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Ben
@benersing
I’ve participated in crowdfunding since before that term existed. 4 things must be addressed for it to breakout: 1. Highest potential startups avoid it 2. Perceived negatively by VCs 3. Hard to mobilize investor base post-investment 4. As much work as a typical raise Thoughts on how these can be overcome?
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Diego
@d1ego
VC is one of the few asset classes with persistence of returns driven by A) Dealflow dynamics (i.e. self-selection, good founders seek good investors) and "king-making" capabilities (i.e. Sequoia has a much better chance of influencing an outcome by deploying their playbook/resources to a potential category winner)
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Max
@max-melmed
Completely agree and am working on a solution. Adverse selection ruins the market in general and the incentives are all wrong. All platforms today allow issuers to set their own terms. It’s crowdfunding built for the issuer. Working to address all/most issues to build crowdfunding built for the crowd.
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Steen!!!
@usersteen.eth
I think it's been proven that less-than-viable w3 startups have found success with it to some degree. So why couldn't an early, high potential idea test the waters? Token-based startups, especially nft-based, are really interesting to me. Well-designed incentives can mobilize investors post-investment.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
1. You're limited under regulation. 2. Says a lot about them. 3. You're limited under regulation. 4. You're limited under regulation. Three of the issues are solved by fixing regulation, one is... well, the fault of their own.
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yehoshzl
@yehoshzl
Thoughts from working at a crowdfunding VC: • VC is a self selection game. Good firms get good co's because they had previous good co's. Every cycle some firms break the mold and enter the 'good firm' list. Crowdfunding platform could do that. • Negative perception is solved by reputation ->
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Alec Beckman 🎩
@alecbeckman
VCs perceive it negatively because so much of their culture is based off of piggybacking other VCs diligence process. “If it’s good enough for them it’s good enough for us”. CF is a lot of work (sometimes more) but it is another avenue for capital raising. It is also expensive to bring in small checks
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SKGM
@skgm
If the startup is able to launch their MVP, achieve some growth and generate enough hype then investors won't care so much. The challenge is raising enough from crowdfunding to hit those milestones.
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Roberttnoob
@rberpnis
https://warpcast.com/robrecht/0xf6a4ca8e
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