This statistic shows the numbers of active funders (including investors, backers, donors and lenders) providing funding through alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) from 2012 to 2014. In 2014, alternative finance platforms attracted and kept more than 1.5 million active funders of projects outside of the UK.
Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014
(in 1,000)
online alternative finance platforms based in Europe.
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "This benchmarking research aimed to capture 85 to 90 percent of all online platform-based alternative financing transactions in Europe from equity-, reward- and donation-based crowdfunding, peer-to-peer consumer and business lending to invoice trading, debt-based securities, micro-financing and community share offerings between 2012 and 2014. The survey received 205 responses from 27 European countries. They were combined with the 50 survey responses from the UK as part of joint industry research with Nesta."
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Cambridge Judge Business School, & EY. (February 22, 2015). Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/
Cambridge Judge Business School, und EY. "Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000)." Chart. February 22, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/
Cambridge Judge Business School, EY. (2015). Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/
Cambridge Judge Business School, and EY. "Number of Active Funders on Alternative Finance Platforms in Europe (excluding The Uk) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/
Cambridge Judge Business School & EY, Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of active funders on alternative finance platforms in Europe (excluding the UK) from 2012 to 2014 (in 1,000) [Graph], Cambridge Judge Business School, & EY, February 22, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/412494/europe-alternative-finance-active-funders/
