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The promise of Equity-Based Crowdfunding

What if the fastest growing companies of the last decade would have crowdfunded their growth?

Facebook
Website: Location: Founded: Funding: facebook.com Palo Alto, California, United States February 1, 2004 $836M

Facebook is the world s largest social network, with over 500 million users. If you would have invested $20 in Facebook during their Series A investment round in September 2005, your investment would have been worth today $240,000! Peter Thiel invested in September 2005 500K for a 10% stake. Today s valuation of Facebook at $60 billion would bring him $6 billion.

Microsoft
Website: Location: Founded: IPO: microsoft.com Redmond, Washington, United States April 4, 1974 March 13, 1986

Microsoft is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. If you would have invested $20 in Microsoft during their IPO on March 13, 1986 your investment would have been worth today $7200!

Twitter
Website: Launch Date: Twitter.com March 1, 2006

Twitter allows users to post text updates via SMS, instant messaging, email, Twitter s website and third party applications. Users have their own profile page that displays their latest updates. If you would have invested $20 in Twitter in their Series A investment round where they raised $5 million on a $20 million pre-money valuation in July, 2007 your investment would have been worth today $2,960!

LinkedIn
Website: Location: Founded: IPO: linkedin.com Mountain View, California, United States May 1, 2003 May 19, 2011

With over 100 million users representing over 200 countries around the world, LinkedIn is a fast-growing professional networking site that allows members to create business contacts, search for jobs, and find potential clients. If you would have invested $20 in LinkedIn in November, 2003 during their Series A financing of $4.7 million your investment would have been worth today $6,810!

Sequoia Capital, which led a $4.7 million investment in 2003, now owns 17.8% of the company. That stake was worth about $1.6 billion.

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Summary What if the fastest growing companies of the last decade would have crowdfunded their growth?

Description Examples for: Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Linkedin

Tags: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, equity, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, twitter

Posted by Korstiaan Zandvliet

Jul 05, 2011 03:30 pm GMT Viewed 2558 times

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