Recommending investors for crowdfunding projects

• Main Authors: AN, Jisun, QUERCIA, Daniele, CROWCROFT, Jon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: crowdfunding; Kickstarter; recommending systems; Twitter; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6285; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7288/viewcontent/Recommending_Investors_for_Crowdfunding_Projects.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

To bring their innovative ideas to market, those embarking in new ventures have to raise money, and, to do so, they have often resorted to banks and venture capitalists. Nowadays, they have an additional option: that of crowdfunding. The name refers to the idea that funds come from a network of peop...