Crowdfunding in the EU Capital Markets Union (based on EC Papers)
Broadening access to finance for innovative companies, start-ups and other unlisted firms, including SMEs, is at the heart of the…
Lending-based crowdfunding (based on EC Papers)
It is also known as crowd-lending, peer-to-peer or marketplace lending. Companies or individuals seek to obtain funds from the public…
Investment-based crowdfunding (based on EC Papers)
This way, Companies issue equity, debt or contractual instruments to crowd-investors, typically through an online platform (although this is not…
Crowdfunding business risks
The risks that may be posed by investment-based crowdfunding are common to those more generally related to investing in the…