# Professor Anindya Ghose discusses the impact of crowdfunding on the venture capital industry

1 Faculty News August 28, 2015 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/08/28/the-big-business-of-crowdfunding?videoId=365431473&videoChannel=5&channelName=Business) -- "This is a fundamental shift in how companies and entrepreneurs operate. This is going to affect the venture capital industry. It already is affecting \[it\], in some ways. It's going to affect how people who want to raise money think about raising money. This is a very powerful means of potential investors and entrepreneurs coming together, bypassing... the angel investors, the venture capitalists."

[Watch the video](http://www.reuters.com/video/2015/08/28/the-big-business-of-crowdfunding?videoId=365431473&videoChannel=5&channelName=Business)

Additional coverage appeared on [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/video/multimedia/100000003880014/the-big-business-of-crowdfunding.html).