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Intermediating Crowdfunding: A Foundational Assessment

Intermediating Crowdfunding: A Foundational Assessment
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Author(s): Joan MacLeod Heminway (The University of Tennessee College of Law, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 22
Source title: Start-Ups and SMEs: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1760-4.ch056

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Abstract

The principals in business finance transactions most typically are the focus of commentaries and studies. Intermediaries often are forgotten—or at least are of secondary concern. The growing academic and popular literature on crowdfunding exemplifies these larger trends. This chapter focuses broadly on a description of crowdfunding intermediation in a preliminary effort to address this imbalance. Specifically, the chapter focuses most closely on (a) identifying and categorizing the types of intermediaries involved in crowdfunded financings of businesses and projects and (b) making related observations. This exploration of crowdfunding intermediaries: isolates expertise, standardization, and disclosure as key values in crowdfunding intermediation; exposes the central role and critical nature of the crowdfunding platform as a crowdfunding intermediary; and notes certain resulting concerns and considerations. Ultimately, additional research is needed to provide better information and guidance to potential and actual crowdfunding participants, policymakers, and enforcement agents.

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