2012 was quite a year for the crowdfunding industry. In April, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, which will open up equity-based crowdfunding for unaccredited investors. In May, the Pebble E-Paper Watch set a crowdfunding record and gained national media headlines, raising over $10 million on donation-based crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Research firm Massolution estimates the crowdfunding industry (equity + donation + lending +reward crowdfunding) will grow from $1.5 billion in 2011 to $2.8 billion in 2012.
So if 2012 was the year that put “crowdfunding” into America’s collective lexicon, what will 2013 hold for the nascent industry? Here are three predictions for crowdfunding in 2013:
To read the full, original article click on this link: Crowdfunding Predictions for 2013 - Forbes
