upfront
to contribute
patent
to showcase
conventional
unregulated
to lend
crowdfund
misconception
to invest
a view or opinion that is not correct
to give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back
raising finance through a large number of people giving money
without control or not directed by rules
to exhibit, to display
traditional and ordinary
the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years
to put money, effort, time, etc. into something;
in advance
to give something in order to provide or achieve something together with other people
