1. Makaki is the first global network bringing
serious growth capital from individual investors
to trusted SME’s.
2. Why?
Serious individual investors
Crowdfunding Corporate investors
SME’s
• Crowdfunders don’t expect serious returns on investment
• Corporate investors have equity gap of on average 250.000€
• Serious individual investors get lowest interest rates in bank in 315 years
• SME’s don’t get funded for growth capital by banks in period of crisis
3. How?
Great usability
Cutting edge technology, building on existing business networks
Trusted investment model, based on peers
High interest received for investors, low interest paid for SME’s
Global focus
Win-win businessmodel
4. We call it Connected Funding
SME UKRAINE
INVESTOR USA
5. SME Market Sizing
SME Market in Netherlands
Criteria: (EUR 99.6 billion)
• SMEs with turnover < 50 million
• Employee strength < 150
• Includes both start-ups & SMEs SME not deriving loans
• Figures in bracket correspond to from banks = 55%
(EUR 54.78 billion)
amount required in financing
Target Market: SME not
deriving funding from other
sources = 11%
(EUR 6 billion)
Target Market Size
EUR 6 Billion per annum
6. Crowdfunding is booming
* 1.6 bil dollars was generated by
crowd funding platforms in 2009
* 6.2 bil dollars is forecast to be
generated by crowd funding sites in
2013 (Ref Gartner Research)
* 16 percent of all crowd funding sites
worldwide have a business orientation
* 32 is the number of crowd funding
sites in the UK as at the end of 2011
* 45 percent of all projects listed on
crowd funding sites achieve their
funding target (on average)
*138 is the number of crowd funding
sites in the USA as at the end of 2011
Source Ipledg.com