> I don't think that is a given - crowd funding can raise significant sums these days Crowd funding is great as a sales vehicle (i.e. the people that invest in

> I don't think that is a given - crowd funding can raise significant sums these days Crowd funding is great as a sales vehicle (i.e. the people that invest in you will buy your product in the end). I don't remember a successful example where the crowd was purely there to invest.