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How an technology help SMEs raise capital

Public Capital Markets Evolution for SME’s

Despite the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) to the global economy, 2008’s global financial crisis forced a contraction in traditional sources of finance for SME’s,

including Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) capital markets. Questionably, this contraction has not yet been fully addressed. It certainly created new financing avenues for SME’s largely using technology, such as Peer2Peer (P2P) lending, crowdfunding and digitisation offerings in the form of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Tokens (STOs). At the same time the role of traditional public capital markets as a source of funds for SME’s...