Trends in crowdfunding in Europe. Presented at 2nd Annual Crowd Investing Conference of the CfPA in Orlando, Florida

1. Crowdfunding in Europe

2. Ronald Kleverlaan
CEO WEBclusive
co-founder and Vice-chairman
European Crowdfunding Network
@kleverlaan
European marketleader in crowdfunding software
www.webclusive.com

3. European Crowdfunding Network
Building a pan-european Crowdfunding ecosystem
fostering transparancy
Raising professional standards
creating networking opportunities
undertaking industry and impact research
1000 supporters and 21 official members
from 9 countries
Advised legislators in IT, AT, FR, UK, NL and EU

4. Facts on crowdfunding in Europe
€ 700 Million raised in 2012
No Pan-European crowdfunding platforms (yet)
Different Legislation in every country
Formal and informal crowdfunding associations
in every country
Hunderds of niche-platforms
Equity crowdfunding platforms
in several countries like UK, NL, DE, IT
Innovative use of crowdfunding and new business models
Open discussions between National and EU governments
and crowdfunding industry

5. Trends in Europe

6. Civic crowdfunding
“Build your own city” - 1300 investors

7. Clean energy projects
7 million euro raised by 5500 investors

8. sense of urgency for crowd Investing
99% of SMEs use bank loans for growth

9. Symbid (NL): €100K
98 small investors
FundedByMe (SE): € 342K
21 large investors
Cross-platform campaigns
Case: SellAnApp (equity)

10. OnePlanetCrowd (NL)
1428 backers - €102K
73 loans - €111K
Kickstarter (US)
5622 backers - $419K
Hybrid funding campaigns
Case: WakaWaka (pre-sales+ loan)

11. 5 predictions
Crowdfunding in Europe

12. Crowdfunding becomes more social
Realizing projects together - Storytelling

13. Crowdfunding
Service Provider
- Intake
- Quality control projects
- Coaching
- Consultancy
NGO
City
Community
Whitelabels
Crowdfunding Service Providers
Crowdfunding
Technology Providers
- Platform software
- Due-dilligence software
- Netting and settlement

14. Crowdfunding public infrastructure
Local investments in local projects

15. Crowdfunders are owners
Cooperative model with full ownership

16. Promotion of crowdfunding
by national and European governments

17. Ronald Kleverlaan
ronald@webclusive.com
+31 628 254 452
@kleverlaan
Let’s talk crowdfunding!
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http://www.europecrowdfunding.org
http://www.webclusive.com
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