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Fight to invest in early-stage companies raises prospect of consolidation between sectors
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Entrepreneurs seek novel ways to finance blue-sky projects
Republicans push to relax SEC demands they see choking the new market
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Changes ‘a government endorsement for private investors’
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Investors left counting the cost after failure of claims management group
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Women bypass banks via crowdfunding sites for projects
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Smaller platforms likely to struggle to gain investment
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