Tremendous growth for EU alternative finance market
The European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report by EY and the University of Cambridge reveals that the EU alternative finance market as a whole grew by 144% last year - from €1.211 billion in 2013 to €2.957 billion in 2014. Excluding the UK, the alternative finance market for the rest of Europe increased from €137 million in 2012 to €620 million in 2014. Collectively, the non-UK European alternative finance market provided €385 million worth of early-stage, growth and working capital financing to nearly 10,000 European start-ups and SMEs since 2012, of which €201 million was funded in 2014.
NVC promotes alternative finance in sync with packaging innovation contest De Gouden Noot 2016.
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