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Taking a page from France's crowdsourced financing program--the Fonds Communs de Placements dans l'Innovation, which has raised more than 6 million euros in the past 15 years--the BIA is calling on the government to allow tax breaks for individuals who invest up to £15,000 a year in Citizens Innovation Funds. Orchestrated under the direction of "dragons' den-style experts," tax advantages would flow to anyone who kept their money invested for more than 5 years.
SOURCE LINK to full article:
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/biotech-group-says-crowdsourcing-funds-can-back-next-gen-developers/2012-09-11