The Spreds Blog

Some tips for an effective fundraising

— Startup successes — 3 minutes read

Starting a fundraising campaign on Spreds requires time, preparation and a lot of self-involvement. To help you do that, here are a few tips… Preparation is the key to success! The first step is the campaign preparation – a fundamental step which includes a lot of elements: • Create a plan: this plan will be your guide in terms of actions and communication during the campaign... read more

Barnaby: first impressions

— Startup successes — 2 minutes read

The second Barnaby campaign raised €99,900 in less than two weeks. Due to the overwhelming success of the fundraising, we wanted to find out how the entrepreneur, Quentin Thireau, was feeling about the whole experience. This round of fundraising isn’t your first experience with MyMicroInvest… No indeed, this is the second time we’ve trusted MyMicroInvest for our fundraising process... read more

YouScribe, winnner of the Digital Africa Challenge

— Startup successes — 2 minutes read

[schoolkids.jpg] The contest organised by the AFD, the French Tech and Bpifrance has chosen to reward the knowledge sharing app: YouScribe, a mobile library for French-speakers. After raising €162,300 through 2 campaigns on our platform in 2013 and 2014, YouScribe made great progress and has become the biggest streaming library in France... read more

Eventer: a picture perfect campaign

— Startup successes — 2 minutes read

[eventer.jpg] After a successful campaign: €99,900 raised thanks to 72 crowd investors in just a few days, here are the first impressions of Pierre-Yves Bossard, co-founder of Eventer, the new Belgian geotagged photo-sharing app. This Parisian Sales Globe-Trotter, adopted by Brussels, kindly answered some of our questions... read more

Yoga Room investors are seeing double!

— Startup successes — 4 minutes read

[yogaroom.jpg] Great news for the Yoga Room crowd investors! Twenty months after taking part in the company’s first fundraising, investors have very recently accepted a buyback offer of their shares in the start-up, granting them an interesting return on investment of twice the initial amount invested in Yoga Room... read more

Slimbox: first impressions after a triumphant fundraising

— Startup successes — 3 minutes read

[slimbox-spread.jpg] In less than a month, Slimbox raised €99,900 in record time. Thanks to 69 motivated investors, this company will be able to fund its project and move forward with its product. Because of the fascinating public interest for this campaign, we decided to sit down with Filip Roose, CEO and co-founder of Fit Things to gather his feelings on his MyMicroInvest adventure... read more

Herculean: a Belgian success story

— Startup successes — 7 minutes read

[herculean.jpg] After a successful closing of their campaign and an official introduction into our #FundedFamily, we wanted to hear the impressions the Herculean Team had about their first crowdfunding experience with MyMicroInvest. To do so, we spent some time with Inge Van Belle, co-founder of Herculean in order to find out her feelings on the subject... read more

#FundedFamily: Skinoo positively impacts maternal health

— Startup successes — 1 minute read

[skinoo-spread.jpg] Breastfeeding is one of the most common recommendations for new moms, as it is proven that this method benefits the baby’s growth. However, it can also be a tough thing for new moms who often find it painful and are forced to stop.  With this situation, mother of four, Jasmine De Wulf, recognised the problem and found a solution... read more

Good news for Freeedrive, a member of our #FundedFamily

— Startup successes — 1 minute read

[freeedrive-fundedfamily.jpg] Freeedrive raised funds with MyMicroInvest one year ago, in March 2016. In total they collected €77,900 from the crowd, and €67,088 from professional investors, joining our #FundedFamily.  Freeedrive addresses the main cause of car accidents: texting while driving... read more

#FundedFamily: Tax Shelter helps Europea Residences raise!

— Startup successes — 3 minutes read

[fundedfamily.jpg] Welcome to our first edition of #FundedFamily, where we interview entrepreneurs who have successfully raised funds on our platform. For this first edition, we interviewed the CEO of Europea Residences, our first tax shelter qualified crowdfunding campaign... read more