Lead investor
As lead investor is the leading investor is known that in a venture capital takes -Financing the lead among investors. The term “lead investor” comes from English and can be equated with “leading investor”.
The lead investor is usually an experienced institutional equity investor who has already financed a large number of innovation projects.
Co-investor
The co-investor can be in the polarity to the lead investor. Then, in contrast to the lead investor, he is a passive equity investor who takes on the passive financing role in venture capital financing and relies on the skills of the lead investor and leans on them. Alternatively, he is an investor who leaves the management to another investor for reasons of risk diversification, an insufficiently developed network or a different focus.
Crowd investor
The co-investor is not to be confused with a crowd investor in crowdfunding . Although the investors are also passive co-investors, there is usually no active lead investor. Crowd investors invest passively and depending on the decisions of the active shareholders, the company founders and innovators, the founders of the innovation project. This can lead to conflicts of interest between investors and founders.
Co-venture
The co-venture must be distinguished from crowd financing. In a co-venture, qualified investors take part in an innovation project led by a lead investor with significantly higher sums than in crowdfunding. The systematic advantage of a co-venture over crowdfunding lies in the active participation controlling and management of the co-venture participation by the lead investor in order to increase the probability of success of the innovation project.
Individual evidence
- ↑ lead investor. In: Unternehmer.de. May 25, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Center for SME Advice - The central point of contact for funding and grants. In: zuschuesse.de. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
- ^ Co-investor definition. In: gruenderszene.de. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Crowdfunding for investors - what does crowdfunding mean for donors? In : wirtschafts-abc.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ The different types of crowdfunding. In: greenrocket.de. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .