This statistic presents the types of operation that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014. At that time, almost 40 percent of respondents declared that the financing of material assets was something that they could finance on a crowdfunding platform.
Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Fiinancing of material investment
38%
Financing the development of activities*
30%
Financing external growth (acquisition)
22%
Growth in working capital requirements
17%
A need for short-term cash flow (invoices awaiting payment...)
French VSC-SME managers (excluding auto-entrepreneurs)
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
The question asked was formulated by the source as follows: "What types of operations could you finance on a crowdfunding platform? " The source indicates the following information: “Several possible answers.” *recruitment, commercial and marketing reinforcement, internationalization, innovation, research and development.
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Institut Think, & Lendopolis, & Ordre des experts-comptables. (January 27, 2015). Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Institut Think, und Lendopolis, und Ordre des experts-comptables. "Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014." Chart. January 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Institut Think, Lendopolis, Ordre des experts-comptables. (2015). Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Institut Think, and Lendopolis, and Ordre des experts-comptables. "Types of Operations That Medium, Small and Very Small Businesses (Vscs-smes) Could Finance via a Crowdfunding Platform in France in December 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Institut Think & Lendopolis & Ordre des experts-comptables, Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 17, 2025)
Types of operations that medium, small and very small businesses (VSCs-SMEs) could finance via a crowdfunding platform in France in December 2014 [Graph], Institut Think, & Lendopolis, & Ordre des experts-comptables, January 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111845/crowdfunding-financing-operations-vse-sme-france/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
