Videos

While scams are typically associated with reward and donation-based crowdfunding, debt and equity are no exception. In today's episode, Yana Geyeva will go over the top 5 scams that we think are most commonly seen and how you can avoid being labelled a scam/scammer.

The SEC puts in a great deal of effort to benefit all parties involved in crowdfunding, including platform owners, fundraisers, and investors. At times it can be difficult to stay up to date with all the exemptions. Today Alina Seredenko is going to go over what Regulation D is to help you better understand which exemption you should apply for.

There are 2 official entities that regulation crowdfunding in Saudi Arabia - the Capital Marketing Authority (CMA) and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). Let's explore what each one of these means for crowdfunding platforms.

While the SEC keeps simplifying and harmonizing the set of rules to benefit every party -- platforms, fundraisers, and investors, sometimes it's a bit hard to keep up. Anton Galaguz elaborates on how the SEC regulates exempt offerings, particularly Reg A.

According to our most recent study, Konstantin shares, having a mobile app is one of the top 3 features desired by crowdfunding platforms. In his experience, he has a set of criteria that needs to be met before allocating the time, budget, and resources to build out a mobile application.

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.

In this video, we are looking at a US-based real estate crowdfunding platform - CrowdStreet. The platform has a robust investor dashboard which allows investors to analyze offerings from different angles and conduct due dilligence.

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.