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April 13, 2018 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the fastest growing social networks and messaging apps in the world, Telegram, has been hit with a ban from Russian authorities. Roskomnadzor, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, posted on their site; “The procedure for restricting… Read More

April 13, 2018 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

  Fintech Oval Money, a Robo-advisor founded by Benedetta Arese Lucini former CEO of Uber Italy, reports it has raised a total of £1.3 million in funding. Earlier this year, Oval listed on Crowdcube where it raised £632,000, according to the campaign page. Oval reports… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 9:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

INIU, a Portugal-based natural juice brand, is now seeking £500,000 through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Founded in 2016, INIU states it was “born” to reinforce a healthy lifestyle by giving each person the “power” to pick an alternative to the unhealthy beverages on the shelves…. Read More

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

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Landbay announced on Thursday it is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs next Tuesday (April 17th). The campaign quickly secured its initial £1.25 million and has successfully raised more than £1.4 million thanks to over 250 investors. As previously reported, Landbay was… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Investment manager Downing LLP has launched of a new bond on its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, paying 7.6% p.a. interest to investors by lending £10M to projects across the UK’s reserve power market. [clickToTweet tweet=”.@Downingcrowd Reserve Power Bond will enable investment of up to £10M in… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Frank Fu, Managing Director at Chinese tech firm Meitu, has invested $2 million in MyDFS. The blockchain based company wants to change how fans play online daily fantasy sports with smart contracts. MyDFS has also brought Fu on board as an advisor to the company. “The… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding round comes to an end on Crowdcube, UK-based insurtech Midrive has successfully secured more than £2 million from over 575 investors. The company quickly secured its initial £1.8 million funding target. Founded in 2013, Midrive is an insurance company… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celo, an app-based insurance provider, is now seeking £100,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The insurtech company reported that it is planning to offer insurance cover for motor vehicles, travel, health, and gadgets. It noted that like how challenger banks Monzo and Starling Bank took… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 2:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CapitalRise.com, the online property finance marketplace, has successfully closed Farrier’s Way, its fastest investment raise to date, with two-thirds of investors using the ISA to benefit from tax free returns. The investment proved incredibly popular and the full amount of £1.4 million was funded by… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a year after completing its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, Japanese snack and meal solutions brand, Miso Tasty, has returned to the funding portal and secured its £150,000 funding target in four hours.  As previously reported, Miso Tasty was launched in 2014… Read More

April 8, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Musicians are increasingly looking to crypto to secure and boost bottom lines. Korean paper The Chosun Ilbo reported in February that Korean girl band T-ara are working with Australian firm ENTCash to produce a cryptocurrency or token that fans will be able to trade for… Read More

April 7, 2018 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Winebuyers, an e-commerce platform that connects vineyards and wine merchants directly to the end consumer, has successfully secured its initial £525,000 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The funding round was launched last month and was recently extended. So far, it has attracted nearly 185 investors. As… Read More

April 7, 2018 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitfinex, a digital asset trading platform that offers state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced on Saturday the introduction of twelve new token listings to its trading platform. According to Bitfinex, the newly introduced token listings have a combined market capitalization of… Read More

April 6, 2018 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Midrive, a UK-based insurtech that’s on a mission to reinventing driving and insurance for the digital generation, is now nearing £2 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The campaign was launched last month and successfully secured £1.8 million. So far, the funding round has… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after completing its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, peer-to-peer car rental platform Hiyacar is now seeking £500,000 on Crowdcube. HiyaCar, formerly known as Ascendia Drive, states it is on a mission to change the way we own and use cars. Its online platform allows car… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Riversimple, a Wales-based hydrogen-electric car company, recently announced it received an invitation to participate in the Dubai Future Accelerator program. This news comes as the company successful secures more than £1 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. As previously reported, Riversimple designed a new car, the Rasa,… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 10:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

WISeKey International Holding Ltd ( SIX: WIHN), a global cybersecurity and IoT company, will launch its WISeCoin in Q4 2018. WISeCoin will be funded by an ICO with forthcoming private pre-sales starting in Q3 2018. The company expects high demand for WISeCoin. Founded by Chairman… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 8:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Etherparty Smart Contracts Inc., a Vancouver blockchain tech company, is now accepting applications for its Rocket Three for Free contest, which will offer three projects or startups the opportunity to win full use of Etherparty’s new cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform, Rocket, free of charge. Founded by Lisa… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 5:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund says it is experiencing “exponential growth” in the tax year ending 5 April 2018. Having completed its second full year of operating the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), Crowd2Fund says the amount of IFISA funds held on the platform increasing 83% year-on-year by the end… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 4:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cords & Co. team has recently launched their crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe calling it “a dream come true”. Founded by Mikael Söderlindh and Viktor Tell in 2016, the founders are described as some of the most successful Swedish entrepreneurs within the tech and fashion… Read More