Practical Law ANZ Glossary w-013-6911 (Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Crowd-sourced funding (CSF)
A way of raising money from a large number of investors who make relatively small financial contributions to fund a business, project, venture or cause. Crowd-sourced funding (CSF) is usually undertaken using online platforms (for example, social media). CSF can be used for capital raising by start-ups and other small to medium-sized companies that may not have easy access to traditional methods of capital markets and venture capital fundraising.