yes it could happen (trini style) and it is happening e.g. lets say we the tnt population is the "crowd" and our treasury is the "funding" and we say
lets crowdfund the north-south water taxi and lose 10 M us$
lets crowdfund Caribbean airlines and lose 100 m us$
lets crowdfund clico and lose 3-4 B us$
but come time to say
lets crowdfund socawarriors and lose 6 M us$ ... problems...