Crowdfinance

How to Re-Build the Real Estate or Property Business Worldwide using Blockchain

How to Re-Build the Real Estate or Property Business Worldwide using Blockchain is a question many people are pondering. Worldwide, one guy is way ahead in this area. Scott Picken. Brisbane here is your chance to see him. Scott recently shared his views in London, Dubai, New York and Atlanta. Now it’s Australia’s turn with …

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Real Estate Crowdfunding Researched

Came across a great read this week. Real Estate Crowdfunding: Gimmick or Game Changer? A Real Estate Crowdfunding Report which has been researched very well. You can download it here! Whenever new technology is adopted by some of the participants in an industry, it has the potential to disrupt the existing players and their roles, or …

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Intermediaries, Trust and Equity Crowdfunding

Intermediary-controlled trust has been the main game in selling shares and equity since the 1930’s. That is why regulators have latched onto intermediaries, and their existing regimes to regulate the emergence of crowdfunding. However intermediary-less trust is on its way. A truism that is getting stronger and stronger is that “the crowd will catch a …

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What Government Sell Downs can learn from Crowdfunding Techniques

Reflecting on the learnings of 300 Equity Crowdfunding raises I thought many of the tools, techniques and especially the transparency could be directly applied to Government asset sell down. With equity raises there are three aspects that tick the boxes when it comes to getting a fundable opportunity. Of course there are the analytics and supporting …

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Submission to Crowd-sourced funding Senate Economics Legislation Committee

This is my submission to Dr Kathleen Dermody, Committee Secretary, Senate Economics Legislation Committee who have the task of reviewing the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced funding) Bill 2015 [Provisions] Submission Mismatch – Not for small businesses There is a complete mismatch between the marketing of “Crowd-Sourced Funding” and what this bill will achieve. It has been touted as good for …

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Equity Crowdfunding but whose crowd is it?

This article with an Equity crowdfunding headline got me thinking. First equity crowdfunding deal in Australia for 2016 raises more than $675,000 To an entity getting funded to the tune of $675,000 is a great achievement. For a platform to facilitate this is also a great achievement. Well done! However the phrase “With three days …

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Where Equity Crowdfunding regulators are missing $60 billion

Attention and proposed regulatory changes are only being focussed on one half of equity crowdfunding’s potential. Sadly, this was once again clearly the case in today’s Australian Financial Review. “Start-ups told to grow up and respect investors in crowd equity funding row” reportedly by High-profile start-up investor Steve Baxter $5 million raises, Public Companies, AFSL intermediaries were touted …

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Investor Aggregation for Capital Raising and the Campaign Approach

Traditionally investor aggregation at the IPO level often includes a well planned and well funded marketing campaign. However non-IPO raises seldom have as well constructed campaigns. Often the “rolodex” is the campaign. Go through the rolodex and do a one time communication, usually an email with an investment summary attached, to the target. In the …

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Mitigating Fraud in Crowdfinance

This “Mitigating Fraud in Crowdfinance” Webinar was held on the 24th of September 2015 and was hosted by Dara Albright. This is an updated version of the presentation I gave in 2013 at the 2nd annual Crowdfund Investing Innovation Forum, organized by the Crowdfunding Professional Association which now includes investor aggregation, Joey Roth’s Charlatan, Martyr and Hustler …

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