1. Why is crowdfunding growing?
Can the crowd make successful investments?
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Goncalo de Vasconcelos
Co-founder and CEO of SyndicateRoom
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2. Equity Crowdfunding is not Charity
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Key elements of crowdfunding
► Success is not money going in;
Will be money getting out.
► Crowdfunding has to be sustainable;
It has to work for investors.

5. Angels
Crowd Startups
SMEs
Investor-led
Company-led
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Investor-led Vs Company-led

6. Angels
Crowd Startups
SMEs
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Investor-led Vs Company-led

7. Angels
Crowd Startups
SMEs
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Investor-led Vs Company-led

8. Crowdfunding 2.0
Challenging the status-quo
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9. Sophisticated Deals
Sophisticated Retail
Investors
Professional Investors
The Investor-led Model
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Crowdfunding 2.0 – crowdfunding, but not as you know it

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Crowdfunding – but not as you know it
► Better for entrepreneurs:
► +80% of deals successfully funded
► Better for investors:
► 1 failure, 2 companies ceased trading out of over 70 companies

12. The future of Crowdfunding
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Growth of Investor-led Vs Company-led

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Investor-led model Company-led model
► Average investment
£16,000 (21.000€)
► Average funding round
£640,000 (860.000€)
► c80% of deals successfully funded
► Failure rate
<3% (as of 31/3/2016)
► Average investment1
£2,177 (2.900€)
► Average funding round2
£147,000 (200.000€)
► c20% of deals successfully funded
► Failure rate3
c25%
Sources:
1 NESTA ‘Understanding alternative finance’
2 British Business Bank / Beauhurst
3 AltFi Data

15. Crowdfunding 3.0
Disrupting the incumbents
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A new way to invest into IPOs and Private Placings

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From idea to IPO

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A new way to invest: from idea to IPO

19. Invest with the Professionals