The Spreds Blog

Crowdfunding, a new concept that has already made its way to several countries, is still in an emerging phase in Europe... read more

Following the example of French legislation, Belgian legislation offers since recently a fiscal advantage that encourages the support of young companies. By facilitating fundraisings and loans via crowdfunding platforms, the "Startup Plan" creates a big advantage for investors... read more

MyMicroInvest, market leader in crowdfunding in Belgium, prepares for international expansion and does so by raising €3 million of fresh capital. In 3 years time, already €10 million has been invested in about 30 companies by a 'community' of 30.000 members. MyMicroInvest is now ready to shift up a gear... read more

That’s why FundMe, Leansquare, MyMicroInvest and Trends-Tendances team up to shed light on the hottest Belgian start-up of the year 2015.  Fundme, with the magazine Challenges, does this operation every year in France, with the « 100 French start-up to invest in »... read more

This is a translation of the article written by Kristof Van der Stadt and published on datanews, Le Vif website on the 13th of July. This article deals with the anouncement of the FSMA about the crowdfunding regulations. The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) publishes on its website explanations about crowdfunding... read more

This article describes the steps that an investor and/or venture capitalist should take in checking out an investment opportunity and business opportunity. This process takes a lot of time and it begins when an investor is confronted with a business proposal and must decide whether the idea warrants further investigation... read more