Dear investors, After thorough deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue our real estate crowdfunding and payment service operations, and initiate the liquidation process. This decision stems from the increasingly challenging geopolitical and economic environment that has adversely affected our business. Since the onset of COVID-19, we have experienced a decline in the … 
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Crowdestate is shutting down

The EU crowdfunding market remained underdeveloped compared with other major world economies. For many years, one of the biggest hurdles faced by crowdfunding platforms seeking to offer their services across borders was the lack of common rules and diverging licensing requirements across the European Union. The European Council approved the uniform pan-European crowdfunding regulation (Regulation … 
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Crowdfunding regulation in the European Union

With less than a week before the final deadline, just about 10% of the 180+ real estate crowdfunding platforms operating in the European Union have received the mandatory authorisation required to continue the provision of their crowdfunding services. The Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) (EU 2020/1503), laying down uniform rules across the EU … 
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Will your real estate crowdfunding platform be in business next week?

The mandatory auditing of our annual report has been completed, and the report has been submitted to the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority and the Estonian Commercial Registry. The biggest effort was directed towards the preparations necessary to comply with the EU Crowdfunding Regulations (EU CFSP Regulation, EU 2020/1503) and the application process itself. Crowdestate AS … 
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Crowdestate: 2022 annual report

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Crowdestate: Annual report 2021

4 minute read The EU market for crowdfunding has remained underdeveloped compared with other major world economies. For many years, one of the biggest hurdles faced by crowdfunding platforms seeking to offer their services across borders has been the lack of common rules and diverging licensing requirements across the European Union. The European Council approved … 
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New European crowdfunding regulation EU 2020/1503 levels the playing ground and provides protection to the investors

Crowdestate performance report: October 2021 Reading time: 3 min. Let’s take a look back at October 2021 – new, completed, and overdue projects, payments made to investors, and secondary market transactions. Successfully funded projects In October 2021, 10 new investment opportunities were launched on Crowdestate’s crowdfunding platform, out of which 5 were from Estonia,1 from … 
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Crowdestate performance report: October 2021

Reading time: 3 min. Let’s take a look back at September 2021 – new, completed and overdue projects, payments made to investors and secondary market transactions. Successfully funded projects In September 2021, 10 new investment opportunities were launched on Crowdestate’s crowdfunding platform, out of which 5 were from Estonia, 1 was from Latvia, 2 from … 
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Crowdestate performance report: September 2021

Reading time: 3 min. Let’s take a look back at August 2021 – new, completed and overdue projects, payments made to investors and secondary market transactions. Successfully funded projects In August 2021, 11 new investment opportunities were launched on Crowdestate’s crowdfunding platform, out of which 5 were from Estonia, 4 were from Latvia and 2 … 
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Crowdestate performance report: August 2021

In the brave new world of the digital economy, strong brands and distinctive domains are hard currency, copycat brands have emerged and they´re creating confusion. Therefore it is not a big surprise to see new market entrants pick an existing brand and launching their own product line under the well-known brand’s name and replacing just … 
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Copycat brands are creating havoc

Reading time: 3 min. Let’s take a look back at July 2021 – new, completed and overdue projects, payments made to investors and secondary market transactions. Successfully funded projects In July 2021, 14 new investment opportunities were launched on Crowdestate’s crowdfunding platform, out of which 7 were from Estonia, 4 were from Latvia, 2 from … 
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