Founded in Budapest, TokePortal. com (or simply: TOKE) was the first Hungarian equity crowdfunding platform that successfully launched several equity campaigns. In order to expand internationally and take advantage of the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation (ECSPR) regulation, the service provider relocated to Malta under the supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). As a licenced crowdfunding service provider, TokePortal.com manages the public capital raising, in the form of crowdfunding of startups or SME’s based in the targeted EU member states, in exchange for tradeable securities, such as equity, debt, or convertible loan, up to €5M per annum, and to enable secondary trading therein. Crowdfunding, as an acceleration tool, and as an interconnected ecosystem builder, can contribute essentially to a sustainable, crisis-resistant economy, and it is an effective, accessible, and engaging method for fundraising, branding, and market entry. The crowdfunding platform is a marketplace, where the supply are the projects, aka campaigns, and the demand are the investors.
In Toke’s strategy, we envision a consolidating pan-European capital market which is now completely institutional, top down, but over time, simply by internet-based direct participation, be disrupted by bottom-up, retail-based, organic growth. Crowdfunding, as an acceleration tool, and as an interconnected ecosystem builder, can contribute essentially to this desired, sustainable, crisis-resistant economy. This is one of the missions Eurocrowd, the largest European crowdfunding trade association represents, of which our co-founder Nora Szeles has recently been elected as a non-executive board member as well.
Crowdfunding is an effective, accessible, and engaging method for fundraising, branding, and market entry. The crowdfunding platform is a marketplace, where the supply are the projects, aka campaigns, and the demand are the investors. During the crowdfunding campaign, prospective investors, who created an investor profile on the website, can express interest to invest into the Campaign owner’s company by accepting the Key Investor Information Sheet (KIIS) of the pre-vetted Campaign owner and its lead investor (an angel or a VC). In order to make an informed decision, the KIIS and other marketing materials are published on the campaign page, that includes a forum where prospective investors can engage in conversation, just like in the webinars organised by the CSP. Indications are revokable until the 4th day following the last day of the campaign.
More info: https://tokeportal.com/en/faq/.
TOKE’s value proposition for Founders – as detailed further on the Campaign onboarding link – is as follows:
- Fast: 2-3X faster than any other form of investing. As of August 2024, our investment capacity is about EUR 0.5M/month, that is expected to double by the year-end. This capital can be disbursed within 2-3 months. No minimum campaign size is required.
- Efficient: two in one. Research shows that the crowdfunding campaign combines marketing and funding at once.
- Savvy: small tickets add up to a large: crowdfunding is he only way to collect small tickets efficiently, and the only method to make clients and buyers finance you.
- Flexible leverage: The crowd as a coinvestor: Great for a bridge round or as a supplement and leverage any angel/VC investment without damaging the cap table, as an SPV can be created.
- Minimum risk to be taken: at a cost maximum of EUR 2k: at TOKE, you can launch a pre-registration campaign to ‘test the waters’, assessing what range of prospective investors are ready to commit. If that 3 weeks turn out to be unsuccessful, you can withdraw from the contract.
- Service: TOKE offers tailor-made incubation and acceleration services as well as personel campaign management services, on a weekly online meeting-based manner, for free. The key element is building momentum requires focus and project management, as outlined in the campaign launch contract.
- Assistance: in the completition of the documentation, due diligence and the transaction as well as in the post-campaign investor reporting, almost for free.
- Very competitive: in pricing, including your own expected marketing costs, the capital raise would probably cost you more than a one time 12% of the Capital. And threre is a choice of a flat fee or success fee based campaign service.
- Secondary trading: Investors buy and sell offers are displayed on website and we assist in completing the trade, thus will a secondary liquidity be provided.
- Incubation and mentoring services: for early-stage or idea-phase enterprises, we provide unique incubation and mentoring services in such a way that only contracted persons can access the draft materials in the data room and comment on them.
- Our Mentor Platform is starting to become a community; we organize a mentor event monthly. Our mentors provide two hours of pro bono mentoring per month to our contracted clients, Campaign Hosts. On the same page, we also provide good visibility opportunities for our Partners in our newsletters, events, and on our social media channels.
- Issuance of convertible loans with an annual limit of €5M. There are countries, such as Hungary, that otherwise limit the issuance to a much lower level, but ECSPR is exempt from such limitations. (The implementation of this service is in progress.)
Crowdfunding is
- acceleration. We will take you to the next level!:)
- fundraising from online communication.
- unlocking the network effect: Your first task is to build an audience, create buzz, and keep your followers updated.
For the Investors:
- Anyone can become an investor through our full digital and easy process, from as little as investing EUR 100. KYC is smooth, the knowledge test and the loss bearing simulation is complied in a comprehensive way.
- Access several domains and regions, from real estate to space tech, from Malta to Budapest!
- Follow other investors and ask questions on the Forum!
- Get full access to the documentation of all campaigns for a long time.
- Easy to explore crowdfunding through our newsletters, blogposts, videos, webinars, meetups, conferences!
- Enjoy the Customer service at a high level, we will always be there for you, help you with the onboarding, with finding out the information you are looking for, enable communication with the campaign owner, etc.
- Take advantage of our investor protection measures: post-campaign communication and information disclosure is ensured by our rules.
- Use the secondaries, offer your shares or buy new ones though the bullentin board! You can even
- We enable engagement with the founders and with co-investors.
- Invest smartly. That is beyond speculation.
- All service is for free, except for the exit free.
Please reach out to hello@tokeportal.com now!
TokePortal.com Ltd.
About us:
The crowdfunding service in accordance with ECSPR (REGULATION (EU) 2020/1503 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 October 2020) is provided by TokePortal.com Ltd.
Company: TokePortal.com Ltd.
Headquarter: 23, South Street, Valletta VLT 1102, Malta.
Tax Number: 972037822.
PIC Number: 76704916
LEI: 9845002C9F45C3BC0D17
Regulated by MFSA. Authorisation ID: TOKE-23805.
Contact: ecspr@tokeportal.com
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