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Nida Broughton
(Previously Social Market Foundation, now Behavioural Insights Team)
nida.broughton@bi.team
Debt
Equity
crowdfunding /
crowdfunding
peer to peer
Examples: Examples:
Crowdcube, Funding Circle,
Seedrs Ratesetter
Question: Can new sources of finance help fill the finance gap for
SMEs?
.Maybe
Ideally want to look at whether alternative finance can help increase business
growth
How do firms that use alternative finance differ from those that do not?
To what extent does alternative finance compete with or complement traditional
sources of finance?
Are indicators of likely future business growth associated with use of alternative
finance?
1. Crowdfunded firms: businesses that say they are currently using peer-to-peer
lending or equity-based crowdfunding
2. Non-crowdfunded firms: businesses that say they are currently using finance, but
are not using peer-to-peer lending or equity-based crowdfunding
3. Non-finance using firms: businesses that say they are not currently using finance
90%
80%
22%
26%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
27% 20%
25%
10%
0%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Success rates in obtaining different types of Proportion of all firms and crowdfunded firms
finance in previous 12 months using different types of finance
70%
Equity finance
60%
P2Pdebt
50%
Loans 10%
0%
Bank overdraft
Other finance
Credit cards
Mezzanine finance
Public equity
Bank overdraft
Commercial mortgage
Leasing or hire purchase
Other loans
Charitable/Trust/Grant
Equity finance (exc crowdfunding)
Factoring/Invoice discounting
Government schemes
Loan from a bank, building society
Government schemes
Credit cards
Factoring/Invoice discounting
Charitable/Trust/Grant
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
New/improved goods New/improved services New/improved processes
- How well the market is working in assessing the risk and return on
investments
- How firms make decisions on access to finance and whether they
make the right choices for them