The Potential of Crowdfunding for Water P3s
The goal of the crowd-financed P3 model is to facilitate involvement of the public, especially local community members, as a major partner in the current P3 model. Investment crowdfunding is a proven model for increasing public engagement and transparency in sophisticated development projects and new ventures. In addition, aligning the interests of the P3 developer, public agency and the crowd-financed investors, can act as a catalyst to facilitate smoother delivery of the project during construction and O&M. These benefits are achieved with little cost to the developer because of the technology and expertise leveraged by the InfraShares team.