response: There are also shares that are sold through crowdfunding platforms.
original_response: Yes, it's like the shares of a company are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms.
history: I want to teach my family about investing by buying them a few shares of stock, but I really don't know much about it. The stock market can also be called the equity market or share market. That is where you buy and sell stocks. The stock represent ownership claims on businesses. Oh, so I could tell my kids they own part of a company.  That's cool.  Maybe I should get them a share in a company they know then, like Apple or XBox or Snapchat?
knowledge: Examples of the latter include shares of private companies which are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms.