Tagged: europe

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

April 10, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 13 days remaining on Foodist’s second Companisto crowdfunding campaign, 376 investors have bought 24,493 shares, raising over €122,000. Funding from this equity campaign will promote the Foodist’s internationalization, grow their customer base, and exploit the potential within the B2B market. Subscribers of Foodist receive… Read More

April 9, 2014 @ 2:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Mawwell, an international rewards-based crowdfunding site for creative and innovative projects has launched a crowdfunding platform for the Europe, Middle East & Africa markets (EMEA).  Mawwell launched in beta in July of 2013.  Mawwal means “fund” in Arabic. The site wants to create the opportunity… Read More

March 31, 2014 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), has shared their thoughts on the recently released communication by the European Commission (EC) on crowdfunding. Last week the EC released several documents and statements pertaining to a “consultation” on the innovative new form of capital formation.  They garnered comments… Read More

March 29, 2014 @ 5:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently published the report put together by the European Commission regarding crowdfunding.  While there is plenty of information for anyone interested in crowdfunding the document below is the data on the respondents for the report.  So if you are curious as to how… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

In sifting through the various public comments on the European crowdfunding consultation that was just released it was interesting to see an unsigned comment letter from NASDAQ OMX. NASDAQ OMX is a trading / exchange platform that operates across six different continents and today powers… Read More

March 27, 2014 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business organization representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions. The organization’s members range from mom-and-pop shops and local chambers to large corporations.  The group is really global in… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding site Invesdor  has shared that they have been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award,  honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from… Read More

March 22, 2014 @ 5:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Released earlier this month, Berlin based equity crowdfunding platform Companisto has launched pan European equity crowdfunding.  They are the second platform to do so following UK based Seedrs announcement last year. The platform states they have raised €4.6 million for 26 successful crowdfunding rounds.  Their  “goal is… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sweden Based Crowdfunding Platform Raises Capital for Expansion. Stating that 2013 has been their best year to date, equity crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is now inviting the public to own shares in their Northern European investment platform by launching a self-crowdfunding campaign.  Based in Sweden, but… 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

March 7, 2014 @ 8:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Interview with Arno Smit, Co-Founder & CTO of FundedByMe. Launched by Arno Smit and Daniel Daboczy in 2011, FundedByMe quickly found an international niche as both an equity and rewards-based crowdfunding platform.  According to Smit, this “unified experience on our platform allows entrepreneurs to feel secure in… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By Lionel Slusny  |  

Crowdfunding, we all know, is a very powerful tool to validate a business opportunity within a specific product application. As discussed in previous articles on the Startup Europe – Crowdfunding Network  site, we have seen that crowdfunding is particularly suited for web entrepreneurs who wish… Read More

March 1, 2014 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the French government has been moving forward with “Financement Participatif” or crowdfunding by providing updated guidelines and regulations to advance the new form of capital formation for small companies.  France currently has 28 platforms active in their country (in comparison to the UK with… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands based Symbid Corporation, a crowdfunding platform that helps private investors, SME-entrepreneurs and start-ups come together in a secure ecosystem, has announced it has become publicly listed on the OTC Markets exchange under symbol SBID.   The company stated it was using the to accelerate… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 6:21 am By Lionel Slusny  |  

The European Cloud Industry in France Supports Crowdfunding. In recent document presented to the French Minister’s cabinet of Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation, and the Digital Economy, the European Cloud industry representation in France makes a push for Crowdfunding. This call particularly applies for the web entrepreneur… Read More