Crowdfunding via customers is the new startup capital. When the JOBS Act was signed in April, the startup community gave itself a collective high five.
Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get access to funding, not just a small cabal of investors living in a 20-mile radius of Menlo Park. But hidden in the headlines was a much more powerful underlying trend. Crowdfunding becomes a reality for startups - GrowVC (press release) Welcome. Finance free software. People Fund - People Fund. Tom Dawkins's Answers on Kickstarter. Does Crowdfunding Work for Early Stage Growth Companies?