21 December 2023
MAMACROW
FIDUCIARIA
SVP
EQUITY CROWDFUNDING
STARTUP
PMI
Equity crowdfunding is an innovative means through which investors can become partners in companies and real estate projects. Mamacrowd, a leading platform in this area, has introduced new services for raising companies to improve the investor experience and provide greater flexibility in investment transactions. Prominent among these are the unit trust header service and the Special Purpose Vehicle (SVP). Let's look in more detail at what we are talking about.
The Fiduciary Unit Header Service allows the Mamacrowd investor to acquire units or shares of an innovative company through a trust company, rather than directly in his or her own name. In order to offer this service, Mamacrowd has selected Be Trust Fiduciaria S.r.l., which is authorized and supervised by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy (MIMIT), as its trustee.
The shares or units acquired by the investor are formally registered in the name of the trustee, while the beneficial ownership and related rights remain with the investor, who then retains the holdings as a separate asset from that of the trustee itself. Be Trust Fiduciary acts and intervenes in transactions legally registered under its name, but always following the directives and in the sole interest of the investor Trustee. Fiduciary header service is not provided by default for all campaigns, and activation of the service is at the discretion of the project owner company.
SPVs, also known as special purpose vehicles, are legally independent entities specifically established by the companies being raised (Target Companies) with the sole social objective of investing the funds raised through equity crowdfunding in the target company itself. These SPVs are thus dedicated exclusively to the management of equity crowdfunding investments and represent an organized mechanism for raising them.
How does the investment work? For each campaign an investment threshold will be defined above which one invests directly in the target company, below the threshold one invests indirectly through the vehicle. It will be the latter at the end of the collection to invest the entire capital raised in the target company.
Although the two services have in common the sole representation of shareholders, they differ in several respects. Let's look at the main differences together:
Legal Structure
Type of Transaction
Management and Representation
We have talked about the differences, but what are the advantages for the investor and the collecting company from using the two services?
Overall, the fiduciary header service and SPVs represent two ways through which investors can take part in equity crowdfunding campaigns, each with its own characteristics and advantages, but both aimed at optimizing the investment experience on Mamacrowd.
Learn more about these two new features in our faq and stay up-to-date on the projects online.
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