Tagged: European Crowdfunding Network

March 18, 2014 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

As has been widely expected, the European Commission (EC) will release their comments on March 27th regarding a public consultation on crowdfunding that started in October of 2013 and ended on December 31st.  The initiative was to discover the “added value” of potential EU action… Read More

February 16, 2014 @ 11:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Scientific Work Group, part of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), promotes research into crowdfunding and related aspects in order to foster academic discussion to aid professional and political decision making. The group also acts as an editorial board to peer-reviewed publications by the European… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission Internal Market DG launched a public consultation on crowdfunding in 2013.  Interested individuals and organizations were asked to comment on the growing form of finance.  Recognizing the potential economic benefits of crowdfunding, the stated objective of the project was to gather data… Read More

December 27, 2013 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

A report from the European Crowdfunding  Network (ECN) and partner Toniic, have published a report on Crowdfunding for Impact in Europe and the USA.  The document was authored by Oliver Gajda, co-founder and Chairman of the  ECN and Nick Mason, who is a former consultant… Read More

December 23, 2013 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Global consulting firm KPMG, along with international law firm Stibbe, have produced a report for the Flemish government (in Flemish) in Belgium.  The report was originally published in August but is just recently being shared publicly.  The report is a high level review as to how… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Oliver Gajda, a Co-Founder and President of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) was interviewed earlier this month by Good Morning Crowdfunding.  Gajda has been a tireless champion of crowdfunding in Europe.  He believes that crowdfunding is an innovative form of capital formation, job creation and… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

La Finance Participative (“Crowdfunding”) propose actuellement un nouveau modèle d’investissement au grand public et aux investisseurs professionnels. Ce nouveau type d’investissement apporte-t-il une opportunité réelle d’investissement pour les Business Angels ? Quelles sont les synergies avec le crowdfunding pour développer la valorisation des investissements ?… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Organized by  Loft Solutions, European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) , La finance participative or “crowdfunding” will be discussed by industry authorities at an event to be held at the Intercontinental, Paris on November 19th.  The gathering is specifically to… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) – a stalwart proponent of crowdfunding – has put together a fabulous overview of the regulatory environments for crowdfunding across Europe, North American and Israel – 29 countries in all.  The publishing team included the vital support of Tanja Aschenbeck-Florange… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network and Osborne Clarke invite have scheduled an event in Cologne, Germany to be held on October 24, 2013.  Discussion will focus on crowdfunding in Germany, along with perspective on current events with the rest of Europe.  The results of a new… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stuanch crowdfunding advocates the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) is hosting their 2nd CrowdCon crowdfunding conference in Berlin on October 19, 2013.  The event is coinciding with a trade fair for retail stock market investors which expects to see over 4000 attendees creating a unique opportunity… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network is organising its 2nd International CrowdCon on 19. October 2013 in Berlin, Germany, as part of the Crowdbiz, the trade fair for crowdinvestors during the Boersentag Berlin. Key innovators from European crowdfunding platforms, academia and professional services will explain the potential… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 2:30 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

Symbid is one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms to launch live in Europe. The Rotterdam based company was co- founded in the Netherlands by Korstiaan Zandvliet in 2011.  The idea was born of a concept while Korstiaan was attending business school at ERASMUS.  The… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 9:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ronald Kleverlaan is the CEO of WEBclusive, a crowdfunding solutions provider based in Amsterdam. He is also the co-founder of the European Crowdfunding Network, which has been a great resource both for us here at Crowdfund Insider and for the industry as a whole. He was… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announces Founding Leadership of Organization.  Return on Change CEO Sang Lee to be Executive Director. Fifty leaders in the global crowdfunding industry are uniting to create a think tank for the advancement of a global crowdfunding ecosystem. CF50 is a nonprofit invite-only membership organization consisting… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Earlier this month a workshop on crowdfunding was held at the European Commission.  Many different crowdfunding leaders participated in this event including executives from Seedrs, Babyloan, Ulule and others.  President of the European Crowdfunding Network, Oliver Gajda, was also present participating in a panel on… Read More

June 13, 2013 @ 9:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network has published a whitepaper explaining the state of crowdfunding regulation in the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany. The document explores how all four countries are simultaneously taking their own unique approaches to implementing crowdfunding while clearly learning from one another as they… Read More

October 29, 2012 @ 8:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The ECN – European Crowdfunding Network was collaborating with a number of actors accross Europe in putting together a Crowdfunding Industry White Paper. The paper is focusing on policy recommendations and industry background, including impact data. Now “A Framework for European Crowdfunding” is finished and will be… Read More