Here is a pretty cool infographic from the team at BusinessProfiles (a global corporate registration database). They have compiled a solid number of data points pertaining to the global crowdfunding industry – both for rewards/donation and investment based campaigns.
A few key points from their research:
- Crowdfunding expanded at an annual compound interest rate of 63% from 2009 to 2012
- Average successful campaign is $7000
- For every $37,702 invested – one job is created
- For 2014:
- 270,000 jobs will be created
- $65 billion will be injected into the economy
- By 2020: 2 million jobs will have been created
As we all know, very little fraud has occurred, even on the rewards based platforms the fraud rate is (apparently) low.
So where is crowdfunding going? Onward and upward.
