While looking for potential investors for my website, I decided to research venture capital (VC) firms and see which ones were investing in crowdfunding platforms. Using Crunchbase, a free database of tech companies around the world, I was surprised to find that 230 VCs (firms that invest pools of money) and Angels (individuals who invest their own money) invested in 45 companies for a total of $866 million. Most of that money – nearly 80 percent – went to debt-based crowdfunding sites. The top eight investments were for debt businesses. The remainder went to crowdfunding sites that provide equity or rewards, or raise funds through donations.

Below are all the investors who invested in three or more funding sites sorted by the greatest number of investments. It might indicate that these investors are doing a play on the crowdfunding industry.

Investor Type Businesses Google Ventures VC LendUp,AngelList, CircleUp,OnDeck,upstart, Rally SV Angel VC Rally,CrowdTilt,FundersClub,Kabbage,Naition Builder, Patreon First Round Capital VC On Deck Capital, GiveForward,upstart,Funders Club Union Square Ventures VC KickStarter, CircleUp, lending Club, funding circle Accel Partners VC Lenddo, Funding Circle,Prosper KPCB VC LendUp,AngelList, Upstart,Lending Club Andreessen Horowitz VC LendUp,Nation Builder,Funders Club,CrowdTIlt Omidyar Network VC Lenddo,Nation Builder,Change.org, Prosper QED Investors VC Prosper,LendUp,SoMoLend,AvantCredit Y Combinator Accelerator FundersClub,CrowdTilt,WeFunder,Watsi Khosla Ventures VC Indiegogo,OnDeck,upstart Draper Fisher Jurvetson VC Prosper,AngelList,FundersClub Thomvest Ventures VC LendUp,Kabbage,LendingClub CrunchFund VC AngelList,Crowdtilt,upstart Alexis Ohanian Angel LendUp,CrowdTilt,Patreon Garry Tan Angel LendUp,CrowdTilt,Patreon Naval Ravikant Angel Rally, CrowdTilt, GiveForward

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