Jann Tosatto is a PhD researcher with the in the department of Economics and Finance (Portsmouth Business School), University of Portsmouth, where he is undertaking an investigation into the economics of crowdfunding in the creative and cultural industries. He was a founder, director, and general counsel of music crowdfunding platform PledgeMusic.com between 2008 and 2013, and before that worked as an in-house technology and intellectual property lawyer in the Netherlands.