Different crowd designs lead to different outcomes of a project.
Author: lucasabia
A chartered marketer (MCIM) with a global MBA, I am currently pursuing a PhD in Entrepreneurship focusing on investor behaviour in the context of equity crowdfunding. Teaching all things digital is part of the journey. I blog on how entrepreneurial finance can foster a more sustainable and inclusive form of economic growth at thisisoliver.co
PEDRO MADEIRA (Beauhurst): “7 things to remember from 2016 and how 2017 equity crowdfunding will look like.”
Oliver* met up with Beauhurst, to discuss about the main trends in the British equity crowdfunding industry in 2016 and what’s next. [EXCLUSIVE]
Equity Crowdfunding To Boost Microsoft Valuation to $1 Trillion
In acquiring LinkedIn, Microsoft has become competitive to exploit the Social Investing Community.
Blockchain? A foundational technology
Blockchain could slash the cost of transactions and reshape the economy.
UK leads the way in a flourishing alternative lending European market
UK P2P players firmly hold 81% of the EU market share.
First exit for SyndicateRoom’s investors
40 SyndicateRoom investors enjoy a return as Oval Medical Technologies acquired by US giant
British SMEs like it equity
Appetite for equity finance growing in Britain.
Trust: What’s Next? Blockchain
Entrepreneur Adrian Petersen explains why blockchain is the innovation that can ensure trust. [VIDEO].
TOM BRITTON (Syndicate Room): “If you can’t give it your all, give it your none.” [EXCLUSIVE]
Oliver* met up with Syndicate Room, to discuss about their latest moves and what’s next. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
NATHAN ROSE (Assemble Advisory): “EQUITY CROWDFUNDING WILL FOSTER INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS.” [EXCLUSIVE]
In the aftermath of the publication of his first book on equity crowdfunding, Oliver* met up with Nathan Rose, entrepreneur and founder of the leading consultancy Assemble Advisory, to discuss about the fast-emerging sector. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
FCA to strengthen crowdfunding rules
The British Financial Conduct Authority published interim feedback following a call for input to the post-implementation review of the rules for crowdfunding.
Westlake awarded the most influential person in the crowdfunding industry
City A.M. published its top 100 fintech influential leaders list for 2016.
Britannia on the verge as UK Government’s £1 billion investment promises to boost the British startup-itching-to-scale-up scene with a twist on FinTech
Startups are set for a boost from the chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Fintech on a particular focus.
Why Goldman Sachs did drop out of R3? (As Well As Santander and Morgan Stanley)
According to experts, even though the bank left the group intends to continue developing blockchain projects on its own, news report. [Updated 23 November 2016].
Bettina Warburg: How the blockchain will radically transform the economy [TED’s Video]
Say hello to the decentralized economy — the blockchain is about to change everything. Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
How Indiegogo leveled investors’ playing field
The platform to shake up equity crowdfunding.
Blockchain & Millennials: A Relationship of Trust and Transparency?
Blockchain comes second only to the invention of the web, experts claim, in its disruptive power which seems to be reshaping every aspect of human activity, spanning from business to law to entrepreneurship with society, at large, ending up being assimilated confirming that Blockchain is a real game changer which, sooner or later, will revolutionize also the way we all think.
Brexit hits equity crowdfunding as the industry faces the first slowdown since its foundation
Altfi Data’s 2016 “Where are they now?” report reveals the status of all companies that have been funded using equity crowdunding, since the industry was conceived in 2011. What has been the impact of Brexit until now? [Report]
Victoria Silchenko: platforms owners struggle as Millennials look for the capital G.
Why Equity Crowdfunding Evangelist Victoria Silchenko is so optimistic about the future of equity crowdfunding.
KLEVERLAAN (CrowdfundingHub): “I expect a strong growth of equity crowdfunding over the next 5 years.”
Oliver* met up with Ronald Kleverlaan, Founder and Chairman of CrowdfundingHub, the European Expertise Centre for Alternative and Community Finance, to discuss about equity crowdfunding, current challenges, future scenarios, and a paper produced in partnership with AIG. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
