Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular method to finance projects of every kind and
scale. This contributed volume is one of the earliest books presenting scientific and
research-based perspectives of crowdfunding its development and future. The European
Crowdfunding Network (ECN) and its scientific work group together with FGF e.V. invited both
researchers and practitioners to contribute to this first state-of-the-art edited volume on
crowdfunding in Europe. This book contributes to a better comprehension of crowdfunding
encourages further fundamental research and contributes to a systematization of this new field
of research. The book also features expert contributions by practitioners to enhance and
complement the scientific perspective. This book can be used as a guideline and shall advance
classification in an emerging research field.
