This study set out to understand some of the key issues involved in a successful crowdfunding campaign based on interviews with founders of several UK-based businesses that had been successful at obtaining funds via different crowdfunding models. The results show that contrary to previous...

Crowdfunding has become a valuable source of funding for new businesses and projects, and this study investigates what makes a successful campaign in the Arts. The study reports similar findings as other studies such as need to be prepared with a clear and transparent video disclosing the...

With the creation of start-up biotech businesses being a very risky pursuit, with capital intensive projects, long product development lead times and regulatory hurdles to overcome, support for such businesses is essential. Business incubators have long been a method of improving start-up...

Crowdfunding is an alternative funding mechanism whereby innovators can access funding for their projects using a variety of “payback” options to investors – from traditional rewards such as equity, dividends and repayments with interest to non-monetary rewards such as physical or digital...