Tagged: netherlands

February 15, 2016 @ 8:33 am By Josef Holm  |  

Ronald Kleverlaan is an alternative finance specialist and one of the industry’s best-known crowdfunding advocates in Europe. He is an influencer on alternative finance, regular keynote speaker on future trends in the industry and connector in the European crowdfunding ecosystem. He advises the European Commission on… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report by consultancy firm Douw & Koren (D&K) states that crowdfunding has experienced a rise of over 200% in the Netherlands during 2015.  The authors state that during the last year € 128 was raised in comparison to € 63 million in 2014.  More than… Read More

December 24, 2015 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The CrowdfundingHub, created by Ronald Kleverlaan, has set a launch date of March 31st, 2016. The date was selected to coordinate wit the Innovative Enterprise event of the European Commission on Access to Finance taking place in the Hague. The CrowdfundingHub is an international educational… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands-based Fintech company Equidam, an online provider of startup valuations, is crossing the Atlantic and setting up shop in the US. Equidam is opening an office hosted at the well-known incubator 1871 located in Chicago.  Equidam believes there is significant opportunity in the North America –… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Symbid [OTCQB:SBID], one of the world’s first investment crowdfunding platforms, is warning about industry risk.  The company is warning that “investors are too preoccupied by interest rates and ignoring the risks”. According to Symbid, this lack of awareness has compelled them to launch a media… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 11:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Founded in the Netherlands in 2011 with a mission to simplify small business funding through efficient and transparent technology, Symbid was one of the world’s first investment crowdfunding platforms. Through The Funding Network, the company gives entrepreneurs direct access to all forms of finance –… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 3:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, the leading UK SME marketplace lending platform, has dramatically increased its footprint with the acquisition of Zencap. Funding Circle will now operate in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Funding Circle already has a significant operation in the US. Funding Circle representatives state this… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

ZenCap, a one-year-old Berlin-based direct lending platform is presently the fastest growing site in continental Europe.  According to data published by AltFi, ZenCap has generated Year over Year growth of an astounding 445.3%.  The next closest growth rate is of Auxmoney at less than half that… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Victory Park Capital (VPC) announced today it is investing up to €230 million in loans originated on the Zencap platform over a 3 year period.  German publication Handelsblatt called the investment “a record deal for a German startup” and “the most ever for a continental… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 9:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“The last three months have seen around $150 million provided to 144 small businesses within The Funding Network. We’re estimating our total funding volume in 2015 to be around $800 million. Beyond that, I see huge potential for Symbid if we can continue to expand… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Symbid has received approval from Italian securities regulatory CONSOB to launch Symbid Italia.  The new venture by Symbid is in partnership with Banca Sella and is expected to go live in Q4 of 2015.  The news of the strategic expansion was revealed… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 10:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Diversified crowdfunding platform Symbid has just released its very first loan offering on their updated platform. The new debt offer is from a young company called CareRate, a healthcare review app. The loan is offering a 5.5% yield and is live now. CEO and co-founder… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 7:47 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

Crowdfunding is coming of age. Crowdfunding is at turn point from being “alternative” towards being “normal”. This is a good development as it should unlock more funding as more people, who might still consider crowdfunding a bit exotic, will join. In addition, normalisation indicates that… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Symbid has morphed from an equity crowdfunding platform to a portfolio platform that provides a diverse group of services including debt, equity, back-office, investor services and more.  The company recently launched their new view on funding earlier this year, quickly generating financial success. Now the… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands based Equidam, an online company valuation platform, has released an update and complete re-design to its site that is described as a new “focus on value creation and growth”.  Equidam has operated for the past three years tackling a difficult issue of SME valuation… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide and now The Funding Network, announced a strategic partnership with Economic Board Utrecht (EBU), a Dutch regional economic development group, to support small businesses with over $1 million of funding. The partnership will provide local, sustainable initiatives… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands based Symbid has formed a partnership with Italian bank Gruppo Banca Sella to create an italian investment platform called Symbid Italia. Marco Bicocchi Pichi, Italian Business Angel of the Year 2014, has been appointed  to lead the new firm as Managing Director.  Symbid explains the… Read More

March 4, 2015 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Symbid [OTCQB:SBID] has launched “The Funding Network” designed to combine both traditional and alternative forms of finance for startups and small businesses.  The new platform, and redesigned site, is described as representing the next phase in the evolution of the peer-to-peer model in the financial industry…. Read More

February 26, 2015 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

  Symbid, one of the very first investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, has partnered with Ben & Jerry’s with the Join Our Core 2015 competition. The international event is designed to discover the “brightest social entrepreneurs” who share Ben & Jerry’s values.  Symbid and… Read More

February 22, 2015 @ 7:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Newly opened Centre for Alternative Finance of University of Cambridge Judge Business School reports European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey study results.  The European market could top €7 billion in 2015 The European alternative finance market grew 144% last year to €2,957m The UK is the largest European country for alternative finance,… Read More