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The Bitcoin boom has already turned the attention of many investors towards ICOs as there is a possibility of high returns in shorter time span when compared with venture capital investment. In venture capital investment, the investors usually take time to find out the innovative start-ups that have the potential to grow, invest in them and take a profitable exit when the company is sold, or it went public. So, the wait time for the investors to get their returns will range from 3 to 6 years. On the contrary, ICOs are promising quicker returns within a couple of years. Of course, ICOs cannot replace venture capital investment because both are fundamentally different. Based on the 2017 statistics, start-ups have collected approximately $3 billion from ICOs whereas the VC investment is close to $50 billion.

Typically, venture capital investment consists of three stages:
1. Seed stage – The company has just started, and it has not yet attained its success yet.
2. Early stage – The company has proven its concept but needs additional investment for further development.
3. Growth stage – The company is in a stable position and needs investment to take it to the next level.

Mostly, venture capitalists will be interested to fund a company in its early stage because they feel that the percentage of risk will be less as the company has already proved its concept. 

EQUI offers an innovative platform by combining the blockchain technology with the traditional venture capital investment to provide impressive returns to the investors. What is EQUI? EQUI is a web-based investment platform which lists several innovative and promising projects in various fields so that the investors can choose the ones they like. As the platform is based on the blockchain technology, the investors need to hold EQUItokens for buying the take in a project. EQUItokens are special utility tokens based on Ethereum ERC20. These tokens will be available for sale during the presale and ICO (Initial Coin Offering) event of the company. For getting more information about the token sale, please visit https://www.equi.capital/

EQUI platform provides a unique reward opportunity to all the token holders of the platform. It classifies the participants into three categories as below:
1. Investors – Those who buy EQUItokens for buying stakes in various projects
2. Holders – They buy and hold EQUItokens but don’t participate in individual projects
3. Traders – Their main goal is to gain some profit by buying and selling EQUItokens within the platform or in exchanges.

Every project will be added to the platform after its scope is completely reviewed and analyzed by the EQUI investment team. Once the project is completed, both the investors and holders will get 75% of the profit and the remaining 25% will be sent to the EQUI investment team. Besides that, every investor will be eligible for 5% of their invested EQUI tokens as EQUICredits which will be added to their account automatically once the project is realized. Also, EQUI platform makes sure that the investors have full control over their investment decisions. Kindly visit https://www.equi.capital/whitepaper/EQUI_Whitepaper_050218.pdf to learn more information about the EQUI platform.