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How Germany is Protecting Crowdfunding Investors

By: lucasabia April 2, 2019May 13, 2019

IndustryCrowdfunding, Germany, Protection, Retail Investors

“We started by issuing a Code of Conduct, then we made reporting standards mandatory for member platforms. Now, we are offering a third consumer protection tool. These three measures demonstrate how we go above and beyond legal requirements in terms of retail investors’ protection.” ( Jamal El Mallouki, Chairman of the board of the German Crowdfunding Association on how they set the new “Transparency Seal”, the first self regulatory scheme to protect retail investors within the European market for alternative finance)

Life After Climate Change

By: lucasabia March 30, 2019May 13, 2019

IdeasClimate Change, FT, Simon Kuper

“In the flat where I stayed in Cape Town last month, the bathtub felt like a relic of a lost civilisation. It may never be used again. Beside it was a shower containing an egg timer. The two-minute wash has been standard here since the recent three-year drought. In the city’s public bathrooms, a dribble comes out of the tap. Posters everywhere warn against wasting water. This is what adapting to climate change looks like.” (FT Simon Kuper on life after climate change).

European Parliament Recommends Crowdfunding Platforms to Disclose Default Rates

By: lucasabia March 29, 2019April 1, 2019

IndustryALDE, Caroline Nagtegaal, Crowdfunding, European Parliament

MEPs adopted their position to boost European crowdfunding platforms and protect investors.

Why Do Equity Crowdfunding Platforms Go Public?

By: lucasabia March 27, 2019April 1, 2019

IndustryAIM, Baldissera Pacchetti, Crowdfundme, Daboczy, Equity Crowdfunding, FundedByMe, IPO, NGM, Stock Market Exchange

March has been the month of the first two IPOs in the equity crowdfunding segment. At what cost?

Consolidation Game

By: lucasabia March 22, 2019March 28, 2019

IndustryAustria, Consolidation, Dubai, Equity Crowdfunding, europe, Finland, Finnest, FundedByMe, Industry, Invesdor, KickStarter, Lasse Makela, MENA, Merger, Sweden, Trade Unions

The merger between Invesdor and Finnest signals a new phase for the whole industry.

NatWest Launches a Female-Only Crowdfunding Programme

By: lucasabia March 19, 2019March 28, 2019

IndustryEntrepreneurship, Industry, NatWest, RBS, Women

NatWest has announced the launch of a brand new initiative supporting women contemplating starting a business throughout the UK.

Dolcevita

By: lucasabia March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

StartupsFashion, Impact, Industry, KickStarter, Pantera Bianca

Q&A with the founders of the ethical fashion brand Pantera Bianca, now live on Kickstarter.

Out Of Beta

By: lucasabia March 14, 2019March 28, 2019

IndustryAlgorithmic Investing, AutoInvest, Equity Crowdfunding, Jeff Lynn, Seedrs

Seedrs’ co-founder Jeff Lynn goes out of beta as the platform introduces AutoInvest, a new investment bot for early-stage private companies which constitutes equity crowdfunding’s first move into automation: “This is a very exciting release for us, and for me personally, as it represents the initial realisation of a vision we have had for quite some time.”