It is often assumed that entrepreneurs retain more control of their venture when they opt for equity crowdfunding as … by analysing the cash flow and control rights crowd investors receive in equity crowdfunding in Germany, where more … capital investment contracts are also used in equity crowdfunding contracts. We find that crowd investors are asked to pay …

that finished their ICOs by August 2017 to assess determinants of funding success that we derive from the crowdfunding and … venture capital literature. Our results show that ICOs exhibit similarities to classical crowdfunding and venture capital …

are ultimately financed via crowdfunding? A simple model and simulation reveals the answers to both questions to be: "not …

Over the past years crowdfunding emerged as an alternative funding channel for entrepreneurs. In contrast to … traditional financiers (banks, venture capital firms or angel investors), crowdfunding allows individuals to fund entrepreneurs … directly even with small amounts. We received individual-level data from Startnext, the biggest crowdfunding platform in …

crowdfunding ventures. This is done by applying standard economic theory and machine learning techniques from computer science to … analyzes transaction-level data in addition to information about completed crowdfunding projects. This provides an unique … crowdfunding campaign at any point throughout its duration. These ndings prove that a number of product and project specifi c …

This research provides the first deep and empirical look into Brazil's increasing equity crowdfunding, or crowdinvest … crowdfunding industry in Brazil, (2) reveals the role of crowdinvest in Brazil, related to bank credit to SMEs, and (3) provides …

This paper investigates whether gender, age, ethnicity, and geography affect the choice of equity crowdfunding … both more likely to launch equity crowdfunding offerings than IPOs, and have higher chances to successfully complete an … equity crowdfunding offering. Remotely located companies are more likely to launch equity crowdfunding offerings than IPOs …