Tagged: europe

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

September 15, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Although you may not have heard of Bondora, if you follow the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry, you most likely will soon. Bondora is one of the fastest growing peer-to-peer lenders in the world and they are operating in a market with few competitors. Bondora is… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 8:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up a new way for wineries and vineyards to get funding, Paris-based crowdfunding platform Fundovino launched last month and is on a mission to help not only wine makers, but also wine tourism, culture and art get backers easily and quickly. Fundovino, which dubbed… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 is the “flagship conference” for the event organizer.  Their European conference is scheduled to take place this coming October in Copenhagen.  The gathering seeks to highlight best practices in crowdsourcing and the collaborative economy in Europe.  These tectonic shifts in processes and… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 is CSW’s Flagship 3-day conference for Europe to highlight organizational transformations through the crowd economy CSW Europe 2014 will see decision makers from various sectors congregate to share and learn best practices on the collaborative economy, that are fundamentally changing society, mindsets… Read More

August 21, 2014 @ 8:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

“Les titres du groupe Nice-Matin sont au bord de la faillite” The staff of the French daily newspaper, Nice-Matin, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the French platform Ulule to raise €300,000. The funds raised will hopefully save the publication and convert it into a… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced an investment in their company by Balderton Capital in the amount of £3.8 million (approximately $6.5 million).  This investment will act as the lead in Crowdcube’s forthcoming £5 million series B round financing.  The remaining £1.2 million will be… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In a self-crowdfunding round, Finland based Invesdor raised €290,871 for the two year old equity crowdfunding platform.  The raised was just shy of the high end target.  The offer garnered 135 investors from 13 different countries and added 121 new shareholders  to their roster.  Pre-money valuation… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has found a lead sponsor for their previously announced ongoing CrowdTuesday events.  MANGOPAY, one of the main European payment providers, has accepted to become a gold sponsor for the crowdfunding industry’s gatherings initiated by ECN. “Payment providers are crucial actors… Read More

June 11, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Pan European equity  crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced a significant change to their investment structure.   Effectively they are codifying an “informal practice” that has developed over the past several years of crowdfunding. According to a recent statement, investors  that contribute £25,000 or more may… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 11:30 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

Last February Europe, Fleur Pellerin, the former minister of SME’s & Digital Economy, introduced a first draft that outlines a separate legal status for crowdfunding platforms in France. Though France was and still is lagging within the crowdfunding industry in terms of volume and entrepreneurial… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platforms from 10 different European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and UK) met last week in Paris to discuss the opportunities offered by this new form of capital allocation which, according to the World Bank, will be worth… 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

May 22, 2014 @ 3:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The StartUp Europe Crowdfunding Network has published their final report on fostering a conducive crowdfunding environment in Europe to help entrepreneurs.  The report pinpoints the demand  for engendering a professional, transparent, and consistent environment so both investors and entrepreneurs may view crowdfunding as a viable… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The European crowdfunding industry is growing dramatically – just as it is in many parts of the world. National regulators have passed investment crowdfunding regulations or they are working on doing so. The European Commission is officially supporting the phenomenon as more and more entities… Read More

May 15, 2014 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced by the European Commission last month, the deadline for applications for participation in the European Commission informal expert group or “European Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum (ECSF)” deadlines tomorrow May 16, 2014. As previously reported the Commission is looking to select members for this group on crowdfunding, in… Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

Forbes already knows: smart startups start in Europe. But why? Startups are a thriving resource of jobs and competitive advantage through innovation, and what they need are great startup ecologies. Europe is well on its way to develop several entrepreneurship hubs, and the lists with… 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

April 29, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Dutch crowdfunding campaigns are now live on the Kickstarter platform.  Announced some time ago, the expansion into the Netherlands is part of a continuing strategy to grow the brand and platform for rewards based crowdfunding to all corners of the globe.  Over 1100 creators have… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

The recent commotion concerning crowdfunding legislation is easy to understand considering Europe’s seemingly passive attitude concerning crowdfunding (J.D. Alois) and the discussion on open or closed crowdfunding markets. Accreditation can help to speed up the development of industry-fit regulation, but it requires companies to play… Read More