funding
Sign in to saveFunding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses its internal reserves to satisfy its necessity for cash, while the term financing is used when the firm acquires capital from external sources.
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- Economics
- Purpose
- Research
- Launch a business
- Investment
- Types
- Personal funding
- Corporate funding
- Government funding
- Angel investors
- Venture capital
- Grants
- Loans
- Equity financing
- Debt financing
- Guarantees
- Methods
- Government grants
- Crowdfunding
- Raise from investors
- Self-Organized Funding Allocation
- Securing loans
- Withdrawal
- See also
- References
Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses its internal reserves to satisfy its necessity for cash, while the term financing is used when the firm acquires capital from external sources.
Sources of funding include credit, venture capital, donations, grants, savings, subsidies, and taxes. Funding methods such as donations, subsidies, and grants that have no direct requirement for return of investment are described as "soft funding" or "crowdfunding". Funding that facilitates the exchange of equity ownership in a company for capital investment via an online funding portal per the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (alternately, the "JOBS Act of 2012") (U.S.) is known as equity crowdfunding. Funds can be allocated for either short-term or long-term purposes.