Markus talked about trends in modern finance, the emergence and background for crowdfunding, and the manifestation of macro trends such as the demand for democracy and efficiency in the world of finance. The discussion also touched on current trends and a future outlook on crowd driven investment models.
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Crowdfunding as an asset class - Markus Lampinen, GrowVC and CrowdValley
1. Crowdfunding – Asset Classes
and Crowd Driven Models
Markus Lampinen
October 27, 2012
CrowdFuture
2. Background – Grow VC
Marketplace for startup funding
Founded 2009
“Everyone Funding Startups”
– 2011 - $25M
– 4000+ startups
– 190+ countries
– Several raised rounds, first exits
Big idea? To democratize startup funding
3. The Network Society: Networks
cause a comprehensive
restructuring of society at
large, they are breaking old
models of organization.
4. Crowdfunding is ..
Small money, large crowd
No gatekeepers, anyone can invest
5. WhyCrowdfunding?
Same access to information
Efficient and effective framework via direct participation
New customer audiences
Access to new asset classes
.. no one is as smart as everyone?
7. Who benefits?
VC‟s and Angels get
– More liquidity
– More information
– More validation and filtering by „the crowd‟
Ordinary people
– Get more equal opportunities and access
Entrepreneurs
– Engaged investors and validation
8. Summary: Grow VC Group
Grow VC Groups pioneers funding models for companies globally
The Group focuses especially to offer crowd based marketplace and
community technology, and investment products that can work with
or be used by 3rdparties
Crowd Valley offers platform and back office functions for
crowdfunding services
– Already over 400 customer platforms in the network
– #1 equity crowdfundingplatform in the world
Mutual Seed Fund offers a crowdfunding co-investment service
Grow Advisors, ChangeLab23 and Grow Global Program offer
services to build startups globally
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9. Grow VC Group – growvcgroup.com
Finance and Services Portfolio
Infrastructure
Samples:
10. Over 16,500 investors
Over 4,300 startups
Users from 200 countries
Almost $35 Million investment money
10% monthly growth
Dozens of investments, millions of money
Over 400 3rd party crowdfunding
networks on the platform
The most global market place for equity
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12. Equity Investments Are Just The Start
US statistics (Bureau of Economic Analysis, Feb 2010)
The “professional investor” numbers
– VC Market: $12.4B
– Angel Investor market: $23B
• 100 – 300K active angels
• Only a few hundred in Silicon Valley
The “ordinary people” market
– “Informal investor market”: $162B
– Household savings: $8000B+ and rising..
19. Connected Local Ecosystems
• One BIG Kickstarter?
• There is a reason the financial market is de-centralized
with specialized brokers, marketplaces and exchanges
• Local operators like incubators, angel networks, brokers
add credibility and transparency
• Who do you trust?
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20. Crowdfunding Ecosystem
It‟s important to build the framework for crowdfunding
together with other investment models
– Get other investors and money to participate
– Help manage investments
– Continuity for next funding rounds
Investors can also offer other value
There can be co-investment models, passive or active
It is important to build co-operation with business
angels, VC‟s, incubators and others in the ecosystem
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21. Crowdfunding is Diverse
Crowdfunding is not only for non-accredited investors
or for equity investments
Crowdfunding for institutional investors, high net worth
individuals, accredited investors…
Crowdfunding for equity, loans, real estate, specific
properties or assets...
22. Case: Oil & Gas
Oil and Gas properties in the US
Crowdfunding for institutional investors, possibility to
allow “normal people” to participate in the future
Co-investments with mezzanine fund
Typical deal $8M - $20M
23. Case: Real Estate
Real estate is a known asset class, suffers from high
entry costs and low liquidity
Crowdfunding for accredited investors, possibility to
allow “normal people” to participate in the future
More efficiency and transparency in the process
24. Case: Grassroots Ecosystem
Joint effort between university incubator, angel
network and early stage fund
Direct participation via crowdfunding to allow
grassroots to reinforce itself
Benchmarking “entrepreneurial ecosystem”
25. WE HAVE A DREAM:
moreequal opportunities,
wherecompanies
and investorsunite
to accelerate innovation
26. Future
• Crowdfunding is here to stay, equity crowdfunding is just
starting to grow
• Crowdfunding does not replace other models or solution for
needs, it needs to work with the entire ecosystem
• A working, connected ecosystem is needed: It‟s crucial to
build an ecosystem where different stakeholders and
investment models work together, including crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding is not only for startup funding, it will have an
impact on the whole finance sector and make it more
effective
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27. Thank You
Markus Lampinen
CEO / Crowd Valley Inc
+1 646 801 4054 (US)
markus@crowdvalley.com
845 Third Avenue, New York
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Notas do Editor
Ipod shuffle storyIn a mass media society, the basic units are the large collective ‘masses’. In contrast, a network society is based on individuals who form voluntary connections with other individuals regardless of location. In a network society, the network becomes a basic unit of organization at all levels (individuals, groups and organizations). Online social networks, media networks and technology networks act as the catalysts for a networked society.