Tagged: ecspr

April 10, 2025 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

  Eurocrowd, the leading advocacy group for the securities crowdfunding market in Europe, has distributed an email describing the market as “under pressure.” Several years ago, Eurocrowd helped craft the pan-European rules that eliminated national barriers for firms and investors to participate in the sector of… Read More

February 17, 2025 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French crowdfunding market experienced a significant decline in 2024, dropping by 17.1% compared to results generated in 2023. In total, €1.7 billion was raised, according to a report published by France Fintech in collaboration with Forvis Mazars. The peak amount of funds raised for… Read More

January 30, 2025 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Several years back, the European Union approved the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), which enabled issuers to raise funds across all EU member states. Under the rules, an issuer could raise up to €5 million for an offering listed on a regulated securities crowdfunding… Read More

January 15, 2025 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a report addressing crowdfunding in the EU. Not too long ago, the EU approved new rules addressing online capital formation. European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulation (ECSPR) allows a platform approved by the relevant authority in its home… Read More

July 15, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform serving Europe, is reporting that it surpassed €40 million in investment during the first six months of 2024. At the same time, investors received a capital return of €47.5 million, earning €6.9 million (10.88%). Based in Estonia, investors may participate… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a European securities crowdfunding platform, has announced “Rolling Facility,” a feature that is said to enable continuous funding for issuers on the platform. While it is becoming commonplace for early-stage firms to pursue multiple offerings on online platforms, somewhat similar to VC/Angel rounds, SeedBlink… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, an online lender serving Irish SMEs, says it has topped €300 million in loans since its launch. The funding has supported over 4200 smaller firms. For 2024, Linked Finance predicts that it will lend, on average, €115,000 per borrower hitting over £80 million… Read More

May 9, 2024 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

European crowdfunding leaders will meet this month to discuss the implementation of European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulation (ECSPR) and the Key Investment Information Sheet (KIIS) – a requirement for issuers raising money under the rules. The European Working Group will be meeting for the 2nd… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

As CI has covered in the past couple of years, the European Union created harmonized rules designed to improve online capital formation under ECSPR, or European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation. Advocates, like EuroCrowd, have lobbied the EU for years to advance the common-sense approach of… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a securities crowdfunding platform operating across Europe, says it has inked a partnership with Accumeo, a crowdfunding platform based in Sweden. Accumeo is registered with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority having obtained a license to conduct crowdfunding, operating under ECSPR,. Under the EU rules,… Read More

February 8, 2024 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, has partnered with Mazars to produce its 5th annual Crowdfunding Barometer – tracking the performance of online capital formation in the second-largest economy in Europe. Mazars is a global, France-based accounting and consulting agency. The report covers… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The pan-European regulatory regime for securities crowdfunding is still very young. Many platforms established before the rules existed have yet to apply to be approved under the new rules. ECSPR, or European Crowdfunding Securities Provider Regulations, enables a platform to list securities and sell them… Read More

January 23, 2024 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink is an emerging investment crowdfunding platform that is registered with the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority and also approved under the new European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR) and thus allowed to issue securities across the EU. Under ECSPR, an issuer may raise up to… Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

UK-based Seedrs, now a part of Republic, is poised to expand its services across the European Union. Previously, Seedrs has listed issuers based in the EU, but needed to dance around jurisdictional rules in each member state. Now, with the advent of ECSPR – or… Read More

December 14, 2023 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Renewable/green investment crowdfunding platform Trine has been approved under new European Union rules to sell securities across all member states. ECSPR, or European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation, is now in place, enabling platforms to sell securities online across the EU. To be able to provide… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, Seedrs announced that as it expands services further into Europe, it has established a European HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Seedrs, when combined with parent company Republic, is the largest investment crowdfunding marketplace in the world. Seedrs states on its website that it has enabled… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

It was more a question of when. Today, Seedrs has issued a statement today that it has been approved under ECSPR – European Crowdfunding Services Provider regulation – to facilitate online capital formation across the EU. Owned by US-based Fintech Republic, Seedrs is already one… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 6:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The largest economy in Europe has been slow to create a sustainable regulatory environment for investment crowdfunding platforms to thrive. Under ECSPR or European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulations, an approved platform may raise up to €5 million across the European Union. The kicker to… Read More

October 12, 2023 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The roster of approved platforms under ECSPR, or European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulations, has grown quite a bit since CI last reviewed the list of active platforms. In June of 2023, CI reported there were 30 approved platforms. Today, that number stands at 66, according… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance, a European climate tech investment marketplace, has gained the European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) license to accelerate its financial service expansion in Europe. HeavyFinance, based in Lithuania, originates loans directly in five European markets – Poland, Portugal, Lithuania, Latvia, and Bulgaria. This follows the… Read More