During the annual gathering of Davos Angels, held alongside the World Economic Forum, investors agreed on one thing: Europe does not lack capital. Instead, it lacks coordination, speed and execution. Fragmentation is the primary factor holding the startup ecosystem back in this continent.

The Europe Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA) has announced a strategic partnership with Business Angels Europe (BAE). Together, they are forming the European Confederation of Angel Investing, based in Brussels. They want to strengthen the European startup ecosystem.

French crowdfunding platform Enerfip has announced that it has acquired competitor Lumo. Both are crowdfunding platforms for renewable energy. The amount of money that was involved in the acquisition was not disclosed.

European equity crowdfunding platform SeedBlink is launching CORE. This is an AI fundraising assistant, which helps founders to prepare a better pitch. At the same time, it helps startups become visible earlier, and helps convert interest into investments.

Esketit, a large and rapidly growing p2p platform, is restructuring now that Money for Finance (MFF), one of its largest loan originators, has announced that it will cease operations on all peer-to-peer platforms.

Real estate platform Estateguru has announced that it will launch a new Auction Page. It will offer users a curated selection of properties and claims linked to loans in default. According to the platform, this will give users more unique opportunities to invest in.

The Italian crowdfunding market is shrinking. In the last twelve months, the market declined 14 percent. A total of 260.65 million euros was raised through investments in crowdfunding campaigns.

In a comparison between German and Dutch users of peer-to-peer lending platform Debitum, it is very clearly visible that Dutch investors go bigger. The average investment per head for Dutch investors is a lot higher than in Germany.

Trading and investing platform eToro has recently announced that it is launching a recurring investment feature. The feature makes automated, recurring purchases of assets possible at set times. According to the platform, this helps users to contribute to their investment goals in a consistent manner.

Peer-to-peer investing platform PeerBerry has reached the milestone of a total of 3.02 billion euros in funded loans in April. It also has more than 100,000 users. Additionally, its net profit increased 32 percent year-on-year in 2024.