Disrupt: Crowdfunding with the Locals Collaborative consumption and crowd sourcing have impacted everything from cars, to travel, to work, design and even scientific discovery. The area we think shows the most promise for having a lasting impact on local is finance. During this session we speak with companies that are revolutionising how businesses and projects get funded in the UK. We examine what role local plays both in the success of projects and how people choose which projects to fund. Moderator: Caspar Craven, Founder, Trovus

1. Disrupt:
Crowd Funding with the
Locals
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2. Agenda
• What is crowd funding
• How important is Crowd Funding
• Introducing the Panel:
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Phil Geraghty, Managing Director, Crowdfunder UK
Darren Westlake, CEO, Crowdcube Ltd
Ari Last, Partnership Development, Market Invoice
Laura McMullen, Business Development Director, Funding Circle
• Panel Debate
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3. Who am I
Caspar Craven
 Over $1/2bn of traditional Funding Deals
 CEO of Trovus – Raised Crowd Funding earlier this year
 Author of the Straight Talk Guide to Crowd Funding
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4. Background
• Collaborative consumption and crowd sourcing have impacted
everything from cars, to travel, to work, design and even
scientific discovery.
• The area we think shows the most promise for having a lasting
impact on local is finance.
• During this session we speak with companies that are
revolutionising how businesses and projects get funded in the
UK. We examine what role local plays both in the success of
projects and how people choose which projects to fund
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5. Why Crowd Funding
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6. What is Crowd Funding
• Crowdfunding (alternately crowd financing, equity
crowdfunding, crowd-sourced fundraising) is the collective
effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually
via theInternet, to support efforts initiated by other people or
organizations.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
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7. Debt Crowd Funding
Equity Crowd Funding
Invoice Discounting Crowd
Funding
Trading Services for Cash
Crowd Funding
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