Tagged: craig peterson

Atom Bank Co-founder Craig Iley’s Fintech Firm BFM Acquires £1.3M via Seed Round

Business Finance Market (BFM), a Fintech established by the businessman behind two UK-based banking challengers Craig Iley recently acquired £1.3 million in capital via a seed round. BFM, which maintains offices in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, is planning to enhance the process bringing lenders… Read More

B-North Targets Bank License, Raises Funding on Growth Capital Ventures

B-North, a Fintech that is looking to acquire a bank license, is raising capital on Growth Capital Ventures (GCV). According to the offering page, B-North has raised over £1.23 million – topping its hurdle of £500,000. Craig Peterson, co-founder and chief operating officer of GCV,… Read More

Perspective: How to Fix the UK Housing Market

All eyes are on the UK’s property market since the Bank of England announced its first increase in the base rate since July 2007.  The question on everyone’s lips: how will the market react? After a decade of historically low rates homeowners have become relaxed… Read More

Growth Capital Ventures Says it is Ready to Power the Northern Powerhouse

Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) says it is ready to help fuel early stage companies in the North with a £57.5 million investment fund. GCV said it is working with Maven Capital Partners to help fund promising businesses. In late 2016, Maven invested £1.1 million in… Read More

Maven Capital Partners Invests £1.1M in Fintech Specialists Growth Capital Ventures

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), a UK-based private equity firm, announced on Thursday it completed a £1.1 million investment in developer and operator of specialist online investment and capital crowdfunding platforms, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV), which was funded through its managed Venture Capital Trusts. According to… Read More

eCommerce Agency Visualsoft Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on GrowthFunders to Raise £150,000 for New Tech Startup Hive

Visualsoft, an award-winning UK eCommerce agency, has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Growthfunders to raise£150,000 for its new tech startup, Hive. Originally designed for use within the Visualsoft office, Hive is a cloud-based software solution which measures employee engagement and has been developed… Read More

Growth Capital Ventures Set to Close Self Crowdfunding Round Tomorrow

Investment crowdfunding platform GrowthFunders  (Growth Capital Ventures) is scheduled to close their self-crowdfunding round tomorrow (Sunday, October 12, 2014) having beat their £150,000 initial goal.  Organizers state they raised the £150,000 in just ten minutes.  The equity crowdfunding campaign stands at £222,700 raised to date… Read More

Growth Capital Ventures Immediately Hits Self-Crowdfunding Goal

As we reported last week, Growth Capital Ventures was planning to raise capital via an equity crowdfunding campaign on their own platform “GrowthFunder”.  Well the pitch went live and pretty much immediately funded transitioning into over-funding mode.  The initial target was to raise £150,000 but… Read More

Growth Capital Ventures Preps For £150,000 Campaign On Its Own Crowdfunding Platform GrowthFunders

North East UK company Growth Capital Ventures announced the upcoming launch of its crowdfunding campaign on its own platform GrowthFunders to raise £150,000 to continue to build and introduce new features on its already existing website. Growth Capital Ventures launched the equity crowdfunding and co-investment… Read More

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