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March 6, 2013 @ 2:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Female entrepreneurs are shown to be more active than men and receive more backers per campaign and a higher average donation value, in fact raising 10.75% more money than male run campaigns. The crowd sourcing platform Crowdcube celebrated their 2nd birthday last week and the… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Soholoft has scheduled two webinars featuring top crowdfunding leaders from the emerging crowdfunding industry.  The focal point of The Soho Loft Webinar Series is to showcase the new industry of crowdfunding which possesses a distinctive set of opportunities as well as challenges. This series will… Read More

February 28, 2013 @ 5:59 am By SWNW  |  

Budding investors have been warned to be on their guard against Dragon’s Den-style ‘crowdfunding’ ventures. Experts fear that thousands of people could be left “high and dry” unless tighter controls on the practice are put in place. Crowdfunding appeals to amateur investors because it gives… Read More

February 27, 2013 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based equity crowdfunding site CrowdCube surpasses £5,000,000 in funds raised.  This amount represents 39 businesses funded £2,547 average amount invested 30,239 members Crowdcube was established in 2011 and claims their platform as the first crowdfunding site  to allow ordinary people invest in start ups… Read More

February 18, 2013 @ 3:42 am By ThisIsMoney UK  |  

Gem Misa set up food business Righteous three years ago after giving up a career as a global brand manager with a multinational company to pursue her passion for food. Within months of launching her range of preservative-free, gluten-free salad dressings, she had secured listings… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

UK equity crowdfunding site Crowdcube announce the successful funding of two companies listed on their site today.  Bike Leasing which successfully raised £80,000 for 16% equity in the corporation by receiving support of 46 investors.  The A shares were listed at £7,500 each. The start… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 7:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdCube, the UK based Equity Crowdfunding platform, has initiated a partnership with Constellation Capital.  Constellation Capital describes themselves as: Constellation Capital is a London based advisory firm specialising in early stage technology companies across a wide range of sectors. We provide services ranging from business… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 8:15 am By Out-Law.com  |  

Earlier this month Crowdcube became the first equity crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Crowdcube is a forum that allows businesses to advertise projects they are seeking financial support for and, in return, give investors a share in the… Read More

February 4, 2013 @ 8:17 pm By StartUps UK  |  

Righteous Ltd is seeking a second round of funding through Crowdcube. The healthy salad dressing producer, named Home-based or Freelance Business of the Year at the Startups Awards 2012, has today launched a £150,000 crowdfunding campaign. The pitch follows the success of Righteous’ Crowdcube campaign last year, which… Read More

February 4, 2013 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has finally become authorised and regulated by the British Financial Services Association (FSA).  The original application for authorization was submitted in 2011. This event makes Crowdcube the first authorized crowdfunding platform to allow investors to become direct shareholders in UK… Read More

February 1, 2013 @ 1:12 am By HuffingtonPost  |  

Now here is the 1 percent that you do want to hear about! The world is on the precipice of creating a trillion-dollar crowdfunding market. In Australia, the ASSOB has offered a crowdfunding investment portal since 2005. In the U.K., equity crowdfunding is already in progress, with… Read More

January 30, 2013 @ 7:43 am By Real Business  |  

Banks are never keen to lend money to a business that is just an idea. But without money, how to get a great idea off the ground? Together with co-founder Luke Lang, Darren Westlake found a way around that barrier. Watching Dragons’ Den reminded the… Read More

January 23, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently a superlative document was published by the Milken Institute which reflected upon the current state of crowdfunding domestically within the United States but also drawing on parallels abroad.  This missive was authored  by Messrs.  Chris Brummer, a law professor at Georgetown University and Daniel Gorfine,… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 6:59 am By RealBusiness  |  

Employee numbers: We currently have nine employees, of which more than half work in customer-facing roles. We are also enthusiastically growing our software development team to ensure that Crowdcube continues to be the leading crowdfunding platform on the planet. Growth forecast for the next three… Read More