RESEARCH / ENTREPRENEURSHIP · MIT INNOVATION INITIATIVE POLICY REPORT · 2016

Can Equity Crowdfunding Democratize Access to Capital and Investment Opportunities?

Christian Catalini · Catherine Fazio · Fiona Murray

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Summary

A policy report on whether equity crowdfunding can genuinely broaden who gets to finance — and invest in — early-stage ventures, and the investor-protection trade-offs regulators face in designing the rules that decide it.