A New York Times article featuring Ryan Feit of SeedInvest identifies some of the high risks involved with equity crowdfund investing; Feit provides some insight on his platform's due diligence process for listing equity crowdfunding campaigns; noted in the chart below, SeedInvest has posted two of the market's top ten investments; according to NextGen, Wefunder has been the source for the equity crowdfunding market's most successful campaigns. Source
Reg. CF crowdfunding platform, Wefunder, is now accepting Bitcoin; Wefunder has taken the lead on Reg. CF crowdfunded investments accounting for 33 of 46 offerings; after numerous requests from its investors the platform has been able to incorporate Bitcoin investments; says the acceptance of Bitcoin will make it even easier to invest in early stage companies. Source