@kleverlaan | Crowdfunding strategy | Alternative Finance expert, author, strategic advisor
The Future of SME Finance - Business as usual?
Alternative Finance in Europe
3 billion in 2014 (146% yearly growth) -> 7 billion in 2015
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Alternative Finance in Europe
UK leading - 2nd NL, FR, DE, SE
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Peer-to-peer consumer lending
Personal loans from a group of anonymous investors
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Peer-to-peer business lending
Business loans from a group of anonymous investors
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Crowdfunding
Community funding (+ marketing & market research)
Alternative Finance
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Peer-to-peer
consumer lending
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LendingClub (2006)
First SEC regulated peer-to-peer lending company
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LendingClub (2006)
$8 billion in loans issued
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Fund Google to finance partners
Max $600K loan though LendingClub for all 10.000 partners
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Fund Alibaba to finance customers
$5-300K loan for sales on Alibaba.com
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BancAlliance + CitiGroup ($150M)
Co-branding to provide personal loans
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Peer-to-peer
business lending
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Funding Circle (UK)
Peer-to-business lending company (£603 million)
Crowdfunding
Finance and more from donors, investors and clients
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Crowdfunding
more than money
sales
marketing
market research
community building
access to additional finance
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Market research
18.000 subscribers - 1 million euro (pre-sales)
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Pebble
$10 million pre-sales (2012)
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Pebble
>$20 million second version (2015)
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Community building
560K by 481 investors
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Community building
1000 local citizens invest 2-3 million in wind farm
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„In 10 years Crowdfunding is gone”
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„Banks will not finance SMEs in the future”
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„The Alternative Finance consultant will be the guide for
entrepreneurs in the fragmented Finance market”
Input for discussion
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Ronald Kleverlaan
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Crowdfunding strategy
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Founder CrowdfundingHub
Co-founder & Board Member European Crowdfunding Network
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Expert Advisor “Crowd Investing” European Commission
@kleverlaan
ronald@kleverlaan.com
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The future of SME finance - business as usual?