This report presents the research findings from the 2nd Annual European Alternative Finance Industry Survey, which aims to systematically track and comprehensively benchmark the growth and development of the pan-European crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending markets in 2015. This research was carried out by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, with the support of 17 major European industry associations and research partners, in partnership with KPMG and supported by CME Group Foundation.
Building on the success of the preceding benchmarking report, Moving Mainstream, this study gathered data from 367 crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other online alternative finance intermediaries from across 32 countries in geographic Europe, out of which 273 platforms are currently operating outside of the United Kingdom. Utilising this unprecedented industry dataset, which captures an estimated 90% of the visible market, we hope
