The Spreds Blog

MyMicroInvest in the press: almost €10M raised in one night via crowdfunding

— 4 minutes read

We’ve been working hard this autumn here at MyMicroInvest. Last week we hosted our first event in Flanders, Magic 5, where we also launched our new venture capital investment fund. [magic5-aproplan.jpg] Our team is so busy recruiting crowd investors and discussing campaigns with our entrepreneurs, we rarely take a moment to show off... read more

How You Can Become an Impact Investor

— Investment tips — 5 minutes read

• Combine social impact and profit • Make money more: more sustainable, more responsible, more impactful • Social entrepreneurship, crowdfunding and venture capital: the better way to invest Making the World a Better Place Making the world a better place: these days, the idea seems more than a little fanciful. Watch the news every day, and the world seems to be going backwards, not forward... read more

MyMicroInvest raises record €9.8 Million for 5 Companies during Live Crowdfunding

— Updates — 4 minutes read

PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 18 November 2016 On Thursday 17 November, Belgian crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest hosted an exclusive event in the city of Ghent, Magic 5, to celebrate the launch of Inventures II, the first venture-capital fund for impact businesses tackling the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [magic5... read more

Making Magic at MyMicroInvest: our first event in Flanders

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Yesterday we hosted our first exclusive event for our members in Gent, the Magic 5, and today, thanks to our combined effort, there is hope for more sustainable days ahead! Over 500 participants joined the pursuit of a new sustainable future for Europe, raising nearly €10 Million! They were our light to act on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with venture capital, crowdf... read more

Thoughts from our Chairman, on how a small business can grow across Europe

— Other — 2 minutes read

This is an interview excerpt with José Zurstrassen, the #EUCrowdShow Ambassador and MyMicroInvest Chairman. [jose-zurstrassen-mymicroinvest-crowdfunding.jpg] How can a small business in a European country grow and expand across the market?  Let's imagine that a person in a small business in Hungary wants to grow across Europe and expand to each country in the EU... read more

EUCrowdShow in Sofia, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Warsaw, Dublin - Weekly Wrap-up

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It’s the 5th week of our crowdfunding roadshow, the #EUCrowdShow, and it is busier than ever!  With five new cities and countries this week, we’ve now been to 24 corners of Europe! This week we traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria at CowOrKing Space by Puzl; Copenhagen, Denmark at Rocket Labs; Stockholm, Sweden at Coffice; Warsaw, Poland at Techhub; Dublin, Ireland at the Bank of Ireland Conference Fa... read more

Thoughts from our Chairman on traveling across Europe and #EUCrowdShow

— Updates — 3 minutes read

Today we are in Slovenia for our #EUCrowdShow, a roadshow across 29 countries in Europe. We're going to the big and small places in each corner, from France and Germany to Malta and Cyprus. The tour is led by the MyMicroInvest Chairman, Jose Zurstrassen, who has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and, more recently, as an investor... read more