||It has been suggested that Civic crowdfunding be merged into
this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2013.| ||The
examples and perspective in this article may not represent a
worldwide view of the subject. (March 2012)| Crowd funding or
crowdfunding (alternately crowd financing, equity crowdfunding,
or hyper funding) explains the collective effort of individuals
who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to
support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.
Crowdfunding is used in support of a wide variety of activities,
including disaster relief, citizen journalism, support of
artists by fans, political campaigns, startup company funding,
motion picture promotion, free software development, inventions
development, scientific research, and civic projects.
Crowdfunding can also refer to the funding of a company by
selling small amounts of equity to many investors. This form of
crowdfunding has recently received attention from policymakers
in the United States with direct men