Given the number of questions we get regarding Crowdfunding and knowing that many of our readers are already OnMarket users, we’ll now be listing these offers on IPO Watch as well.

What is Crowdfunding? On Market has a great explanation and some additional info here, and they state';

”Equity Crowdfunding enables a large group of individuals (‘the crowd’) to invest in early-stage businesses in return for part-ownership of the business (equity).

The ability for everyday investors to gain part-ownership of early-stage businesses in Australia was enabled by legislation in late 2017. Traditionally, this space has been dominated by wealthy individuals, venture capitalists and ‘angel investors’. Today, everyday investors can handpick, invest and gain a stake in businesses they feel passionate about. Investors can invest from $50 and up, with a $10,000 cap per retail investor per company in any 12 month period. The $10,000 limit does not apply to sophisticated investors.”.

These are not companies listing on the ASX and care should be taken in considering all of the info available on any given offer. The risk is agreed by most to be higher than that of IPOs, but there are a number of upsides including lower investment costs, early stage adoption, access to companies that have no desire to list on the ASX, etc.

Always do your own research before investing in any offer or IPO and be sure to read all of the info contained here before considering investing in Crowdfunding opportunities.

To kick things off, we’ve added two offers for your persual. These can be found in the renamed Live Offers section of the site.