Social Enterprise and Equity Crowdfunding A Proposal to Share Legal Infrastructure

Australia introduced equity crowdfunding as a mode of financing in 2017. Developments in 2020 indicates that a legal regime for social enterprises will be considered. The social enterprise movement shares some goals and ethos with the equity crowdfunding movement. This article outlines these shared goals and ethos, and argues that, because of these similarities, the respective legal regimes should be able to share infrastructure to ensure that both industries are able to develop.