Crowdfunding is a smart tool to finance innovative projects and startup companies since it allows good ideas, which do no fit the pattern required by conventional financiers, to break through and attract cash through the “wisdom of the crowd”.
In Brussels, on the 17
th of February,
TAKE IT UP, together with EURADA, organised a workshop on crowdfunding to raise awareness on this new mechanism, promote cooperation among key players and provide support for creative industries such as HowToGrow, managing authorities, RDAs, crowdfunding platforms, business angels, seed funds and the European Commission.
During the meeting, also attended by representatives of the European Commission, participants discussed on growing trends in this new industry, challenges, links with other players of the SMEs access to funding with a focus on equity finance & debt platforms.
B Creative participated in the workshop as part of their capitalisation strategy.