Intrastate Crowdfunding: Raising Capital from the Community David Dupee, Founder & CEO.
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Intrastate Crowdfunding: Raising Capital from the
CommunityDavid Dupee, Founder & CEO
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Intro to Crowdfunding
•Rewards (kickstarter): emotional connection, try new products
•Accredited investors (CircleUp): financial return
•Retail/general public (CraftFund): “Packers Plus” mix of emotional and financial
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Intrastate Crowdfunding Probably Won’t Fund Next
Facebook•Not clear how VCs and other institutional investors will view crowdfunded companies
•Adverse selection: institutional investors already focused on certain verticals
•Tech and certain B2B companies might not meet test to qualify as company doing substantial business in WI (80% of assets, revenue, and offering proceeds come from in state)
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Intrastate Crowdfunding Likely Works Best for Main
Street Biz•Consumer and place-based businesses have added marketing incentive to build brand advocates
• Investments easier to understand and do due diligence on
•Millennials key demographic
• Future investor class: 75M
• Already familiar with crowdfunding
• Different approach to investing
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What the Limited Data on Investment Crowdfunding
Shows•U.S.: Title III of JOBS Act yet to take effect. Other
exemptions used to allow general public to invest online:
• intrastate: guitar company, brewery
•Reg A: real estate
•UK.: Investment crowdfunding legal for 3 years with consumer products as one of the strongest categories
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Sound Familiar?: BrewDog Example
“Our strategy has always been to try to shorten the
distance as much as possible between ourselves and the
people who drink our beers.” -BrewDog
•Scottish brewer raised nearly £4M by turning 12,000 fans into shareholders
“Very quickly it became clear that the excitement was as much about belonging somewhere as about money.” - Harvard Business Review
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What Does this Mean for WI?
•Getting ahead of the curve: 10 states have since passed similar law
•Economic development
•Restaurants largest private sector employer in state
•Food and beverage manufacturers account for $10B in revenue and key driver of tourism
•Attract and retain millennial workforce
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David Dupee, Founder & CEOCraftFund LLC
@CraftFund @CraftFundWI