Raising Capital: Credit Tech, Coin Offerings, and Crowdfunding

Consider the benefits and challenges of disruptive capital-raising technology. Advances in technology have both systematized and democratized consumers’ and business’ access to capital. In this course, you will explore the ways in which technology has transformed access to consumer credit and access to seed capital for business projects. You will examine disruptive technologies in credit scoring, raising capital through tokenization, and the evolution of crowdfunding for both debt and equity f

• Estimate logistic regression models
• Identify components of credit scoring algorithms
• Evaluate pros and cons of crowd-sourced lending
• Differentiate crypto-based capital-raising models