April 2, 2017 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plant Power Fast Food, a California-based restaurant that offers the same much-loved burgers, fries, wraps, and shakes as a regular fast food chain but without animal products, artificial colorings, flavorings, or preservatives, has launched an equity crowdfunding offering through Indiegogo/MicroVenture’s platform. The company, which launched… Read More

April 2, 2017 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its highly successful Kickstarter campaign set to close tomorrow evening, CoolMiniOrNot’s Rising Sun is nearing $3.65 million thanks to more than 27,450 backers. The board game studio launched the project, which is its twenty-sixth Kickstarter, last month and sought to raise a minimum of $300,000. Rising Sun is… Read More

April 1, 2017 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RideLink (previously known as DriveJoy), an online community where car owners can safely rent their cars directly to drivers, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with a mission to raise £1 million as it prepares for expansion. The company, which was launched with investment from Rocket… Read More

April 1, 2017 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pepper, a software platform that creates merchant branded apps to drive loyalty and increase customer spending, has completed its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding round with nearly£798,830 in funding from 362 investors. The company originally sought to raise 500,000 and is now part of Crowdcube’s FundedClub. The company… Read More

April 1, 2017 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after announcing Zopa is creating the next generation challenger bank at AltFi Europe, CEO of the peer-to-peer lending platform, Jaidev Janaradana, revealed more details about the bank’s creation at the AltFi Europe Summit last month. While sharing details about the bank progress,… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based The Wild Beer Co. is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £1.78 million in funding from nearly 2,000 investors. The brewery launched the initiative last month and quickly raised its initial £1 million funding target. The Wild Beer Co. was launched in… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, the Cotswolds Distillery announced it raised more than £1 million in just one month during its latest crowdfunding initiative. The company previously secured £1 million through the Angels’ Share campaign on Crowdbnk.  As previously reported, the Cotswolds Distillery was founded in 2013 and… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced on Friday it is holding a flash sale on its product marketplace, which allows campaign organizers to directly sell their products through the website. Indiegogo reports that its marketplace supports entrepreneurs beyond crowdfunding with services, partners, and guidance throughout the entire… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ablrate, the online lender that specializes in asset-backed transactions, announced it has received full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is beginning its expansion.  Sharing details about the authorization, David Bradley-Ward, CEO at Ablrate, stated: “Full authorisation is something that the team has worked… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 12:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Landbay has reportedly reduced its product rates and fees. According to various sources, Landbay’s rates are now starting at 3.39% for a 2-year fix and 3.59% for a 5-year fix, with arrangement fees up to 75% on standard products, which were… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundraising platform MobileCause announced on Thursday it is continuing to expand its management team by appointing Kristal Bogle as its new Chief Marketing Officer. She has close to 20 years of experience in marketing. According to MobileCause, Bogle was the Executive Vice President of Marketing at… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital announced on Friday it has officially provided £30 million in funds for the development of renewable energy projects throughout Britain. The online lender revealed that during the past three years it has funded nearly 40 green energy projects, with… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced the opening of its new office located in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. This news comes just a couple of weeks after Seedrs revealed plans to hit “aggressive growth targets” and appointed two executives, Jeff Kelsey and Ricardo Brízido, to… Read More

March 31, 2017 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than three weeks after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, nutrition app, Nutrifix, has successfully secured its initial £150,000 funding target from nearly 200 investors. As previously reported, Nutrifix was founded by qualified personal training and former semi-professional rugby player, Joel Burgess and claims… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Amazon Web Services. This new collaboration will help the funding portal provide eligible companies with membership to the Activate program. The Activate program is described as the following: “Amazon Web Services provides… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the highly anticipated Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival set to premiere April 14th on video streaming service, Netflix, the crew behind the Kickstarter-funded project announced an upcoming livestream preview event and released a teaser trailer. As previously reported, Joel Hodgson, the creator of Mystery Science Theater… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Heineken announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic World Tour as part of its upcoming “The Cities Project” Indiegogo initiative. The adult beverage brand revealed this summer, those who back on of the 11 locally relevant Indiegogo campaigns will receive tour tickets…. Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday it is launching a new fundraising feature that will allow users to raise funds for six types of spending, which are education, medical, pet medical, crisis relief, personal emergency, and funeral and loss. The Facebook team revealed: “Personal fundraisers… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pepper, a software platform that creates merchant branded apps to drive loyalty and increase customer spending, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £750,000 in funding. The website launched the initiative earlier this month and quickly secured its initial £500,000 funding… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor set to close later this evening, Finnish home fitness equipment manufacturer, FitWood, has successfully secured more than €100,000 from nearly 20 investors so far. As previously reported, the company explained it makes home fitness equipment that is both easy to… Read More