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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">finance</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Финансы: теория и практика/Finance: Theory and Practice</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Finance: Theory and Practice</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2587-5671</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2587-7089</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Financial University under The Government of Russian Federation</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26794/2587-5671-2020-24-3-45-59</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">finance-1007</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ФИНАНСЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>INTERNATIONAL FINANCE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Акционерный краудфандинг в Евразийском экономическом союзе (ЕАЭС)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Equity Crowdfunding in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-2297</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шагикян</surname><given-names>А. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shaghikyan</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Александр Шагикян — кандидат экономических наук, управляющий партнер</p><p>Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Aleksandr Shaghikyan — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Managing Partner</p><p>Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">a.shaghikyan@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1411-2735</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Айрапетян</surname><given-names>Г. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Hayrapetyan</surname><given-names>H. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Грачья Айрапетян — магистр, консультант</p><p>Ереван</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Hrachya Hayrapetyan — Master of Agribusiness, Consultant</p><p>Yerevan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">hratch.hayrapetyan@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">«Эй Эм Эф Консалтинг» Компания управленческого консалтинга<country>Армения</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">“AMF Consulting” Management Advisory Firm<country>Armenia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>07</day><month>06</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>59</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Шагикян А.С., Айрапетян Г.Н., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Шагикян А.С., Айрапетян Г.Н.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Shaghikyan A.S., Hayrapetyan H.N.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://financetp.fa.ru/jour/article/view/1007">https://financetp.fa.ru/jour/article/view/1007</self-uri><abstract/><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive research and analysis about fundraising through equity crowdfunding or crowdinvesting compared to venture capital and other forms of equity financing in the Eurasian Economic Union member countries. The relevance of the research is conditioned with the fact that equity crowdfunding is one of the fastest growing capital raising platforms and has become a popular financing option for start-ups and early-stage companies. Analyzing generally accepted methods for evaluating early-stage companies, the authors propose to use the venture capital method combined with scenario analysis for determining the value of companies in order to raise funds on equity crowdfunding platforms. The statistical data of the EAEU countries were researched on macroeconomic development, stock markets, fintech, etc. This market is expected to grow year by year, but results show that for now it is still underdeveloped in the Eurasian Economic Union member states. The conclusion is that several regulatory and institutional reforms can enable the growth of equity crowdfunding, thereby diversifying potential sources of equity financing for start-ups and early-stage companies. The suggested approach can be applied by regulators.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>финансовые технологии</kwd><kwd>акционерный краудфандинг</kwd><kwd>краудинвестинг</kwd><kwd>финансирование на ранних стадиях</kwd><kwd>ЕАЭС</kwd><kwd>привлечение капитала</kwd><kwd>венчурный капитал</kwd><kwd>частный капитал</kwd><kwd>инвесторы</kwd><kwd>краудфандинговые платформы</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>finance technologies</kwd><kwd>equity crowdfunding</kwd><kwd>crowdinvesting</kwd><kwd>EAEU</kwd><kwd>early stage financing</kwd><kwd>raising capital</kwd><kwd>venture capital</kwd><kwd>private equity</kwd><kwd>investors</kwd><kwd>crowdfunding platforms</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Marks H. What is equity crowdfunding? Forbes. Dec. 19, 2018. 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