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Citizens want to be part of the energy transition

By Blog, Impact financing, Invesdor, News, StartGreen Capital

Expert blog – August 22, 2024

Wind farms play a crucial role in the energy transition. Crowdfunding platform Invesdor, which was founded in 2012 by StartGreen as Oneplanetcrowd, has already completed two very successful citizen participation campaigns this year: Wind farm Friesland and Westermeerwind Wind Farm. In both cases, the available bonds were sold out in no time. In this blog, Ellen Hensbergen, Managing Director of Invesdor, explains the huge success of citizen participation in wind farms. Read More

With more manure digesters we can achieve green gas targets

By Blog, Overijssel Energy Fund, Impact financing, News, StartGreen Capital

Expert blog – June 27, 2024

There is a lot of interest in manure fermentation. This makes sense, because livestock farmers can use their manure to produce green gas and make good money from it. In this blog, Willem Dubbelman, biogas expert at Energiefonds Overijssel, explains what manure fermentation is, what the pros and cons are and why he believes there should be more manure digesters. Read More

Huge interest from private investors in Westermeerwind Wind Farm

By Invesdor, News, Press, StartGreen Capital

June 27, 2024

Crowd financing platform Invesdor has completed another major citizen participation project. After success of Windpark Fryslân, there was also great interest in the Westermeerwind wind farm. Within a period of less than five weeks, almost 600 local residents took advantage of the opportunity to participate financially in the wind farm. The subscriptions more than twice exceeded the offer of 5 million euros in bonds. 

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Visa Foundation partners with Borski Fund: Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment

By Borski Fund, Impact financing, News, StartGreen Capital
June 20, 2024

In 2022, Visa Foundation was looking for a European fund to invest in that would help advance equitable access to capital for women-led businesses. Najada Kumbuli and her team investigated more than 300 funds in Europe. Borski Fund was one of the first to make the cut. In this interview, Najada explains what makes this partnership invaluable. 

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