2024 Crowdfunding Barometer in France
- With 10,8 billion euros collected since 2015, crowdfunding has established itself as an investment vehicle of choice for the French.
- Crowdfunding has recorded a decline for the second consecutive year (-17,1%) with a collection amounting to 1,7 billion euros for the year 2024.
- Real estate crowdfunding continues its downward trend: it recorded a significant decline (-25,9%) and now represents “only” 49,7% of overall collection.
- Renewable energy (RE) crowdfunding shows a slight decline of -4% in 2024 and records an annual collection of 352 million euros, representing 20,3% of the overall collection.
- Donation crowdfunding sees growth of +11,5% with collection of €178,9 million
- The 163 projects funded confirm the popularity of crowdfunding among the French.
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France FinTech and Forvis Mazars also publish focus on the two sectors dominating crowdfunding collection: real estate and renewable energies.
Real estate focus
For the second consecutive year, real estate crowdfunding is in decline: in 2024, it records a significant decline of -25,9% when the entire crowdfunding sector sees a decline of -17,1%. Real estate crowdfunding now represents "only" 49,7% of overall collection (compared to 55,6% in 2023 and 68,2% in 2022).
Focus on renewable energy
Renewable energy crowdfunding shows a slight decline of -4% in 2024 and records an annual collection of €352 million. The number of projects changes by -12%. EnR crowdfunding now represents 20,3% of the overall collection (compared to 17,6% last year) and strengthens its position as the second class of crowdfunding assets.
