
“Instagram and Tumblr are just a couple of examples of young companies that were acquired for hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars, making their earliest investors fantastically rich. Now, thanks to a vocal group of citizens, ordinary citizens will be able to invest a small and affordable amount of money in a company they believe in and in exchange receive an ownership stake. This revolutionary change is called equity crowdfunding, and hundreds of websites called ‘funding portals’ — sites like CircleUp and RockThePost, to name two — are popping up to help match startup companies with potential investors like you.”
http://dailyreckoning.com/the-best-way-to-profit-from-private-equity-crowdfunding/
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