Over Ventures Presents the Report on the European Equity Crowdfunding Market

Over Ventures and Italian Tech Alliance have presented European Equity Crowdfunding Landscape, the first report that analyses and maps the European equity crowdfunding market for startups and innovative growth companies.

The report was presented at Le Village by CA in Milan as part of an event that provided a clear and structured vision of the European landscape, highlighting the performance of equity crowdfunding campaigns in 2024 and analyzing the current and future opportunities created by the entry into force of the Community Regulation 2020/1503 (ECSPR) on 10 November 2023.

Produced by Over Ventures with the contribution of the main platforms and some of the major market experts at a continental level, the report analyses over 310 successful equity crowdfunding campaigns launched during the year by the main authorised platforms and over 245 million euros raised.

The ECSPR Regulation has opened the continental market for over a year and of the 225 portals authorised by ESMA only 54 focus on equity crowdfunding for startups and SMEs, and therefore more similar to the venture capital and private equity market.

The report focuses on these, while the other portals, lending, real estate and green energy, are excluded from the analysis.

Over Ventures Report: Evidence by country

France confirms its position as the European leader both in terms of the number of authorised portals, 59, of which 15 are active in equity for startups and SMEs, and in terms of capital raised, over 77 million.

Italy follows in second place, with 40 authorized portals, 10 of which are for equity crowdfunding, and over 52 million raised. The collection is mainly concentrated on platforms such as Mamacrowd, the second European platform for capital raised, and CrowdFundMe.

Compared to France where these have consolidated, in Italy the presence of regional operators (Crowdcube, Republic Europe and Invesdor) is limited.

Germany, with only 5 authorized crowdinvesting platforms, none of which operate in equity crowdfunding for startups and SMEs, records few collections only thanks to the support of international operators.

While Spain is in third place with 24 authorized platforms, of which 9 are dedicated to equity crowdfunding, with 30 million raised in the last 12 months.

Sectors and campaigns

Among the sectors that led the market in 2024, Life Sciences, Food & Beverage and Lifestyle stand out in the report presented by Over Ventures.

In terms of performance, campaigns such as Baladin’s stand out, which raised 5 million euros from 2,196 investors, reaching the maximum limit set by the ECSP Regulation for Italian portals.

In the UK, the French fintech Green Got stands out, with 5.3 million raised from over 3,700 investors on Crowdcube, which recorded the highest collection of the year thanks to the license to operate also in the United Kingdom, where the maximum limit is 8 million euros.

Also noteworthy is the community funding to complete the collection made with VC by the French unicorn Vestiaire Collective, with over 3.5 million collected from more than 3,200 of its users, again on Crowdcube.

The panels during the Over Ventures conference

The presentation of the report was attended by some of the protagonists of the Italian ecosystem such as Giancarlo Vergine, Founding Partner of Over Ventures, who presented the results of the report; Federico Rastelli, Head of Startup of Mamacrowd; Anna Raschi, General Manager of Opstart.

Also participating were Davide Fioranelli , Founder & General Partner of Lumen Ventures; Lorenzo Ferrara, President of Open Seed; Camillo Castellani, Co-Founder and COO of Fantacycling and Francesco Cerruti, General Manager of Italian Tech Alliance.

The panels, moderated by Emil Abirascid , that followed the presentation of the Over Ventures report, discussed the impact of the ECSP Regulation on the Italian market, highlighting how it has eliminated regulatory and communication barriers, expanded opportunities for businesses and strengthened protections for investors, while still requiring further work to bridge regional disparities and promote cross-border collaboration.

The opinions of the protagonists

“We created this report to provide a clear and structured picture of the new pan-European market enabled by the implementation of the ECSP Regulation at the end of 2023,” said Giancarlo Vergine, Founding Partner of Over Ventures.

“This moment marks the birth of a unified crowdfunding ecosystem, providing for the first time a structured interpretation of aggregated data to reveal new trends and insights. In 2025, we plan to organize a European roadshow to share the updated findings of the report and promote ever closer collaboration between venture capital, business angels and crowdfunding operators, in order to fully exploit the potential of this tool.”

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