The Spreds Blog

3 good reasons to invest through Tax Shelter

— Investment tips — 4 minutes read

The Tax Shelter for start-ups law was put into place in February 2017 in order to stimulate crowdfunding investments in start-ups, SMEs or micro-businesses. Since then, our platform has allowed its investors (Belgian tax payers) to benefit from Tax Shelter when investing at least €100 per eligible start-up... read more

A new year, a new us

— Updates — 3 minutes read

[boat.jpg] After ending 2017 on a high note, MyMicroInvest is ready to dive into a long-awaited change. Following a long and fruitful collaboration of more than six years, MyMicroInvest and impact venture capital fund Inventures have decided to continue their separate ways... read more

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