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Forecast: In 2014 Crowdfunding will deliver £850m of funding to UK SMEs | Report Available
Over the past six months, the Alternative Funding Network's core-research has focused on SME relevant investment-based models in the Crowd and P2P space.
Report Download - UK Crowdfunding Sector Forecast & Snapshot May 2014 (1.5MB PDF File)
Data has been sourced directly from platforms in the P2P lending, Invoice and Equity Crowdfunding space. With the exception of limited historic data sourced for the years 2011 & 2012, the analysis is based upon the collected industry player data, as well as additional survey work on SMEs and active investors in the alternative space.
Key Forecasts:
“In 2014 the Alternative Funding Network forecasts the Crowdfunding sector will deliver £850m of funding to UK SMEs which would represent a 135% increase from 2013.”
“There are 42 currently ACTIVE platforms in the alternative funding space that are relevant to SMEs in the United Kingdom”
“The Alternative Funding Network forecasts that close to 9,000 SMEs will secure funding through crowdfunding in 2014.
“Q1-2014 saw 6,400 new active investors, of which 82% were investing in debt models.”
The Crowdfunding Sector is at the beginning of a consolidation phase:
“The large rush of new entrants exhibited in 2013 will lessen. The retention of 2013’s new entrants will certainly be tested in 2014. With the exit of 9 platforms (mostly in the later part of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014), we believe that the industry is on the start of a consolidation phase.”
Report Download - UK Crowdfunding Sector Forecast & Snapshot May 2014 (1.5MB PDF File)
Data has been sourced directly from platforms in the P2P lending, Invoice and Equity Crowdfunding space. With the exception of limited historic data sourced for the years 2011 & 2012, the analysis is based upon the collected industry player data, as well as additional survey work on SMEs and active investors in the alternative space.
Key Forecasts:
“In 2014 the Alternative Funding Network forecasts the Crowdfunding sector will deliver £850m of funding to UK SMEs which would represent a 135% increase from 2013.”
“There are 42 currently ACTIVE platforms in the alternative funding space that are relevant to SMEs in the United Kingdom”
“The Alternative Funding Network forecasts that close to 9,000 SMEs will secure funding through crowdfunding in 2014.
“Q1-2014 saw 6,400 new active investors, of which 82% were investing in debt models.”
The Crowdfunding Sector is at the beginning of a consolidation phase:
“The large rush of new entrants exhibited in 2013 will lessen. The retention of 2013’s new entrants will certainly be tested in 2014. With the exit of 9 platforms (mostly in the later part of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014), we believe that the industry is on the start of a consolidation phase.”
