GiveDirectly transfers about $1,000 to very poor families over the course of a year with no rules or suggestions about how to use the cash. The document then provides sources for various types of crowdfunding platforms, including donation-based, lending, investing, and marketplace lending platforms as well as those focused on specific industries like healthcare. It also discusses new automated investment advisors and tools that increase transparency for consumers.

1. Crowdfunding

2. Giving.
Donating. Lending. Investing.

3. GiveDirectly transfers about
USD 1,000 to very poor families
over the course a year. It makes
no rules or even suggestions
about how to use the cash.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/givedirectly-cash-transfers_n_7339040.html
https://www.givedirectly.org

4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/givedirectly-cash-transfers_n_7339040.html
https://www.givedirectly.org

5. Sources
http://www.gofundme.com/
https://www.indiegogo.com/
https://www.kickstarter.com/

6. http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf

7. Sources
https://www.fundingcircle.com/
https://www.kabbage.com/
https://www.lendingclub.com/
https://www.ondeck.com/
https://www.prosper.com/
https://www.ratesetter.com/
https://www.sofi.com/
http://www.zopa.com/

8. Marketplace lenders
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/feb/15/major-peer-to-peer-lenders-profiled

9. Sources
http://www.medstartr.com/
https://watsi.org/

10. Sources
http://www.catapult.org/
https://www.piggybackr.com/

11. Sources
http://www.booomerang.dk/
https://myc4.com/
https://www.zidisha.org/

12. Sources
https://www.7crowd.ch/
http://www.100-days.net/
https://www.cashare.ch/
http://c-crowd.com/
https://www.goheidi.ch/
http://impact.sosense.org/
https://wemakeit.com/

13. https://www.fidor.de/, a digital-only bank, has turned its customer
base into a community and itself into a trusted advisor.
What Fidor does:
 Incentivizes members to contribute product suggestions, service
reviews or spending tips.
 Enables peer-to-peer lending.
 Enables crowdfunding for businesses and gamification
strategies that reward participation.
http://www.psfk.com/2014/11/banks-future-experience-design-perspective.html

14. Sources
https://www.abundancegeneration.com/
http://eureeca.com/
http://www.rockethub.com/
https://www.spacehive.com/
http://yomken.com/
https://www.zoomaal.com/

15. Sources
https://www.seedmatch.de/
http://www.smava.de/
http://www.startnext.de/

16. Sources
https://www.bondora.com/
https://www.companisto.com/
http://startsomegood.com/

17. Platforms such as https://openfolio.com/, https://www.estimize.com/,
and https://www.mint.com/ are creating transparency and making
publicly available data that is empowering consumers to make their
own investment decisions.
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf

18. Sources
https://www.acorns.com/
https://www.betterment.com/
https://www.futureadvisor.com/
https://intelligent.schwab.com/
https://www.personalcapital.com/
https://www.robinhood.com/
https://www.wealthfront.com/

19. Automated advisors
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf

20. Sources
https://angel.co/
https://circleup.com/
https://www.crowdfunder.com/
https://www.fundable.com/
https://www.investiere.ch/

21. http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf

22. Further inspiration
https://delicious.com/frankcalberg/crowdfunding