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Crowdfunding trends and challenges
1. Crowdsourcing Week Global
Singapore 2014
« Crowdfunding for the 21st Century »
Lionel Slusny - Loft Solutions
Consulting for Crowdfunding since 2006
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2. We cannot connect the dots looking forward,
we can only connect them looking backward
3. Why does crowdfunding exist ?
Internet
Economic and Social crisis
(imbalance of revenues, investment
capabilities and investment returns)
Crowdsourcing
Success stories : Kiva, Zopa, Lending
Club , …
Prominent individuals embracing it
(Elon Musk, John Mack (CS former
CEO), François Hollande (France
Republic President),...)
More importantly, a
combination of factors that
makes it possible
4. Craving crowds for greater investment
transparency
The Crowds crave for greater investment transparency : They
want to know what they invest in and they want feedback
– E.g. crowdfunding replaces investments in « Sustainable » funds
with only large caps (?!)
5. Crowdfunding is more than finance
Social connections
Investment opportunities for companies
Support & Professional services
It is about people… Role of Crowdsourcing
7. Trends in Crowdfunding are
lightning bolt
Growth of specific
crowdfunding types
– Credit crowdfunding / p2p
lending (largest in terms
of volumes)
Growth of specific
crowdfunding industries
– Real Estate crowdfunding
– Gaming
– Connected devices …
8. Crowdsourcing vs. Crowdfunding ?
Global vs. Local
Crowdsourcing enables resources holders to connect globally to
resources requirers
– The same is true for Crowdfunding
But knowledge and risk management are most important factors in
Crowdfunding
– Result is the vast majority of transactions happen locally or within
close communities (potentially online)
Combined models yet need to emerge.
9. On the importance of IT and Data
Crowdfunding is heavily relying on
IT
Transparency and investors
information is only as good as the
inputs provided by the platforms
and entrepreneurs
APIs structures are key going
forward
10. Crowdfunding is a challenge
to the Nations
Too costly for single Nations to re-define entire regulations
for the purpose of crowdfunding
– And too costly in terms of cost of opportunity, since larger market and
Nations will quickly acquire a competitive advantage (e.g.
UK, US, Singapore…), very difficult to catch up later on
In Europe, coordinated action is yet to be seen
– Actions should include incentive for crowdfunding platforms and more
generally entrepreneurship finance support
11. Crowdfunding platform need to become
the Facebooks of project investment
The crowdfunding platforms need more crowdsourcing, more input from the
crowd
They need more services and partnerships from established network of partners
They need innovative ways to raise money and to communicate about their
investment opportunities
They need new ways to tap into the crowd, not just for money but for their
knowledge, social networks and intangible assets