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Crowdfunding and Angel Investing: Complementary Tools for Europe’s Early-Stage Investors

Business Angels /

For many founders, raising capital is about achieving scale as much as about personal involvement of investors. For some a community of backers within crowdfunding on one side, and more hands-on business angels or venture capital investors on the other. But this seems increasingly a false choice. For early-stage companies, particularly those still proving product-market

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EUIPO launches new Train the Adviser session: A beginner-friendly introduction to IP for business advisors

Intellectual Property /

EUROCROWD is pleased to support and promote the next instalment of the EUIPO’s Train the Adviser programme, a long‑running initiative helping business advisers, crowdfunding platforms, and SME support organisations deepen their understanding of intellectual property (IP) as a strategic asset. As part of our ongoing collaboration within the Ideas Powered for Business Network, we encourage

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From Crowdfunding to Business Angel: online course for investing and mentoring deep-tech innovators via ESIL Angel Academy

Business Angels /

Europe’s future innovation needs skilled and confident investors. But where to start? Many newcomers test their luck with crowdfunding, some hope to turn into business angels over time. And now there’s a course designed to help them get started. The ESIL Angel Academy, developed by the EU-funded Early Stage Investing Launchpad (ESIL), is now live.

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When the AI becomes the Gatekeeper: What ECSPR didn’t see Coming

Editorial /

Investors once began their journey with a platform. Increasingly, they begin with a question and that question is asked to a machine. Across insurance markets, AI systems have already crossed the line from information to intermediation. Crowdfunding may be next. When Europe adopted the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), it set out to build

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Under Pressure: 11th Italian Crowdfunding Report by Politecnico di Milano

Data /

The 11th Italian Crowdfunding Report by the Osservatori Entrepreneurship Finance & Innovation of Politecnico di Milano records a substantial contraction in market activity, with fundraising volumes falling across both equity and lending crowdfunding. The data also reveals structural changes: real estate as the dominant segment for now, but platform consolidation has accelerated and the industry

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ECSPR Doesn’t Have a Regulatory Problem. It Has a Market Problem.

Editorial /

For much of the past decade, European crowdfunding has been defined by regulation. The debate began with the need for a Single Market, leading to the adoption of the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR). More recently, attention has shifted to questions such as increasing the €5 million fundraising threshold, expanding admitted instruments, refining disclosure

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ECSPR at Three Years: A Single Market Still in Formation

Publications /

EUROCROWD has published a new research paper examining how the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR) is shaping Europe’s crowdfunding market three years after its full implementation. Drawing on ESMA market reports, Member State notifications of admitted instruments and a structured assessment of publicly available platform disclosures, the paper argues that the emerging European crowdfunding

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Structural Evolution and Regulatory Perimeter Drift under ECSPR

Editorial /

The European crowdfunding market, operating under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 (ECSPR), has entered a more structurally complex phase. ECSPR established a harmonised, cross‑border framework for early‑stage and SME financing. As the market matures, macro‑financial pressures, investor demand for private‑market exposure, and the broader policy objectives of the Capital Markets Union are reshaping how platforms position themselves

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AMLA Report Reveals Fragmentation and Risks in EU’s Fight Against Financial Crime

News /

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has published its first comprehensive Roadshow Report in May 2026, revealing a fragmented EU financial crime landscape struggling to keep pace with technological and geopolitical challenges. The report, based on consultations with representative organisations across all 27 Member States in 2025, offers critical insights also for crowdfunding platforms and fintech

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