Collin Crowdfund has been active in Germany for over a year. Successfully so: last year it already achieved 95 million with German projects. We spoke about this with managing director Jeroen ter Huurne.

German international exchange organization, Deutsche Börse Group, has invested 200 million euros in Kraken, a global cryptocurrency platform. This results in a 1.5 percent fully diluted stake in the company.

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States has approved a proposal that enables the trading of tokenized securities on Nasdaq. It is the first time that trading and settling in tokenized form on the blockchain becomes listed on a stock market. This could be an indicator of future developments between regulated markets and blockchain networks.

After two years of decline, crowdfunding in France showed signs of market growth again in 2025. Crowdfunding platforms raised 1.8 billion euros. Compared to 2024, this was an increase of 1.8 percent.

In 2025, crowdfunding platforms raised over 1.1 billion euros for SMEs in the Netherlands. This is comparable to the total value of the crowdfunding market in the country in 2024. Many Dutch real estate crowdfunding platforms have recently set up their own funds, where they have realized bigger volumes than in traditional crowdfunding.

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.