The Spreds Blog

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

2018: a change in investor behaviour?

— Investment tips — 4 minutes read

In July 2017, the Belgian government announced a series of important reforms including the establishment of a tax on securities accounts of more than €500,000 which should take effect in 2018. Following this announcement, many are already wondering how i twill affect investor behaviour... 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

The 5 biggest mistakes an entrepreneur can make

— Other — 2 minutes read

1. Believing in instant success The first mistake entrepreneurs can make is expecting their business to be a quick overnight success. Unfortunately for them, this rarely happens. Ironically enough, this belief is also a big reason for many early company failures... 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

5 Risks you will face as an Equity Crowdfunding Investor

— Investment tips — 2 minutes read

Equity Crowdfunding is a risky business. Nonetheless, the scope of risk associated with investing in a young company is difficult to quantify. Even the veteran investors go wrong with their calculations and judgments. But isn’t the investment business all about taking chances? Equity Crowdfunding has brought in umpteen opportunities to investors to make their fortunes and grow richer... read more