Suggested promotions for crowdfunding in Europe 2014

This statistic illustrates the popularity of certain methods the European Commission could use to promote crowdfunding, according to 35 crowdfunding platforms in Europe as of 2014. Approximately 61.5 percent of respondents suggested creating a legal framework for crowdfunding

Popularity of ways the European Commission could promote crowdfunding* in Europe 2014

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Create a legal framework for crowdfunding	61.5%
Explain crowdfuding with workshops and training	50%
Support a quality label for platform	46.2%
Protect investors from risks	42.3%
Promote successful cases	38.5%
Explain how crowdfunding works to investors	38.5%
Create a fund for co-funding campaigns	34.6%
Publicise how 'crowd-funding friendly' each Member State is	30.8%
Promote regulatory best practices	30.8%
Create overview of good platforms per country	26.9%
Support national governments to create legal framework	23.1%
Other	19.2%

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Release date

April 2014

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

35 Platforms

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Supplementary notes

* Popularity according to the 35 crowdfunding platforms, which participated in this survey.

The study was conducted as part of Startup Europe Partnership.

It identified 230 crowdfunding platforms with 13 percent focused on the web entrepreneurship.

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