Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the new way of financing projects through online websites. The way of doing crowdfunding developed from in the beginning being donation/reward projects till today where it is mainly lending projects, yet equity crowdfunding also gaining popularity lately.
Crowdfunding
Peer to Peer Lending
Real Estate Crowdfunding
Interview with Max Crowdfund CEO - Felix Berkhout
In this interview Felix Berkhout, CEO of Max Crowdfund, thoroughly explains the platform's investments offerings, business model, use of blockchain technology, and much more.
Martin Christensen • March 21st, 2022
Crowdfunding
Peer to Peer Lending
Interview with LendSecured CEO - Ņikita Gončars
In this interview you can read about the CEO of LendSecured Nikita Gončars tell the story of LendSecured, what it was like to launch a platform during Covid, how it is to invest on their platform and much more.
Jonas Schmidt • December 17th, 2021
Crowdfunding
Peer to Peer Lending
Interview with Tribe CEO - Aleksandrs Pirhs
A very thoughtful interview with the CEO of Tribe Aleksandrs Pirhs about the newly launched peer-to-peer lending aggregation platform Tribe Funding.
Martin Christensen • December 13th, 2021
Crowdfunding
The History of Crowdfunding
The history of crowdfunding goes back to 1200 when crowds financed shipping ventures, but the game changed with the internet. Crowdfunding as we know is a recent innovation but the history tells the story: Crowdfunding is here to stay.
Jan Bednorz • December 1st, 2020
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding Associations: Who are they and what are they doing?
As workers join trade unions to increase their visibility, cooperation and bargaining power, Crowdfunding platforms team up in so-called trade associations (TAs, also known as industry trade groups, sector associations or industry bodies).
Jan Bednorz • September 8th, 2020
Raising funds
Crowdfunding
What is Litigation Crowdfunding?
Not a long time ago, crowdfunding was a niche associated mostly with local charities or struggling rock bands. Today it is possible to crowdfund a court case through litigation crowdfunding. But how exactly does litigation crowdfunding work?
Jan Bednorz • September 2nd, 2020
Crowdfunding
Starting Your Own Crowdfunding Platform
Are you interested in starting your own crowdfunding platform? This article goes through all the most important factors and gives you a complete overview of what it takes to start your own crowdfunding website so you can help funding new projects.
Jan Bednorz • August 21st, 2020
Crowdfunding
Raising funds
Reward Crowdfunding Explained
Reward crowdfunding is a very popular way for startups and entrepreneurs to receive the necessary capital in order to initialize the first steps of getting a business up and running. This is mostly done by pre-selling a product to fund the campaign.
Jonas Schmidt • April 20th, 2020
Crowdfunding
Raising funds
Fundraising with Donation Crowdfunding
Donation-based crowdfunding has proved an efficient way for small charities to not only raise funds for charitable causes but also to broaden their network and create awareness about their organization. This article takes you through all aspects.
Jonas Schmidt • April 15th, 2020
Crowdfunding
Raising funds
Crowdfunding Explained: The Ultimate Crowdfunding Guide
Crowdfunding is an industry in rapid growth all over the world, with great potential for both fundraisers and funders. Crowdfunding is the way of raising funds from the public for either a business, an individual, a project, or a campaign.
Jonas Schmidt • November 24th, 2019
Peer to Peer Lending
Crowdfunding
What is Invoice Trading?
Invoice trading is also known as p2p invoice finance or invoice crowdlending and is a type of peer-to-peer lending that allows individuals or institutional investors to purchase invoices or receivable notes from a business at a discount.
Jonas Schmidt • July 1st, 2019
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding in Europe: Market Size by Country & Finance Model (2019)
Crowdfunding in Europe consists of different types of alternative financing of which p2p consumer lending with a 42% market cap is the largest. The highest funding volume still originates from the UK followed by France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Jonas Schmidt • June 5th, 2019