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

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
Crowdfunding in the Netherlands: the market guide 
By Darya Zarya
Crowdfunding in the Netherlands: the market guide 

The Dutch crowdfunding market is fairly considered one of the most promising markets in the EU. In fact, it’s been one of the first crowdfunding adopters from the very beginning. Per crowdfunding.eu, in 2021, crowdfunding platforms in the Netherlands raised 730 million EUR, which is 75% more compared to 2020 with 417 million EUR. Business, […]

Crowdfunding Business
5 min read
Buyback guarantees in P2P lending: how do they work?
By Darya Zarya
Buyback guarantees in P2P lending: how do they work?

As December is rolling in full swing, we’ve prepared a special treat for our readers, or, to be precise, a special guest. We’ve asked Sal from Revenue.Land to share his investment experience with buyback guarantees. Naturally, one can read up on the platform’s terms & conditions or go further and reach out to the platform’s […]

P2P lending
5 min read
Cross-border investing on a secured P2P lending marketplace: interview with Endrik Eller, CEO at Lendermarket
By Darya Zarya
Cross-border investing on a secured P2P lending marketplace: interview with Endrik Eller, CEO at Lendermarket

Meet Lendermarket, a P2P investment marketplace from Estonia created in 2019 with Creditstar, an established international lending group, as a core loan originator. The platform offers mainly two loan types, both of which come with buyback guarantees: consumer loans; real-estate business loans introduced in May 2022. Since its launch, Lendermarket has added new loan originators […]

Interview
5 min read
What is medical crowdfunding?
By Darya Zarya
What is medical crowdfunding?

One can hardly overestimate the importance of healthcare needs, yet, affordable, comprehensive health service isn’t available to everyone today. On top of that, no one can exactly plan a medical emergency, so in many cases, medical bills come unexpected, leaving a person completely frustrated, especially in the current volatile market. Even people with insurance can […]

Fundraising
6 min read
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