us crowdinvesting industry
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Presentation given by Jonathan Sandlund, TheCrowdCafe.com @Silicon Valley Crowdfunding Conference April 3, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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U.S. Crowdinvesting Industry
Jonathan Sandlund
Jonathan Sandlund | @jsandlund |
@jsandlund
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thecrowdcafe.com leading provider of research, data and analysis on the global crowdinvesting industry
Jonathan [email protected] @jsandlund
About Me
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Rewards v. Investment Why it matters.
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~$5,000
~$160,000
Median Fundraise
~$775,000
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Loyalzoo Raised ~$300,000 from 157 investors.
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Very large investors Very small investors
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Title II (Accredited Crowdfunding)
vs. Title III (Retail Crowdfunding)
Title IV (Reg A+)
vs. Intrastate Crowdfunding
vs.
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Title II (Accredited) Crowdinvesting
Jonathan Sandlund | @jsandlund
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General Solicitation What does it look like?
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How much general solicitation (506c offerings) is happening?
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Shhhh….. Quiet 506c Deals
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Marketplace Structures & Considerations
Jonathan Sandlund | @jsandlund
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Market Segmentation.
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Platforms
VerticalizedSMBsStartups
By Addressable Markets
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‣ Sector-Focus
‣ Generalists v. Specialists
‣ Stage-Focus
‣ Seed v. Early v. Emerging Growth v. Later-Stage
‣ Project-Based (Real Estate / Film / Music / Etc.)
‣ Affinity
‣ By Race / Geography / Sex / Interests & Ideals
Additional Considerations
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Curated vs. Non-Curated Platforms
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5% 25% 100%
Very High Curation High
No CurationModerate
50%
<5% 100%
acceptance rate
The Curation Spectrum
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Carry 20% Carry
SaaS $19 - $69 / month
* selected samples
Blended 10% Success Fee + 10% Carry
Curation drives business models.
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Are investors a commodity? Where is the Enterprise Value being built?
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Market Optimizers
vs.
Market Makers
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The Value of a Distributed Cap Table Pre & Post-Funding
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Biggest unfair advantage of all.
Access to capital.
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What’s Next?
From 2000 to 2010 the cost of building a startup declined by a factor of 10X
Fundraising is next. Centrality will drive fundraising costs into the
ground, making capital formation accessible to all.
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What’s Next?
Twitter et al. liberated control over information
Crowdinvesting will liberate control over capital.
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The Disruption — Not If, But When
Jonathan Sandlund | @jsandlund
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Crowd funding
Technical Disruption Entrance of the internet into private capital formation process.
Cultural Disruption
A desire to connect more meaningfully with the
things we buy, the things we do, and the things we
invest in.
Two mega-trends collidingInvestment Crowdfunding
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Music
Travel
Retailing
Before After
Internet-driven Disruption Technical
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A fundamentally more efficient capital formation process
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Technical
A Big UK Bank
Source: http://www-core.nesta.org.uk/library/images/NestaBanks.jpg
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A fundamentally more efficient capital formation process
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Technical
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Summed up...
✓ The first major change in security law in 70+ years;
✓ Invites the internet into the capital formation process.
TechnicalTechnical Disruption
What it means...
✓ Processes moved online✓ Efficiencies realized✓ Incumbents with
traditional cost structures obseleted
✓ New markets served
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But it’s not just structural change driving the disruption.
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Cultural
It’s also cultural.
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A cultural shift
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‣ Web 1.0 The Information Web
‣ Web 2.0 The Connected Web
‣ Web 3.0 The Meaningful Web
Cultural
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Chicago Booth: 13% of Americans trust the stock market
Distrust is pervasive Chicago Booth Financial Trust Index
Cultural
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Today little alternative to public markets
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Tomorrow individuals empowered to invest in the the companies, people and causes they believe in
Cultural
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Where are we?
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Time
Penetration
Market Adoption: S-Curve
Equity
Debt