Crowdfunding & P2P Lending for Energy Access - State of the Market 2018
Crowdfunding & P2P Lending for Energy Access - State of the Market 2018 captures the growing importance of financial technology (fintech) based financing models for energy access companies. The report examines data from two financing channels – crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Energy 4 Impact (E4I) has been tracking crowdfunding and P2P lending activity in the energy access sector since 2015, and began tracking energy access related initial coin offerings (ICOs) in 2018.
The report disaggregates data by fintech financing model and explores six models: P2P business lending, P2P microloans, donation crowdfunding, reward crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, and ICOs. We share the key trends, by fintech financing model, as they relate to energy access companies, which include solar home system distributors, mini-grid developers and cookstove distributors.
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