How does your investment work? After you donate X amount of money, you will be shown a catalogue of available projects that you can fund. You can fund up to 2 active projects at a time. After 1 year from when you invested, AMPTD would offer a guarantee that your money would be returned, even if your investment has not reached the break-even point. If you choose to continue, AMPTD would be able to give the percentage of money that you decided to invest in the project back to you, in addition to the growth of the project. This may continue up to 10 years.

Example simulation:

X decides to donate $2,000 to a project [Project Solar] in Maastricht that aims to install solar panels on houses, thereby reducing energy costs. Based on the total project funds needed ($6,000), X invests 20% in Project Solar. After one year, Project Solar has only saved (produced) $3,000 in revenue, meaning that X’s money has not returned to its break-even point. He can decide to get all his money ($2,000) back, or wait for more time to see if his investment increases. After 5 years, Project Solar has saved $60,000 in energy costs, and X wants to cash out. This means that X would get $18,500 in return.

Note that in addition to the optional 5% ‘Cover the Fee’, AMPTD charges 7.5% on all investments cashed out due to facilitation costs.