Tagged: EU

December 18, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), an advocacy group based in Brussels, has published their annual report reviewing crowdfunding regulations in Europe, the United States, Israel and Canada. “Since we have started our work in 2012 and especially since our first edition of this paper in… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 7:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an Opinion along with an Advice on investment crowdfunding. The ESMA is an independent EU authority that works closely with other EU supervisory authorities such as the EBA, EIOPA and the ERSB.  The organizations mission is to… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In late November  The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

This one falls under the category of recently discovered. The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a response to the European Commission’s consultation paper on crowdfunding way back in December of 2013.  Now we probably would not even publish this because people change as do opinions,… Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the Single Market Forum 2014, the EU Expert Group on crowdfunding is scheduled to meet in Brussels next week on Thursday, September 25th. The Single Market Forum is designed to assess how well the European Union’s single market works in practice. The… Read More

May 24, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Startups and small companies are the engine of economic growth.  Fast growing companies demand an ecosystem that recognizes their importance to the economy and society as a whole. According to recent Eurostat data GDP rose in Europe (EU 28)  only 0.1% in 2013 – this… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming from the Internal Market and Services Directorate, the European Commission (EC) has announced an open application for participation in an “informal” expert group on crowdfunding.  The new group aligns with the recently released report on crowdfunding as the commission studies the evolution of this… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

As has been widely expected, the European Commission (EC) will release their comments on March 27th regarding a public consultation on crowdfunding that started in October of 2013 and ended on December 31st.  The initiative was to discover the “added value” of potential EU action… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Posted on the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), as part of a work package mandated by the European Commission, the ECN announced a call for submission for technology providers for an EU wide crowdfunding data platform. This request is part of an initiative by Startup Europe… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission Internal Market DG launched a public consultation on crowdfunding in 2013.  Interested individuals and organizations were asked to comment on the growing form of finance.  Recognizing the potential economic benefits of crowdfunding, the stated objective of the project was to gather data… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stuanch crowdfunding advocates the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) is hosting their 2nd CrowdCon crowdfunding conference in Berlin on October 19, 2013.  The event is coinciding with a trade fair for retail stock market investors which expects to see over 4000 attendees creating a unique opportunity… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Earlier this month a workshop on crowdfunding was held at the European Commission.  Many different crowdfunding leaders participated in this event including executives from Seedrs, Babyloan, Ulule and others.  President of the European Crowdfunding Network, Oliver Gajda, was also present participating in a panel on… Read More

June 17, 2013 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Pling is a rewards based crowdfunding platform based in Germany.  The creators of this crowdfunding application experienced some initial success early on in the German crowdfunding market – enough so to sell the platform to investors and  to move their company in a different direction…. Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 9:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission held a workshop on Crowdfunding this week.  Below is a storify from the event which included the participation of several different crowdfunding platforms including: Sponsume Sonic Angel Ulule Alternativa Seedrs Babyloan Keynote speakers included: Michel Barnier – Commissioner for Internal Markets and… Read More

April 9, 2013 @ 6:42 am By Wired.it  |  

Italy could become the first country in the world to pass a law on crowdfunding . give us to act even Forbes after the publication of the draft of the Consob Regulation . The document is open for comment until 30 April and will be used to operationalize the provisions of the decree Growth 2.0 . After work will be… Read More

April 3, 2013 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Correspondent, an Amsterdam based start-up striving to launch a news site of quality news, has crowdfunded € 1 Million in 8 Days (approximately $1.3 Million).  As announced on the future news sites blog, More than 15,000 participants supported this crowdfunding event which was created by Rob… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 10:30 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

As a Dutch national (but born and raised in Hong Kong and living in the US since 1985) I thought it was particularly interesting that the Netherlands created one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms in the world – Symbid. Being ONE of the first… Read More

February 27, 2013 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based equity crowdfunding site CrowdCube surpasses £5,000,000 in funds raised.  This amount represents 39 businesses funded £2,547 average amount invested 30,239 members Crowdcube was established in 2011 and claims their platform as the first crowdfunding site  to allow ordinary people invest in start ups… Read More

February 22, 2013 @ 10:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is a speech presented by Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the EuropeanCommission responsible for the Digital Agenda EU & US for Growth, Investment Crowdfunding and Support This is a difficult time for Europe. As growth stays low, uncertainty is everywhere. Our people, particularly younger people, face horrific… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 5:11 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Delegates explain that small and medium businesses are “starved of capital”. Legislation needs to take account of their particularities.   Straßburg – The EU-Parliament intends to facilitate access to credits for small and medium businesses. To achieve this, more flexibility and transparency in… Read More