HUB-IN Interviews: A focus on the Financing Models for Historic Urban Area (HUAs) projects Novel opportunities emerge as the heritage regeneration financing landscape evolves. When looking at past and current projects, financing comes predominantly from classic public and private funding sources. Yet as we will discover that crowdfunding and community funding are increasingly becoming a […]
HUB-IN Interviews: A focus on the Financing Models for Historic Urban Area (HUAs) projects Novel opportunities emerge as the heritage regeneration financing landscape evolves. When looking at past and current projects, financing comes predominantly from classic public and private funding sources. Yet as we will discover that crowdfunding and community funding are increasingly becoming a […]
HUB-IN Interviews: A focus on the Financing Models for Historic Urban Area (HUAs) projects Novel opportunities emerge as the heritage regeneration financing landscape evolves. When looking at past and current projects, financing comes predominantly from classic public and private funding sources. Yet as we will discover that crowdfunding and community funding are increasingly becoming a […]
An Overview on Norwegian Crowdfunding During the past 10 years, crowdfunding has experienced an exponential growth in Norway. In 2021, 1.98 Billion Norwegian Krone (equivalent to about 194.4 Million euros – all numbers below in NOK are converted to numbers in euro) was collected through crowdfunding, marking an increase of 113% as compared to the […]
An Overview: A Total Collection of €730 million in the Netherlands In 2021, 730 million euros was raised by crowdfunding in the Netherlands. This is an increase of 75% as compared to 2020, when 417 million euros were raised. In 2021, crowdfunding finally caught up after Covid-19 rendered a less collection in 2020. Companies have […]
CROWDTHERMAL – An Innovation Project Funded by European Commission The mission of the Horizon 2020 funded CROWDTHERMAL project is to empower the European public to directly participate in the development of geothermal projects, with the help of alternative financing schemes and social engagement tools. The project team has developed a set of reports, addressing social, […]
Crowdfunding and Alternative Finance in France In France, crowdfunding continues its exponential growth in 2021. An increase of 84% in terms of collected funds (€1,880 million collected) shows that crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly common savings solution for the French. This also shows that the projects having requested a financing solution through crowdfunding were numerous […]
What was Once Impossible Became Possible For a year it had seemed like nothing would happen with the old windmill. Months after a successful Christmas crowdfunding campaign, no institutional funder was willing to join. Even after the farmer’s market signed an intention letter to rent the space twice a week. The youngsters were at an […]
About HUB-IN : Mission and Vision The project ‘Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Transformation of Historic Urban Areas’ (HUB-IN) aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Historic Urban Areas (HUA), while preserving their unique social and cultural identity and the environment. HUB-IN adopts innovation and entrepreneurship as the main drivers of urban regeneration […]
Earlier this week, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated Q&A on the pan-European crowdfunding rules. Updated rules, called European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), became actionable last November but questions remain and European member states are still sorting things out. To help with the process, ESMA has been responding to inquiries, clarifying […]
A “Community Hospital” – The Bernhoven At the start of the Covid-19 crisis, the Bernhoven hospital in Uden was in the front line of the first outbreak in Brabant. This hospital was also in the news positively because of its close relationship with employees and local residents. The hospital is partly funded by the employees, […]
What is HUB-IN? The HUB-IN 2020 project (Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Transformation of Historical Urban Areas) aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Historic Urban Areas (HUA), while preserving the unique identity of the historic sites regarding their natural, cultural and social values. Led by University of Lisbon, HUB-IN adopts the innovation […]