Crowdfunding Aggregation Option: Access Invest Launches

At a recent coffee meeting with a Phoenix-based entrepreneur, we discussed real estate crowdfunding. I also have written extensively on crowdfunding, including rewards- and equity-based crowdfunding, often citing crowdfunding’s many diverse platforms. Today, debt and equity crowdfunding markets are exploding. Chance Barnett, a fellow Forbes contributor, reported $16 billion crowdfunded in 2014 and estimates of more than $34 billion projected for 2015. By some estimates, annual investments in crowdfunded deals will surpass venture capital by 2020. While all this is important for VCs and other investors, it means that the market is flooded with platform choices. With this expansion in opportunity also comes potential problems and the need for caution on both sides of the transaction.