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Meet the participation requirement. And free up capital doing it.
Nine German states now require local participation. Most developers tick it off as a cost item. It can also work as a financing component — on the same infrastructure genussrechte.org has run in production since 2025.
The point
„Participation either costs you money or brings you some. The difference is when you think about it.“
Handled as a requirement at the end of a project, it is a payment. Built into the financing structure, it is capital, local acceptance and compliance in one.
What we hear from developers
„Our equity sits in projects for months before they earn anything.“
„The participation requirement is an obligation we have no staff for.“
„Objections cost us months in permitting. And months cost money.“
One infrastructure, four effects
The platform runs under your brand. You build no subscription flow, no identity verification and no investor administration.
Meet the requirement without building an administration
Subscription flow, identity verification, contracts, interest runs, tax certificates, address changes and transfers all run on the platform — across the full term, not just up to subscription.
Citizen capital as a financing component
Capital raised eases the equity tied up in the project. With a clear limit: in early development stages this does not work, because the project can still fail. It becomes effective once permitting or an auction award is in place.
Local support that counts in the procedure
A payment to the municipality goes unnoticed by the neighbour. Participation makes them a co-owner. That works where a project gets expensive: objections and the length of the procedure.
Continues when ownership changes
Projects get sold. The participation continues, administration stays on the same platform, and investors keep their point of contact. What belongs in the purchase agreement, we discuss beforehand.
From project idea to issuance
How participation takes shape during project development — using our pilot project in Burgbrohl-Weiler as the example.
- 01
Project idea
- 02
Technical design
- 03
Structuring
- 04
Economics
- 05
Participation calculator
- 06
Contract drafting
- 07
Issuance
Four points that pay off in the project
- The state participation requirement is met without tying up your staff.
- Citizen capital eases equity commitment once permitting or an award is in place.
- Local support that shows up as fewer objections and shorter procedures.
- When the project is sold, the participation carries on — no open questions in the data room.
What participation does not do
Citizen participation does not resolve siting conflicts. Where a site is rejected on principle, a subscription offer changes nothing — and an offer that arrives only after permitting reads as appeasement. It also replaces neither bank financing nor project returns: it is one component of the structure, not the structure. And it needs lead time. Thinking about it six weeks before financial close is too late.
Model a real project
Bring a project: capacity, location, stage in the permitting process. We show which part of the financing can be covered by citizen capital and which cannot.