Our partners

Symbid makes equity funding accessible to early stage ambitious entrepreneurs. At Symbid, ambitious entrepreneurs present their plans to angel investors, professional investors such as Venture Capitalists and tens of thousands of crowdfunders. They support scalable start-ups and scale-ups in their growth financing.

AndersFinancieren is a funding platform for social projects. AndersFinancieren focuses on social organisations that want to make an impact and on contributors and investors that want to invest in healthcare, education and sustainable living, among other things.

SmartFunding is a national franchise concept that helps SME entrepreneurs apply for and obtain financing of between €250,000 and €5 million. The SmartFunding consultants support SME entrepreneurs through independent advice, local knowledge and involvement and personal guidance.

Knab Crowdfunding focuses on crowdfunding loans and helps entrepreneurs to obtain a fast and solid loan of up to € 2.5 million. Investors can invest in entrepreneurs in exchange for a good return.

Intersolve is a Dutch financial institution that specialises in services in the field of payment transactions and electronic money. Intersolve is licenced as an Electronic Money Institution and is supervised by the DNB and the AFM.

Holder, founded in 2005, builds web applications that are both progressive and easy to manage. Holder is a specialist in crowdfunding software and works exclusively with the development framework Ruby on Rails ("rails"). Holder was one of the first companies to use this platform for business purposes and is still at the forefront of the industry.

AFS Group is an independent European broker in multiple asset classes. AFS is mainly active as an intermediary for financial institutions, corporates and (semi-)government institutions. AFS provides services related to capital, energy, equity derivatives, foreign currency, interest, structuring and more. AFS has all necessary licences and is regulated by the AFM, DNB, the FINMA in Switzerland, the FSA in the UK and theBAFIN in Germany. AFS is also a member of Euronext, Eurex, OMX and the ICMA.

eban is the European TradeOrganisation of Business Angels, growth funds and emerging market players. EBAN is the pan-European representative for the young investment community, spread over 126 member organisations from 41 countries. EBAN is a non-profit organisation representing the interests of new investors in Europe.

Sharpe FInancial was founded in 2012 by MarkBeers and Frans Gunnink, two experienced senior professionals in the financial communications industry in the Benelux. Sharpe specialises in communication and media relations. Thanks to decades of knowledge, experience and contacts in the financial industry, Sharpe Financial is able to provide companies with advice and support in the field of business communication and media relations in order to strengthen their market position.

De European Crowdfunding Network AISBL (ECN) is a professional network that promotes adequate transparency, self-regulation and governance in the field of crowdfunding. At the same time, it offers joint participation in policy discussions and public opinion building. In 2013, ECN officially became an international non-profit organisation. The organisation's objective is to increase awareness of the importance of crowdfunding for entrepreneurship. ECN also wants to enrich the European community, culture and economy. As an ECN board member, Symbid participates at the highest level within the organisation.

SOAF (Stichting Obligatiehouders AndersFinancieren) supervises the financial flows between parties and represents the interests of the bondholders during the term of the bond loan.In the unlikely event of a situation arising in which an issuing institution is no longer able to meet its obligations, the board of the Foundation will, on the basis of the trust deed concluded with the issuing institution, act on behalf of the bondholders concerned and enforce any available securities.

AKD is a full-service Benelux office with over 476 lawyers, tax specialists, notaries and business support inBelgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. AKD serves as a gateway in, from and to the Benelux for its clients. The combination of our full-service expertise and a broad sector focus means that AKD has been able to approach and solve any question from different angles for over a century – anywhere in the world. AKD does this from its own offices with various country teams and a large FriendsNetwork around the world.

ESJ is more than just an accountant and tax adviser. They ensure that they really understand the entrepreneurs and then provide tailor-made solutions. Where your company ends,ESJ's specialists take it further. ESJ has been around for over 3 decades and has both national and international clients they are proud of. With 175 employees, they have all necessary specialists in-house.

Blyde is a B.Corp certified Benelux PR agency aimed at enterprising organisations that make a difference in their sector, or have this ambition and that have the guts to be innovative, based on motives greater than just commercial ambitions. Blyde works for sustainable brands & social enterprises, and as B Corp, they are the most sustainablePR agency in the Benelux.

Creditreform Nederland is a versatile debt collection organisation for companies with large business and consumer portfolios in the Netherlands. Creditreform cooperates with a worldwide network of Creditreform companies (in 20 European countries and now also in China) in foreign direct debits. With this “on site for you" system, Creditreform increases the payment success of your claim and reduces the risk of non-payment abroad.

ActiZ and Ilfa are the initiators of the standard bond programme for healthcare, de NLZorgobligatie. Together with the other members of the working group, it was decided to bring the concept under the control of an independent association that monitors the concept and develops it into a quality mark. AndersFinancieren is the exclusive sales channel of the NLZorgobligatie for issues up to an amount of € 2,500,000.