Mamacrowd opens up to income property and non-professional investors

The Italian equity crowdfunding platform owned by the Azimut Group, Mamacrowd, expands its offer, making accessible to a wider audience a mode of investment previously reserved for professionals only: real estate income projects. The tool allows investors to participate in the acquisition of already rented properties, benefiting from stable periodic returns from rents, in addition to long-term capital appreciation.

Income property equity crowdfunding stands out as an investment solution that carefully balances risk and return. In contrast to real estate development deals, which may have nominally higher expected returns but also involve significantly more uncertainty and risk, investment in income property is based on existing assets with positive cash flows and existing leases. This results in more predictable returns and less exposure to uncertainties related to sales, construction site, material costs, building stock, etc.

The minimum investment required by Mamacrowd is EUR 5,000.

According to Mamacrowd, testimony to the validity of this approach is the Hestia campaign, a real estate project that involves the acquisition of a building for the Fire Brigade barracks located in Rome, leased to the Ministry of the Interior. The campaign, which has just ended, has exceeded EUR 1 million in funding, and will offer investors an annual yield of 4 per cent with an expected annual return (IRR) of 10 per cent.

'We want to offer investors an alternative that is truly anchored in the real economy and has a lower risk profile,' said Maurizio de Gregorio, CEO of Mamacrowd. 'While development investments may be attractive for their potentially high returns, they often conceal equally high risks. We are therefore pleased to have introduced a new product that can make a typically professional investment accessible to everyone'.