There is no doubt that the proliferation of entrepreneurial activity is a current trend. Start-ups enable an effective transformation of knowledge, generating high added value to society. The objective of this book is to address the financing of the entrepreneurial process as a necessary element to articulate a solid business fabric, based on taking advantage of new opportunities. The book is structured in two parts. The first part takes as a reference the lack of financing in the entrepreneurship process and analyses different sources of financing available to entrepreneurs depending on the phase in which the project is located. The second part of the book analyses innovation and its links to the financing of start-ups, addressing the impact of emerging technologies and fintech services and the support of artificial intelligence. Finally, the book concludes with an examination of decentralized finance (DeFi), as an idea that is changing the financial world, giving rise to new financial paradigms.

Part I. Investment Cycles

Chapter 1. Financing Rounds with Private Capital
Chapter 2. Angel Investing Startups
Chapter 3. Crowdfunding: Another Way of Financing My Business
Chapter 4. A Prospective Analysis of the Advantages of Crowdlending to Startups
Chapter 5. The Financing of Minority Entrepreneurial Efforts in the U.S.
Chapter 6. Bank Credit in Europe Between Two Crises: From the Great Recession to the COVID 19 Pandemic
Part II. Startup Innovation
Chapter 7. Emerging Technologies in Financing Startups
Chapter 8. ICOs, IEOs and STOs: Token Sales as Innovative Formulas for Financing Start-ups
Chapter 9. Financing Start-ups Through Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 10. DeFi & Startups: Revolution in Finance.