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The lack of funding for green and renewable energy projects is the critical challenge countries face on their responsible path. Renewable energy crowdfunding platforms can partially solve this problem and help sustainable businesses get the necessary funding.

Legal crowdfunding is a relatively new and rapidly growing niche. Companies help small businesses and individuals cover lawsuit expenses with the wisdom and money of the crowd.

Sustainable finance and impact investing, in general, have become a hot topic and a subject for speculation. Do people actually believe the products and services they invest in make an impact?

Sukuk is a shariah-compliant Islamic financial certificate that has a unique structure, but in multiple sources is compared to a bond. Sukuk is not a debt obligation but it represents an ownership interest in a pool of assets. However, the investors don’t receive interest. Instead, they get a portion of revenues generated by the assets.

Did you know that crowdfunding can be beneficial internally? There are many companies doing this already and we're sure you know at least one: IBM, Sony, Enel, Bose, Siemens, and Shell. It's helpful in improving innovation management, prototyping, and strengthening corporate culture.

Does incorporating blockchain in crowdfunding add value or is it just about the hype? In today's short series, Konstantin talks about the survey that is soon to be released, where he'd asked multiple European crowdfunding platforms on their thoughts about blockchain.

Agricultural Crowdfunding Platform: Where to start? If you think about it, agricultural crowdfunding in itself incorporates a variety of different categories: crop, farmland, food production, agricultural property, technology and machinery development... all of which will always be necessary for as long as mankind needs to eat.

Konstantin Boyko, CEO at LenderKit, wraps up the highlights from a panel discussion on P2P lending regulations held within the P2P Investing Summit that took place last week.