The Second Issue of the 42nd Volume of the Journal Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice published March 2017 is dedicated entirely to crowdfunding research. A link to the papers can be found here

Facebook announced it’s expanding its set of online fundraising tools to include its own GoFundMe competitor, starting first in the U.S. The new tool will allow users to raise money for personal campaigns. In addition, the company is adding the ability for Facebook Pages to add a “donate” button to their live broadcasts on the network. This is not the first time Facebook has stepped into the fundraising space. In 2015, it debuted a Kickstarter-like feature aimed at nonprofits that allowed them to set up a campaign page, explain their goals and collect cash. Last year, the company expanded its [&hellip

Venture Capital has published a special issue (Volume 19, 2017 Issues 1 and 2) with the objetive of exploring the new and traditional sources of finance and suggest how these phenomena can extend entrepreneurial finance literature and guide new theory building. According to the issue introductory paper: “The proliferation of new sources of entrepreneurial finance potentially makes it easier for ventures to raise capital and grow. To date, entrepreneurial finance literature has developed a rich tradition of research on venture capital and angel finance. However, the emergence of “new” sources of finance, such as crowdfunding and the limited attention paid [&hellip