The Spreds Blog

Behind the scenes of MyMicroInvest - meet our new Web Developer

— Updates — 1 minute read

[lewis.png] MyMicroInvest’s IT team recently grew with the arrival of Lewis Fidlers, taking on the function of Web Developer from now on. Coming from Antwerp, Lewis, 26 years old, made programming one of his main hobbies. But when he turns off his computer, it’s to turn towards sports and more specifically football, which he plays any chance he gets... read more

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

MyMicroInvest meets the 2017 Web Summit

— Other — 2 minutes read

[websummit.png] Two weeks ago, I got to be the lucky guy flying to Lisbon to attend the Web Summit, the biggest technology conference in the world. Uber, Instagram, Netflix… most of these renown companies past through the Web Summit at some point in time... read more

Inventures II: not your typical Impact Venture Capital fund

— Other — 3 minutes read

As a new investment opportunity in the TONIIC network, Inventures II has officially confirmed its ability to generate a measurable positive impact on the world and is getting noticed for its unique Impact Investing model... read more

Tax Shelter for scale-ups – MyMicroInvest is ready

— Updates — 2 minutes read

[tax-shelter.jpg] Following Charles Michel’s recent announcement on the expansion of the Tax Shelter to scale-ups, we decided to reflect on the subject… Many investors and entrepreneurs have contacted us to know if MyMicroInvest also covers Tax Shelter for growing companies and the answers is “yes, once the law passes... 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

Behind the scenes - meet our new Senior Investment Manager

— Updates — 2 minutes read

[laurent.png] A fresh face has recently joined our team here at MyMicroInvest. Meet Laurent Jouret, our new Senior Investment Manager for the Inventures II fund. At 45 years old, Laurent decided that is was time for a change and joined our ranks in the beginning of October 2017... read more