos event in Switzerland that under the attention of global media draws together 2,500 “business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global,...
Venture capital is growing enormously as a potential for exponential returns on investment. According to PitchBook, 2018 is on track to surpass $100 billion in deal value, an enormous achievement. Equity crowdfunding is a venture capital model disrupting the...
The Bitcoin price is ballooning again, but this time we’re all a little hesitant to get excited. After so many price pumps quickly followed by price dumps, it’s hard to know if the price will continue going upward this time. All cryptocurrencies have been as volatile...
The power of crowds, who can link together and organize effectively through smart mobile technology, is disrupting traditional power bases at political, corporate, media and financial levels. The rise of populist political leaders who communicate with their...