Darya Zarya

Head of content at CrowdSpace

ABOUT AUTHOR

Darya is a true crowdfunding enthusiast who stays on top of crowdfunding trends, potential, and risks to keep up with the crowdfunding world’s dynamics.

Her mission at CrowdSpace is to create educational content on investing through crowdfunding and partner up with crowdfunding platforms to share their experience across the investing community. Her favourite part is exciting interviews with the platforms, where she unveils an inside look at how crowdfunding really works and what crowdfunding platforms do to keep going.

With her educational background in philology and a fervent dedication to making crowdfunding accessible to everyone, Darya strives to break down barriers and create a welcoming space for individuals—regardless of their experience level—to explore the world of crowdfunding investing.

Articles by Darya

Empowering retail investors amid economic uncertainty: interview with Monika Lencickaite, CMO at Profitus
By Darya Zarya
Empowering retail investors amid economic uncertainty: interview with Monika Lencickaite, CMO at Profitus

Profitus is a major Lithuanian crowdfunding platform that connects investors with borrowers seeking financing for their real estate development projects. The platform brings together people who want to invest in real estate and people, businesses looking for money to implement their real estate idea. It’s safe to say that Profitus has grown rapidly into one […]

P2P lending
6 min read
On the bright side: Martin Baart, CEO at ecoligo, on solar energy projects and impact investing
By Darya Zarya
On the bright side: Martin Baart, CEO at ecoligo, on solar energy projects and impact investing

We, here at CrowdSpace, feel a concept shift is happening around impact investing, and green energy in particular. Apart from the apparent environmental benefits, green energy is becoming an increasingly attractive investment opportunity because of the financial returns it can generate, their quality and stability. We’ve been excitedly following ecoligo’s activities and are glad to […]

Interview
5 min read
Best P2P lending platforms in the UK
By Darya Zarya
Best P2P lending platforms in the UK

P2P lending is claimed to be a fast-growing finance type in the UK. The first UK P2P lending provider was founded in 2005 and up to date, has accumulated over 76,000 lenders. The market tendencies show that the P2P niche in the UK keeps expanding creating favourable conditions for more P2P sites to appear.  This […]

P2P lending
3 min read
Green investing: what’s there to know
By Darya Zarya
Green investing: what’s there to know

Socially and environmentally responsible businesses have been a steady trend for some time now. Investing is no exception. More and more investors seek not only to make attractive returns but also to support companies that produce a social or environmental benefit.  Sustainable impact investing can imply a broad variety of causes: from waste recycling and […]

Investing
4 min read
Impact investing through reconversion & insight into Italian crowdfunding:  interview with Paolo Manetta, CEO at RE-Lender
By Darya Zarya
Impact investing through reconversion & insight into Italian crowdfunding: interview with Paolo Manetta, CEO at RE-Lender

Please meet RE-Lender, a Milan-based impact crowdfunding marketplace funding industrial, urban, real estate, ecological, and digital reconversion projects. In fact, they are the first crowdfunding platform dedicated to reconversion in these areas. Their core mission is to promote sustainability in all the areas mentioned above: be it website transition or redevelopment of a building or […]

Interview
4 min read
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