Raising funds in this way, Ghiassi believes, will ensure that the company is more engaged with and responsible to its users, as opposed to
a handful of equity investors.
Not exact matches
Crowdinvesting platforms are a recent development, and an interesting option for funding that, to some extent, lets you call the shots by spreading the
equity over a larger number
of investors (as opposed to securing the full investment from a
handful of investors or a VC firm).
While some
of the disdain is deserved, there are a
handful of misconceptions about hedge funds — particularly long / short
equity — among the media and
investors that are worth clearing up.
Before late January injected a surge
of volatility into
equities, driven by
investor fears over a
handful of factors including rising rates, tightening monetary policy, more regulation on big tech and rising global trade tensions,
investors were smooth sailing on the nine - year bull market.
Nick Kirrage, Fund Manager,
Equity Value, said the hitherto highly constructive opportunity set for value
investors in the US has dried up with a
handful of opportunities remaining in retail.
A
handful of exchange - traded funds on both sides
of the border are capitalizing on the perceived
investor need for investments chosen through the lens
of gender diversity or
equity.
This means we are more engaged and responsible to our users and community as opposed to a
handful of investors for
equity.
Many
of these platforms allow retail
investors to buy
equity in startups, albeit with a
handful of restrictions.
Similar to those
equity deals, often the founders and a
handful of investors will own the majority
of the asset,» Bloomberg quotes BlockTower's Paul.