Publication 13. 2020 For most Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), the biggest challenge facing their businesses is lack of capital. With banks and venture capital firms setting strict limits on how much money they can lend; more and more firms are turning to Equity-based Crowdfunding platforms and The Stock Market for a solution. Why these…
Publication 12. 2020 Equity-based crowdfunding platforms are fast becoming the go-to capital sources for a lot of, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. With many changes happening in this industry, this article will take a closer look at Equity-Based crowdfunding in the form of a case study. We will analyze the equity-based crowdfunding platform, Eureeca, as…
Publication 11. 2020 In the previous publication, we discussed the risks and rewards of equity-based crowdfunding. As this crowdfunding method deals with investments, it is necessary to talk about regulation. In this publication, we will briefly address or review equity-based crowdfunding regulations. In general, for crowdfunding platforms, the “regulation for the stock market”, is the…
Publication 10. 2020 All businesses need money, to start, to grow, and to change the world. When someone gives them the money they need, we call that “funding”. When a plethora of people invest their money by funding these startups via internet platforms, this process is best-known as crowdfunding. This crowdfunding has changed conventional investment…
Publication 9. 2020 In the previous publication, we discussed some examples of existing Donation-Based Crowdfunding and Rewards-Based Crowdfunding platforms. Now let us have a look at Equity-Based Crowdfunding and Debt-Based Crowdfunding. Equity-Based Crowdfunding Equity-based crowdfunding allows an investor to partly own the business they are investing in. These investors trade the capital to gain company…
Publication 18. 2020 The struggle to access funds is one nearly all small businesses go through. Most banks remain, shall we say, “extremely careful” when it comes to offering loans to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME’s) and Startup businesses, even when some of these are already making profits. The issue is -often- not having sufficient…