The results of the Dutch National Crowdfunding Research are published In recent years, crowdfunding has grown from a tool for foundations and artists to raise funding through donations, an alternative to bank financing for SMEs and financing of real estate and renewable energy projects. But who are the backers of these projects? Are these investors who […]
In this video, Mr. Ronald Kleverlaan, founder & chairman of CrowdfundingHub, shares his insights on Crowdfunding in Europe with the interviewer Martijn Arets.
The European online alternative finance market grew 92% to €5.4 billion in 2015, according to the second annual survey by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, CrowdfundingHub was exclusive Benelux partner. Sustaining Momentum The report released today, entitled “Sustaining Momentum”, had the support of 17 major European industry associations and research partners, and was based on data […]
Ronald Kleverlaan is one of the most experienced and well connected experts on crowdfunding and alternative finance in Europe. He consults the European Commission on “Crowd Investing” and is member of the advisory board of several leading crowdfunding platforms and associations. Currently he is chairman of CrowdfundingHub, the European knowledge center on Alternative Finance and Community Finance. […]
The rise of marketplace lending in Europe Raised capital requirements for banks are making it increasingly difficult to get a bank loan. As a result, the demand for alternative financing options is rising, and more and more professional (online) platforms are stepping in to match loan demand to suitable investors. With the help of innovative technology, […]
Launch CrowdfundingHub 30 March – 1 April, 2016 Crowdfunding Leadership Event 30 March, Amsterdam EC conference – Innovative Entreprise 31 March – 1 April, The Hague Crowdfunding Leadership Event European Experts, Thought Leaders and Representatives of Crowdfunding Associations will meet in Amsterdam on 30 March. On invitation only Interactive programme, starting at 13.00 hours (welcome […]
The alternative finance industry is a young industry and there is not a universally accepted taxonomy yet to describe the different actors in the industry. In The European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report from Cambridge University (February 2015) this issue was already addressed. The Benchmarking Report followed the taxonomy of nine categories of business that had been constructed in defining […]
CrowdfundingHub teamed up with FG Laywers to launch a pan-European research to identify liability risk in respect to various forms of crowdfunding with the assistance of partners in 11 different European countries. “Crowdfunding is here to stay. Its exponential growth (in Europe doubling every year) shows that the market is seriously looking into new […]
Description of Research Areas Degree of organization/access to data In the majority of countries there is no data available about total volumes of the industry, mostly because there is a low level of organization of the industry. In the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France data about the total volume of the industry are collected, structured, […]
A positive stance from the government, enabling progressive regulation and tax reliefs, correlates with high volumes in the industry. UK is the best example of this. Only in a few cases low volumes in countries are not related to regulatory issues and are low due to other reasons, e.g. the readiness for crowdfunding is low because the public […]
An overview Inhabitants: 4,2 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $21.791 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) From the Croatian perspective, crowdfunding is currently a big challenge. The greatest weaknesses are a small overall awareness of the possibility of crowdfunding, low use of Internet in online purchasing of goods, poor development and mistrust of e-business. But […]
An overview Inhabitants: 65 M, GDP (ppp) per capita: $39,826 (Source: Wikipedia) The Austrian crowdfunding market is slowly turning from a small market niche to a serious alternative in the financial system. The change owns its development to the introduction of a new legal framework, which came into effect in Austria on 1 September 2015. […]