In the world of equity capital the pacesetter is a British firm called Crowdcube, which uses the idea of “crowdfunding” to enable lots of investors to buy up small stakes in start-up firms.

在股权域，此类企业的先行者是来自英国的一家名为Crowdcube的公司，该公司的方式来让投者购买初创期公司的小部分股权。