Tagged: europe

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 19, 2013 @ 1:15 am By JD Alois  |  

FundTheGap, a new equity crowdfunding platform, has launched their service for start-ups and small businesses in the UK.  They are looking to offer a seamless fundraising channel for businesses looking to raise up to £2m ($3.1M) of investment.  The  site is designed to bring together… 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

February 8, 2013 @ 8:09 am By Presseurop  |  

I have started making loans to total strangers – scores of them. I am not mad, rich or philanthropic. The loans are tiny. The safeguards are good. So far, the borrowers are paying me back and I am turning a handy profit. Even nicer, I… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming from the pages of Campaigns and Elections is a report regarding Rally.org and their initiative to migrate their political fund raising platform and migrate to a crowdfunding venture.  During the 2012 election cycle, the Rally application was utilized by the national campaigns for Mitt… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Bartolomeo Pietromarchiis, Curator of the International Art Exposition of the Venice Biennale, has proposed crowdfunding to support an exhibition in the Italian Pavillion. This initiative will be done in coordination with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities.  The exhibition the crowdfunding will support is… Read More

February 5, 2013 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming from the pages of RealBusiness in the UK, Barry James has composed an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg.  You may read the letter in its entirety here but the gist of his premise is the time is… Read More

February 4, 2013 @ 8:17 pm By StartUps UK  |  

Righteous Ltd is seeking a second round of funding through Crowdcube. The healthy salad dressing producer, named Home-based or Freelance Business of the Year at the Startups Awards 2012, has today launched a £150,000 crowdfunding campaign. The pitch follows the success of Righteous’ Crowdcube campaign last year, which… Read More

February 4, 2013 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has finally become authorised and regulated by the British Financial Services Association (FSA).  The original application for authorization was submitted in 2011. This event makes Crowdcube the first authorized crowdfunding platform to allow investors to become direct shareholders in UK… Read More

January 29, 2013 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Labeled Crowdfunding: Deep Impact, the Crowdfunding conference will be held at the University of Herfordshire Business School located North of London.  The daylong event is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26th, 2013. The event is being organized by the Social Foundation which describes themselves as “Makers… Read More

January 22, 2013 @ 1:25 am By The Telegraph  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has the potential to kickstart the economy by providing credit for small businesses Despite some encouraging signs, the UK economy remains in trouble. Growth remains weak and confidence fragile. Lending to small and medium businesses – the motor for job creation – has… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 6:59 am By RealBusiness  |  

Employee numbers: We currently have nine employees, of which more than half work in customer-facing roles. We are also enthusiastically growing our software development team to ensure that Crowdcube continues to be the leading crowdfunding platform on the planet. Growth forecast for the next three… Read More

January 15, 2013 @ 6:01 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

UPDATED: In an early version of this article it was indicated that Enviu held the Dutch record for funds raised but it was pointed out (rightly so) that Enviu is in the number two position.  SellAnApp holds the record for raising funds on Symbid crowd funding € 150,000…. Read More

January 13, 2013 @ 12:24 pm By The Malta Independent  |  

The European Commission this week presented an action plan aimed at “unleashing Europe’s entrepreneurial potential to bring back growth”. The message is that in order to return to growth and higher levels of employment, Europe needs more entrepreneurs. With four million new jobs created every… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 7:14 pm By Business Review Europe  |  

2012 was a tough year for SMEs. The Eurozone crisis rumbled on, economies stagnated or contracted and the banks failed to lend the sums needed to help pull Europe out of the abyss. Government initiatives such as the Funding For Lending (FLS) scheme in the… Read More

January 10, 2013 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has released a statement indicating that a focus on Entrepreneurship, including crowdfunding, is an increasing priority in driving economic growth. During the economic crisis EU member countries have struggled to various degrees in their attempts to create job. Dramatic structural reform must… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 2:59 am By The Next Web  |  

UK accelerator Springboard is taking an unusual direction with itsforthcoming Internet of Things-focused program; crowdfunding is becoming a part of the fundraising available to startups taking part. Yes, all the teams will launch their products on Kickstarter to coincide with the traditional investor demo day. Kickstarter, which recently launched its… Read More

December 13, 2012 @ 5:06 pm By The Economist  |  

    OF THE things you expect to encounter in a financial firm nowadays, hope is not high on the list. Panoramic views, insincere receptionists, plates of uneaten biscuits, yes. Optimism, no. But this is a time of huge opportunity in finance—as long as you… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The recently released document put together by a cadre of European academicians has quickly become a must read for the policy leaders of the domestic Crowdfunding industry. Matthias Klaes, Professor of Commerce from Keele University in the UK opens the discussion by quoting Schumpeter and… Read More