Entries by Yunuo Zhao

France | Current State of Alternative Finance 2020

Today’s expert   Florence de Maupeou Florence is CEO of association Participative Financing France. She is specialised in strategic development, administrative and financial management, recruitment and federation of members, internal and external communication, advocacy, project management, organization of meetings and working committees, events, interventions and training.   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencedemaupeou/ An estimation on market volume in […]

Croatia | Current State of Alternative Finance 2020

Today’s expert   Branimir Radaković Branimir is now working as the project manager at Brodoto. Brodoto is a social impact agency specialized in campaigns, design and media. Branimir and his team in Brodoto help organisations and companies generate social and ecologic impact. Branimir is also the co-founder of Razvojna udruga Ludbreg (Development Association of Ludbreg), an […]

Bulgaria | Current State of Alternative Finance 2020

Today’s expert   Ivaylo Ivanov As the CEO of IUVO, one fast growing P2P lending marketplace, Ivaylo is an experienced expert with focus on strategy and digital transformation. He has rich experience in consulting more than 20 businesses in the finance, technology, energy, telecommunications and digital fields. He has also conducted researches, presented and lobbied in front […]

Austria | Current State of Alternative Finance 2020

Today’s expert   Karoline Perchthaler Working for 1000×1000 Crowdbusiness GmbH, Karoline is one of the most influencing experts of crowdfunding in Austria. As a co-partner and managing director of the ISN Group, a longstanding member of the board of M&A PrivatBank AG and a crowdbusiness expert, she has almost 30 years of experience in the […]

Hub-IN 2020: Historical Urban Areas’ Restoration

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. HUB-IN adopts the innovation and entrepreneurship as the main drivers of urban regeneration in HUAs […]

Altfinator | MOOC on Alternative Finance

With the objective of providing online resources and self-educational materials for Alternative Finance, Altfinator initiated the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) program on Alternative Finance. Collaborating with Politecnico Milano and The University of Manchester, this course introduces the key models and approaches related to raising finance from sources alternative to bank lending (crowdfunding, invoice trading, […]

CROWDTHERMAL Project | Concept, Objective and Consortium

  The CrowdThermal Project aims to empower the European public to directly participate in the development of geothermal projects with the help of alternative financing schemes (crowdfunding) and social engagement tools. In order to reach this goal, the project will first increase the transparency of geothermal projects and technologies by creating one to one links […]

Altfinator Project: Facilitating Access to Alternative Financing

Alternative financing (AF) for businesses across Europe has increased considerably in recent years, becoming an important source of finance for entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs. However, access to AF varies considerably across Europe with Southern, Central and Easter European regions lagging behind Northern and Western European regions in terms of AF volume (total and per capita). […]