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.

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.