»Financial Contracting in Venture Capital illustrated through Crowdinvesting. A Legal, Empirical and Economic Study of Crowdinvesting in Germany and Analysis of the German Crowdinvesting Market«: The thesis examines the legal basis and regulatory framework of equity crowdfunding in Germany. Drawing upon established concepts used in venture capital contracts, it proposes solutions to address agency problems arising in the financing relationship between investors and start-ups. Moreover, based on a quantitative analysis, the author introduces investor protection indices, as known from law and finance research, to assess the evolution of investor protection within the German market.