The below deck was presented by Kieran Garvey, Crowdcube Business Development Manager, at the Synergy and Crowdfunding Forum (SCxSC) hosted by Securities Commission Malaysia in September.
The deck delivers a solid overview of the various forms of crowdfunding and industry growth in the United Kingdom.
Some of the interesting points include:
- Equity based crowdfunding grew 371% in 2013
- Invoice Trading grew 487% in 2013
- Peer to peer lending grew 107% but represents a much larger amount of funding
Crowdcube Specific data points:
- Smallest investment £10
- Largest investment £250,000
- 54% of investors are aged 29-48 years old (there was one investor that was over 100 years old)
- Number one reason for investing: Market Potential
- Why invest: Making Money
- 52% of investors are interested in some sort of role with the company
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