Participate & Invest

Participate & Invest

Dropa House is looking for participants and investors,
aiming for a healthy mix of members, cooperatives and investors.

Why invest?

Investing in Dropa House is sustainable and interesting for several reasons:

• Cultural contribution: By investing in Dropa House you contribute to a cultural and artistic hub for adventurous music and sound. This offers a valuable contribution the arts and music community, and it promotes cultural exchange and collaboration.
• Positive impact: Dropa House focuses on sustainability and supporting artists in their creative development. By investing, you contribute to a project with a positive impact on the artists and the wider community.
• Diversity of activities: The variety of activities that take place at Dropa House – such as residencies, rehearsals, workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations, team building, recording, production and AV post-production, provides a stable source of income and opportunities for growth.

Cordial meeting between Attack and Angel Bat Dawid

“The network they have carefully built over the years with artists, the audience, colleagues, volunteers, photographers, camera men, technical experts and the likes has grown into a small community of people with diverse backgrounds and ages sharing the most stimulating, mysterious or ecstatic concert experiences.”
Joachim Ceulemans

Family plays The Beast – workshop

• Convenient location: Its location on the outskirts of the city, in being near a green park and easily accessible by various means of transport makes Dropa House attractive for visitors and users.
• Sustainability: As a sustainable project with attention to environmental friendliness and accessibility, Dropa House meets the requirements of the growing demand for sustainable and responsible investments.
• Financial benefits: As an investor, you can benefit from various financial benefits, such as interest on investments and tax and rental discounts, depending on the investment amount and the agreement.

By investing in Dropa House you contribute to a thriving artistic and cultural community, you make a sustainable and positive impact and you can make a personal financial return.

Are you interested in contributing to this sustainable cultural project? This can be perfectly tailored to your personal investment budget: a small contribution, a friend’s share, a tax shelter formula and/or a loan (win-win).

How can you support Dropa House?

Below you will find information about
three possible investment options:

You become a member of the Dropa House Community:

• Membership starts from €100 (up to €2,500).
• You become a small cooperator in the company.
• You receive a 5% discount on rental prices as long as you have outstanding shares.
• By contributing you support the art and music community, facilitate cultural exchange and international cooperation in a sustainable way and you enjoy a personal financial benefit,

First international guests – meeting room / kitchen

You become a cooperator with voting rights in the Dropa House Community:

• Becoming a voting cooperator starts from €2,500.
• As a cooperator, you get a 5% discount on space rental as long as you remain a shareholder.
• As a shareholder you will get a tax benefit on your shares (see below)
• As a cooperative with voting rights, you not only opt for a personal benefit, but you make an important contribution to the art and music community and you support cultural exchange and international cooperation in a sustainable way.
• As a cooperative with voting rights, you can monitor and support the mission and vision of the house and you actively contribute to a positive impact for the artists and their community.
• Thanks to your contribution, you actively contribute to a sustainable, accessible, environmentally friendly and Nearly Zero Energy (NZE) building with extra attention to climate-friendly interventions.

There are two different methods to acquire these shares, both of which offer the advantage of qualifying for a tax reduction:

1. Tax shelter for start-ups:

• Individuals registered as residents in Belgium can obtain a tax reduction in personal income tax of 45% (for a maximum amount of €100,000)
• Maximum €100,000 per taxable period
• The acquired shares must remain in the company for 4 taxable periods (=48 months) following the investment
• This measure does not apply to share participations that already benefit from the Friends share.

2. Friends share:

• As a friends shareholder, you receive a tax reduction of 2.5% for 5 years on the shares purchased (for a maximum amount of €75,000).

You become a Dropa House investor:

• You can invest in Dropa House with a win-win loan.
• As a private investor, this loan offers you a financial benefit (a tax deduction and an interest rate), while supporting a sustainable cultural project with added value for the art and music community.
• You invest and receive an interest rate of 2.7%, with a minimum amount of €25,000 and a maximum amount of €75,000.
• The loan term is determined in collaboration with the directors of Dropa House at the time of contract signing. The loan duration ranges between 5 and 10 years.
• There is a one-time final repayment of the principal amount, and an annual interest rate of 2.7% to be deposited (note: 30% withholding tax will be deducted from this amount).
• A tax deduction of 2.5% on the outstanding capital can be claimed annually in your tax return.
• More information about the win-win loan can be found at: www.pmv.eu/product/winwinlening

Investing in Dropa House is investing in the future