Overview of crowdfunding and tokenisation players in Europe

What crowdfunding platforms exist in Europe?

1. Kickstarter is a US crowdfunding website that funds creative projects such as art, music, theatre and film. Project owners present their ideas to the public and earn financial support from people interested in their ideas.
2. Indiegogo is another US crowdfunding site with many features to help project creators fund their goals. The platform also helps develop product ideas by reviewing campaign summaries based on best practices and providing feedback on how to raise more funds.
3. GoFundMe is aimed at personal rather than corporate goals or product development. Here, people put together specific fundraising campaigns for individual needs such as emergency medical funds, burial debt funds and so on.
4. Crowdcube offers startups access to investment through crowdfunding platforms on which various investors enter into private investment agreements with companies looking to grow or expand into new markets.
5. Seedrs is a similar platform to Crowdcube but focuses more on technology start-ups in Europe.
6. Wefunder helps startups fund extraordinary projects by giving users access to investors through their online platform.

What tokenisation platforms exist in Europe?

1. Tokeny Solutions: a Luxembourg-based company offering a complete platform for tokenising assets in Europe.
2. Polymath: A Canadian startup that provides a secure and regulated platform to create, issue, trade and control different types of tokens.
3. TokenMarket: An Irish organisation developing blockchain solutions for institutional investors and financial institutions across Europe.
4. Neufund: It is a German company that focuses on investment opportunities via blockchain technology using security tokens (STOs).
5. Securitize: A US company that provides a fully secure platform for issuing, trading and controlling security tokens in Europe.

What property investment platforms exist in Europe?

There are several real estate investment platforms in Europe, including BrickVest, Property Partner, RealCrowd and Fundrise. Other well-known platforms include CrowdStreet, Realty Mogul and EstateGuru.

1. BrickVest: BrickVest is an online platform that enables investors to connect with real estate investments. It provides access to different types of investment opportunities, including private equity real estate funds, public offerings and direct investments.
2. Property Partner: Property Partner is a real estate investment crowdfunding platform that allows private investors to invest small amounts in selected real estate projects. It also offers remote ownership through the sharing system to investors.
3. RealCrowd: RealCrowd is an online platform that provides commercial real estate investment tools to institutional and individual investors. It helps them learn more about their investment opportunities and allows them to find and execute reliable long-term deals.
4. Fundrise: Fundrise is simply put, crowdfunding investment for real estate development and improvement project investment opportunities or REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). With Fundrise, investors can more easily access the same type of returns as institutional confirmers without high minimum investments required for traditional commercial real estate investment transactions....
5. CrowdStreet: CrowdStreet is a similar type of platform to Fundrise but focuses more on growing portfolios through direct investment in commercial real estate by using crowdfunding technology; it allows one to gain exposure to existing or newly developed commercial real estate through one central platform .
6. Realty Mogul: Realty Mogul paved the way for individual investors to have easier access to professional market information, due diligence processes, analysis tools etc., leading to faster decisions with less risk than trading directly with brokers etc.. This creates more transparency between parties such as developers/brokers/investors etc..
7. EstateGuru : EstateGuru brings private finance together with European SMEs in need of funding. Through their innovative concept, they create unique financing solutions for the benefit of all parties involved, through short term loans based on mortgage repayments paid via interest rate payments.