Crowd-Funding
The practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.
Places like kick starter is a good example of this. Companies can post projects on the site and people can show interest in them and donate money.
Business and Finance
Grants
A grant is an amount of money given to an individual or business for a specific project or purpose. You can apply for a grant from the government, the European Union, local councils and charities.
Tax Relief
Remission of a proportion of income tax normally due on earned income.
Business Angel (Angel Investor)
An angel investor or angel (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
Loans
A thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
Sales and Advertising
Sales
The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.
Advertising
The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services. This is a good way to earn attention for a product , companies get payed for running ads for other companies meaning it is easy to spread word of a product.
Sponsorship
This is advertising that has a deeper association between an advertiser and a publisher.