Invesdor

Invesdor is an international crowdfunding platform operated by several companies which make up the Invesdor Group. With headquarters in Berlin, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; Vienna, Austria and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Invesdor is one of Europe’s largest crowdfunding platforms and operates as an intermediary between companies seeking investment and investors (private as well as institutional). Invesdor’s low investment threshold aims to empower small investors to invest via their platform. As of May 2023, Invesdor has been able to connect over 170,000 investors with projects they see the potential in, collecting €438 million in pledges from them. Financed projects include for example restaurants, medtech companies, and sustainable energy projects such as solar and windfarms.

History
The Invesdor Group was developed over the past five years through the mergers of several companies including Invesdor INV AG (formerly Kapilendo), Invesdor GmbH (formerly Finnest), Invesdor Oy and Oneplanetcrowd International B.V.

Invesdor INV AG: Invesdor INV AG (formerly Kapilendo AG) was founded in March 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany. The company was co-founded by the current CEO, Christopher Grätz. It is the parent company of the Invesdor Group and provides technical and operational services.

Invesdor Oy: The Finnish company Invesdor Oy was founded in May 2012 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. The company's managing director is Mari Lymysalo.

Invesdor GmbH: Invesdor GmbH (formerly Finnest GmbH) was founded in July 2014 and is an intermediary for securities under the ECSP Regulation. It is registered in Vienna, Austria, and its managing director is Günther Lindenlaub.

Oneplanetcrowd: Founded in 2012 and based in Amsterdam, Oneplanetcrowd, the largest platform for sustainable financing in the Netherlands, has brought together innovative companies and future-oriented investors to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable economy. They now have financed more than 320+ entrepreneurs and energy projects for €110 million with a crowd of 35.000 investors (data: May 2023). All companies on Oneplanetcrowd contribute to one or more sustainable development goals (SDG’s). Oneplanetcrowd is an initiative of StartGreen Capital, one of the largest impact fund managers in the Nederlands. In 2023, Invesdor announced their merger with the Dutch crowdfunding platform Oneplanetcrowd International B.V. (OPC). OPC is the first sustainable crowdfunding platform in the Netherlands. It will be able to expand its expertise in sustainable project offerings as well as its market within the Benelux countries, to the entire Invesdor Group.

Other companies in the Invesdor Group: Invesdor GE GmbH, Invesdor Brokerage GmbH, Invesdor Services OY, Finnest Slovakio s.r.o.

In 2019, Finnest (now Invesdor GmbH) and the Finnish company Invesdor Oy merged to form a group. In 2021, formerly Finnest (now Invesdor GmbH), Invesdor Oy and formerly Kapilendo AG (now Invesdor INV AG) announced that they would act as a joint financing platform under the Invesdor brand to offer tailored financing solutions for companies in all stages of life, from the DACH region to the Nordics.

Business model
Invesdor focuses on equity crowdfunding for startups and growth companies. Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and UK companies can raise up to 2.5 million euros through Invesdor, while investments can come from anywhere in the world. The minimum for each investment is 20 euros.

The service follows the “All-or-Nothing” model, in which pledged funds are only collected from the investors if the minimum goal set by the company being funded is reached by the end of the crowdfunding campaign.

The company seeks to position their service as a low-threshold option by having a low minimum investment and a general scarcity of paperwork during the process.

Successful projects
Invesdor counts 115 successful rounds with 54 million euros raised:


 * NetOutlet, in August 2012, was Invesdor's first successful project. NetOutlet is an online outlet store and it raised 50,000 euros from 1 investor via Invesdor.
 * Climbstation, a Finnish company in the sports equipment industry, successfully concluded its round in February 2013 with more than 64,000 euros raised from 46 investors in less than two months.
 * Bryggeri, a brewery located in Helsinki city center, is one of Invesdor's successful projects with more than 600,000 euros raised through their first round in June 2013; they also decided to open a second round in July 2013 through the same platform.
 * RF SenseIT raised more than 159,000 euros from 1 external investor.
 * gTie, in September 2013, managed to raise more than 288,000 euros using Invesdor's service.
 * Suppilo, in October 2013, managed to raise more than 130,000 euros from 38 investors.
 * Dikital with a project called "Instagram for videos", successfully closed its round in November 2013 raising 13,800 euros.
 * iResponse successfully closed its round early due to oversubscription. The company raised more than 80,000 euros.
 * Hawina Productions, a Finnish company making language learning games, raised more than 35,000 euros from 58 investors in January 2014.
 * PlayMySong, during PitchHelsinki, successfully closed its round in 16 hours, raising 25,000 euros from 35 investors. Then, PlayMySong decided to create another crowdfunding round via Invesdor and, in January 2014, the company raised more than 20,000 euros from 15 investors.
 * Iron Sky Universe, the company behind the science fiction action movie Iron Sky decided to raise money through Invesdor to set up an Iron Sky franchise (movie, game, TV series). In May 2014 Iron Sky closed its round with 265,800 euros raised from 421 investors. The company managed to successfully close its round raising 532% of its minimum target in ten days. Iron Sky Universe successfully exceeded 300% of its minimum goal in less than 24 hours.
 * Pyynikin käsityöläispanimo (Pyynikki Craft Brewery), a brewery located in Tampere, successfully closed its round in May 2014 raising more than 243,200 euros from 173 investors.
 * Hakala Performance, a company which core business is rebuilding muscle cars, successfully closed its round in July 2014 raising 82,200 euros from 36 investors.
 * HIFK Fotboll, a Finnish football team that is currently in the second highest Finnish national division (1st division), successfully closed its round in February 2015 raising 346, 392 euros from 786 investors.
 * Bittiraha.fi, a company with the largest network of bitcoin ATMs in the Nordics as well as a bitcoin web store called BTC Store, successfully closed its round in May 2015 raising 227,203 euros from 268 investors.
 * Cityvarasto, the largest self-storage company in Finland with locations in the major cities in Finland, successfully closed its round in June 2015 raising 1,008,385 euros from 339 investors.
 * Windpark Frysland, Together with Invesdor's investment platform, Windpark Fryslân raised €27 million from 2609 investors in a period of six weeks. This instantly made this project Europe's largest crowdfunding initiative for renewable energy. This project allowed local residents to participate in the revenues from the wind farm in their own neighborhood.