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Italian crowdfunding market overview: TOP platforms you need to know

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April 18, 2024

Italy is one of the biggest crowdfunding markets in the EU where operates more than 60 Crowdfunding platforms offering all the major crowdfunding types for fundraisers and investors. The most interesting part about Italian crowdfunding is that a large part of platforms (around 30%) offer Equity crowdfunding services. In Italy, it is very well-developed invoice trading platforms but they are mostly available for institutional or sophisticated investors.

Let’s review some of the best crowdfunding sites in Italy! 

Best Equity Crowdfunding Platforms in Italy

Equity crowdfunding is very well developed in Italy, more than 30% of platforms provide Equity crowdfunding services, let’s review a few of them.

Mamacrowd is the biggest Italian Equity crowdfunding platform with more than 200 thousand investors who have financed 250+ projects for a total amount of 284 million euros. Besides startups and high-growth companies offer to buy shares in real estate projects. 

Back to Work is an Italian equity crowdfunding platform owned by the bank - Intesa Sanpaolo. Back to Work offers investors to invest in startups and real estate which provides more diversification options. 

CrowdFundMe offers a wide range of investments - Equity investments in real estate and startups and minibonds for SMEs. Via CrowdFundMe was raised 173  million euros for more than 500 projects. 

Opstart is a great Italian equity crowdfunding platform with total funding volumes of around 60 million euros. Opstart is a part of the fintech hub that offers a wide range of investments, bonds 

Learn more about Equity crowdfunding here

Real estate crowdfunding platform in Italy

You can start investing in Italian real estate starting with a few 100 EURs with Real estate crowdfunding platforms. 

In Italy operate around 20 Real estate crowdfunding platforms offer great investment opportunities in Italian real estate. 

Recrowd is one of the biggest real estate crowdfunding platforms in Italy through which retail investors have invested more than 140 million EUR in real estate-backed loans with an average return of 10 percent. 

More than 34k people have invested around 80 million via the platform Rendimentoetico in Italian real estate with an average yield of 10%. 

Through Trusters investors have invested in more than 300 real estate projects in Italy. 

Walliance is one of the biggest Real estate crowdfunding platforms that offer to invest in Italian real estate in the form of loans and equity meaning you become the owner of real estate starting with 500 euro. Funding volumes on Walliance reached 160 million euros and an annual ROI of 9%. 

Real estate crowdfunding offers the best way to invest in property starting with little capital. 

Learn more about Real estate crowdfunding here

Best Peet to peer and crowdlending platforms in Italy 

In Italy operates many great peer-to-peer lending platforms and crowdlending platforms offering people to invest in loans issued to people and businesses. 

EvenFi allows people to invest in loans issued to Italian Businesses. With Ener2Crowd people can invest in 100% green projects and earn great returns. Re-Lender offers to support businesses and provide loans while making +10% p.a.. 

Ener2Crowd is the first Italian Crowdinvesting platform that allows retail or institutional investors to invest money in energy efficiency, renewable energy, residential projects, and environmental sustainability projects.

Learn more about peer-to-peer here and crowd-lending here

Best Reward crowdfunding platforms in Italy /Best donation crowdfunding platforms in Italy

In Italy, there are several great donations and reward crowdfunidng platforms. 

Produzioni dal Basso is used by almost half a million users that provide funding for +8000 great ideas. 

Bookabook offers readers to support writers by helping them publish their books. 

Besides those donation platforms in Italy operates several great donations and reward crowdfunding platforms like BuonaCausa.org, Let's Donation, and Bumers. Also, there are a few more publishing platforms Crowdbooks and Flacowski

And ofcourse we have to mention the donation crowdfunding platform owned by Intesa Sanpaolo

Donation and Reward are not just fun, you can substantially improve the environment where you live by mobilizing the community, supporting people in need, and supporting great ideas!

We have mentioned in our opinion most interesting platform, but in Italy the are many more great platforms offering awesome returns. 

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We wish you a good day and successful investing!

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