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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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An overview Inhabitants: 46,44 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $35,269 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Although it is being 7 years since the crowdfunding came into use and expands in Spain, the growth of this industry has been unequal. There have been many platforms that have emerged in these years of evolution in the field […]
https://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Spain-Willian-Justen-de-Vasconcellos-min-2-1.jpg7001050Yunuo Zhaohttps://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Crowdfunding-Hub-Logo2.pngYunuo Zhao2016-03-29 10:35:392020-03-24 09:58:34Current State of Crowdfunding in Spain 2016
An overview Inhabitants: 17 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $49,094 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) The alternative finance industry in the Netherlands has a long history and a wide variety of crowdfunding platforms. Crowdfunding started in 2006 with the reward based platform Sellaband. In 2010 several P2P business platforms were launched. In 2011 the first […]
https://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Netherlands-Ethan-Hu-min-1.jpg7001050Yunuo Zhaohttps://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Crowdfunding-Hub-Logo2.pngYunuo Zhao2016-03-29 10:14:312020-03-24 09:58:38Current State of Crowdfunding in the Netherlands 2016
An overview Inhabitants: 6,38 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $47,329 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Through recent financial crises Irish businesses, charities and artists have looked to crowdfunding to overcome challenges in financing projects and ideas (Kennedy, 2011). In recent years there has been increased interest from organisations in the area of crowdfunding both at […]
https://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ireland-Jesse-Gardner.jpg7001050Yunuo Zhaohttps://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Crowdfunding-Hub-Logo2.pngYunuo Zhao2016-03-29 09:55:562020-03-24 09:58:44Current State of Crowdfunding in Ireland 2016
An overview Inhabitants: 10,55 million, GDP (ppp) per capita: $18,020 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Currently the most common form is reward-based crowdfunding, which exists in the Czech Republic for four years now and is growing every year. For example the Hithit platform raised 80% more money in 2015 than in 2014. The second most […]
https://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Czech-republic-Julia-Solonina-min.jpg7001050Yunuo Zhaohttps://www.crowdfundinghub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Crowdfunding-Hub-Logo2.pngYunuo Zhao2016-03-29 09:46:552020-03-24 09:58:48Current State of Crowdfunding in Czech Republic 2016
Current State of Crowdfunding in Europe 2016
/in News, Research/by Yunuo ZhaoThe 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 […]
Crowdfunding Cross Borders: Assess Liability Risks
/in News, Research/by Yunuo ZhaoCrowdfundingHub 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 […]
Alternative Finance Maturity Index
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoDescription 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, […]
Main Conclusions of Current State of Crowdfunding in Europe 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoA 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 […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in Croatia 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn 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 […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in Austria 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn 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. […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in Spain 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn overview Inhabitants: 46,44 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $35,269 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Although it is being 7 years since the crowdfunding came into use and expands in Spain, the growth of this industry has been unequal. There have been many platforms that have emerged in these years of evolution in the field […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in the Netherlands 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn overview Inhabitants: 17 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $49,094 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) The alternative finance industry in the Netherlands has a long history and a wide variety of crowdfunding platforms. Crowdfunding started in 2006 with the reward based platform Sellaband. In 2010 several P2P business platforms were launched. In 2011 the first […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in Ireland 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn overview Inhabitants: 6,38 million GDP (ppp) per capita: $47,329 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Through recent financial crises Irish businesses, charities and artists have looked to crowdfunding to overcome challenges in financing projects and ideas (Kennedy, 2011). In recent years there has been increased interest from organisations in the area of crowdfunding both at […]
Current State of Crowdfunding in Czech Republic 2016
/in Research/by Yunuo ZhaoAn overview Inhabitants: 10,55 million, GDP (ppp) per capita: $18,020 (Source: Wikipedia; Image Credit: NuclearVacuum) Currently the most common form is reward-based crowdfunding, which exists in the Czech Republic for four years now and is growing every year. For example the Hithit platform raised 80% more money in 2015 than in 2014. The second most […]