July 17, 2018 @ 2:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

ASE, a company founded in 2002, uses its system to scan passing trains and trucks with fully automated “video gates” and saves companies time-consuming and error-prone manual checks. The company easily surpassed its €700,000 finding goal and has reached €1M milestone. 1224 investors have participated in the… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over two years after securing £520,000 in funding through its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, online gallery marketplace Rise Art has returned to the funding portal, seeking a minimum of £650,000. Founded in 2011, Rise Art is on a mission to revolutionize… Read More

July 15, 2018 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sight Diagnostics, an Israeli Medtech firm, has launched “OLO,” an AI-based blood diagnostics device which is said to offer lab-quality “Complete Blood Count” (CBC) tests from finger prick samples at the point-of-care. Sight Diagnostics is an OurCrowd portfolio company having facilitated two investment rounds in… Read More

July 14, 2018 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple weeks after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, online real estate agency eMoov has successfully raised £1.5 million from nearly 700 investors. The funding round launched earlier this month and surpassed its initial £1 million funding target in less than… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 7:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Harts Group Ltd, the parent company of Barrafina and Quo Vadis restaurants, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £2.5 million in funding. The round, which was originally seeking £750,000, has attracted more than 940 investors. As previously reported, Harts Group is… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd, a startup that wants to become the “Morningstar of equity crowdfunding” is using crowdfunding to raise their seed funding round. The offer is posted on NetCapital and seeks a max raise of $106,999. The minimum is low at $10,000 – but two weeks into the… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Daisy Green Collection, an Antipodean group that has nine central London locations that serve artisan coffee, Aussie brunch, craft beers, and cocktails, has successfully secured 1.2 million from nearly 300 investors through its equity crowdfunding campaign during the first week on Crowdcube. The funding round… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The #MetaHash team has announced that is has successfully been examined by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) which has officially concluded that the #MetaHashCoin (#MHC) will be recognized as money of general utility with payment functions. This is the first cryptocurrency to be… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 9:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after securing $20 million through its sold-out initial coin offering (ICO), FCA authorized payment institution Bank Account Based Blockchain (BABB) is now seeking £1.5 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. As previously reported, BABB stated it is currently developing… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising £217,800 through its first Crowdcube funding round, UK-based premiere alcohol tea blend company Noveltea has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform, seeking a minimum of £150,000.  As previously reported, NovelTea, which was launched in April 2017 by co-founders Vincent Efferoth and… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance, one of largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced an investment in Founders Bank based in Malta. Several months back, Binance famously migrated operations from Asia to Malta – an important coup for the “blockchain island.” Malta has enacted legislation designed to encourage blockchain… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 9:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Barcelona-based Nano by Saurina, a cosmetic brand that aims to maximize the positive results from aesthetic medicine and cosmetic treatments while avoiding the need for further treatment, is seeking to raise £250,000 for 10.94% equity with the help of Crowdcube investors. To date, in the early… Read More

July 11, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Money management chatbot Plum is now supporting challenger banks Monzo and Starling Bank. Plum states that it already supports most major UK banks and currently has around 130,000 users – collected since launch in 2017. Plum states that is has so far saved £24 million… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one year after raising more than £1.3 million through its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, edtech startup Zzish has returned to the funding portal and quickly secured its initial £300,000 funding target thanks to more than 75 investors. Zzish aims to give every… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

First, we had initial coin offerings (ICOs). Today, we have the first “initial convertible coin offering” (ICCO), according to Malta based blockchain firm Palladium.  The Palladium site says it is offering “banking designed for the crypto age as Palladium consolidates access to crypto & fiat… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Seedrs crowd has indicated that a “dabbl” do ya. dabbl, a UK app-only share buying service, blasted by its initial £350,000 Seedrs crowdfunding target and is now nearing £600,000 – more than 60% overfunded – thanks to the more than 215 investors who are… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plum, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for personal finance, has successfully secured its initial 850,000 funding target through its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. This round of funding comes less than a year after Plum raised nearly £925,000 on the funding portal.  As previously reported, Plum was launched… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

  TrustToken, is looking to raise $61 million in an security token on CoinList. TrustToken will be offering its native platform token – TrustToken (TRU). TrustToken is already backed by multiple big VC names, including; A16Z Crypto, Founders Fund Angel (Pathfinder), Jump Trading Capital, Foundation… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Crowdvilla, a Real Estate Platform, will list its token on the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) becoming the third token to do so. GBX is a subsidiary of the EU-regulated Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) and has positioned itself to be a jurisdiction of preference for blockchain based… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysme, a UK-based fintech startup, is now seeking 200,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Launched in May 2018, the company stated it aims to deliver increase mobile engagement by championing small business owners in their local communities as they help shape the future of… Read More