Tagged: creative england

July 18, 2016 @ 11:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Crowdfunder UK announced it has created a new way for projects to secure additional funding and support to turn their ideas into reality. The crowdfunding platform is set to distribute funds, which is traditionally given by councils, brands, and community funds through grants… Read More

March 10, 2016 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Creative England announced that 16 teams have been selected to crowdfund, develop and produce their short films through the latest round of Creative England’s iShorts, delivered as part of the BFI NET.WORK. The campaigns will go live on Crowdfunder UK next month. Creative England revealed… Read More

January 29, 2016 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Creative England announced the latest milestone. The company revealed it is planning to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £1 million for the venture capital fund Creative Seeds. Creative England has reportedly invested £25 million into 440 of the UK’s most exciting creative… Read More

December 16, 2015 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, reward-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK, announced that it has successfully secured over £1.3 million through its Crowdcube campaign. The Crowdfunder UK crew confirmed in a blog post: “More than 900 people invested in the crowdfunded share offer, which valued the company at over £15million,… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more excitement towards Crowdfunder UK’s Crowdcube initiative, managing director of the reward-based crowdfunding, Phil Geraghty, announced Creative England has offered up £200,000 towards the campaign. Geraghty shared on Wednesday: “A huge thank you to Creative England who were one of the first to pledge on our… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nineteen of the UK’s hottest new producer/director teams have raised £40k through  – helping them to unlock £100k of match funding as part of Creative England’s iShorts initiative. The iShorts campaign, delivered in partnership with Crowdfunder, as part of the BFI NET.WORK, aims to promote some of the country’s… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England has selected 19 new producer/director teams as part of the iShorts nationwide search to find the country’s best new filmmakers.  iShorts is a short film initiative delivered as part of the BFI NET.WORK. Following hundreds of applications from aspiring filmmakers, the winning teams will… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New filmmakers from across England will launch crowdfunding projects as a part of Creative England’s annual short film initiative: iShorts. Following hundreds of applications from aspiring filmmakers, 19 producer / director teams have been chosen to receive a share of just under £100k from Creative… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Five leading female game developers in England named as recipients of Creative England match funding through a  crowdfunding campaign with Crowdfunder known as Queen of Code. Fareed, Lux & the Shadowmaker, Pocket Drakes, Star Catcher and Thinking are all innovative new game dev projects that featured… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Furthering their commitment to offering alternative finance and supporting the creative industries, Creative England has invested £150k in the UK’s crowdfunding network, Crowdfunder UK. Caroline Norbury, CEO of Creative England has also joined the Crowdfunder Board, effective immediately. The news comes as a recent report from… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England and the UK’s leading crowdfunding website, Crowdfunder have joined forces to find and fund the England’s top female game developers and freelancers through an innovative crowdfunding partnership.  A widely reported 49% of gamers in the England are women but only 12% of the people making… Read More