Financing Models

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• Crowd investing (equity-based crowdfunding) grants the crowd (in most cases) a silent partner’s interest in a company, which sells shares in return for money. This type of crowdfunding generates the most total funding and is a popular form of finance for startups in the early phase.
• Crowd lending (lending-based crowdfunding) enables loans for projects carried out by individuals or businesses to be financed by the crowd. Like a normal loan, the money must be repaid at the end of a fixed term.
• Crowd supporting (reward-based crowdfunding) enables money to be raised for a certain purpose in return for non-financial rewards known as ‘perks’, providing many different ways in which a crowd can be encouraged to support a project.
• Crowd donating (donation-based crowdfunding) allows donations to be collected from the crowd with nothing expected in return.