commitment has not yet been discussed in a crowdfunding context. Applying a signaling approach, our empirical findings show that …

. Equity crowdfunding is one of several types of crowdfunding, and is also known as crowdinvesting in the German-speaking realm …. This article predominantly advances the scientific knowledge regarding the success factors of equity crowdfunding for …

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 …