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October 10, 2019 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK’s largest investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has shared their top-line results for Q3. According to the platform, Crowdcube has achieved record revenue. Revenue is up 38%, reaching £2.2 million, totaling £58.7 million of pledged investment. During the quarter, a record ​62,000 in pledged investments… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snaffling Pig, a UK-based pork brand, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £1.1 million raised from nearly 1600 investors. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £750,000 funding target. The company is offering… Read More

October 8, 2019 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Patch, a UK-based modern plant shop for “modern plant people,” has not only surpassed its initial £500,000 funding target, it is now nearing £1.1 million secured during its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Through the funding round, the company is offering 5.05% in equity at… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

ID Finance, said to be the fastest-growing Fintech in Spain, is queuing up a crowdfunding offering on Crowdcube. ID Finance reports that it should hit €90 million in top-line revenue this year making it one of the largest companies to raise capital on Crowdcube so… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 12:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, online marketplace making car buying carwow is set to close the funding round this weekend with more than £4.6 million secured. Founded in 2013, carwow notably helps customers all through the car searching process. It… Read More

October 3, 2019 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced on Thursday it has appointed the former head of Samsung Pay Europe, Nathalie Oestmann, as its new Chief Operating Officer. According to Curve, Oestmann will be responsible… Read More

October 2, 2019 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AI-powered automatic savings account mobile app, Chip, is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £3.9 million secured. The funding round was launched at the end of September and quickly secured its initial £1 million funding target. Chip is… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Genomes.io, a UK-based secure and private DNA data storage and sharing application, has successfully secured its initial £800,000 funding target and is now nearing £900,000 through its recently launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2017, Genomes.io stated it believes individuals should be able… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading UK based crowdfunding platform, is out with a note touting the fact they have funded 3 out of 16 (19%) of the UK’s active unicorns. These three companies include BrewDog, Monzo and Revolut. Crowdcube reports that in the past 12 months, the… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

JustPark recently launched an offering on Crowdcube which easily raised £5.5 million in 48 hours during the pre-registration portion of the round. According to the company, £1 million was raised in under one hour as the company booked an investment every 2 seconds. The private… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 9:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days before its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube is set to close, self-service multi-currency note/coin exchange machine developer Fourex has successfully secured its initial £900,000 funding target from more than 550 investors. As previously reported, Fourex’s machines use image recognition technology to automatically… Read More

September 27, 2019 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising  £3.4 million through its previous Crowdcube round, AI-powered automatic savings account mobile app, Chip, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform. Originally seeking £1 million, the company quickly surpassed the funding target has now raised over £3.4 million from… Read More

September 22, 2019 @ 10:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snaffling Pig, a UK-based pork brand, has successfully surpassed its initial £750,000 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The campaign was launched earlier this month and the company is offering 7.67% in equity at a £10 million pre-money valuation. Founded in 2015, Snaffling Pig… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Idle Man, a menswear fashion brand, crowdfunded on Crowdcube back in 2015 raising a respectable £793,000 from over 400 investors. A  couple of years later, The Idle Man returned to Crowdcube seeking £500,000. At that time, in a blog post, CEO Oliver Tezcan touted… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 3:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing more than £2.6 million in funding through its previously Crowdcube campaign, UK-based parking innovator JustPark has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has already raised more than £5.8 million from nearly 3000 investors.  As previously reported, JustPark was… Read More

September 13, 2019 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gendius, a UK-based diabetes research company, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £475,000 in funding from nearly 385 investors. The campaign was launched earlier this summer and quickly raised its initial £400,000 funding target. As previously reported, Gendius… Read More

September 12, 2019 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arival Bank, a digital-only challenger bank, has closed its crowdfunded bridge round (preferred equity) on SeedInvest-Crowdcube. Arival is the creation of a VC firm based in Singapore that claims 20 investments & multiple exits. The securities offering was a cross-Atlantic crowdfunding offering via the two… Read More

September 5, 2019 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Curve knocked it out of the park this week in an investment crowdfunding round that crushed multiple records on the Crowdcube platform. In brief, Curve raised £6 million (about $7.4 million) in less than one day. Crowdcube reports that many of the prior records… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 6:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

As Crowdfund Insider reported earlier this week, Fintech Curve became the fastest crowdfunding offering ever to top £4 million on Crowdcube hitting that amount in minutes. Today, the securities offering is completed as 9555 smaller investors funded just shy of £6 million in 6 hours… Read More

September 3, 2019 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Curve, a UK based Fintech crowdfunding on Crowdcube, is killing it, according to a note from the company. Curve now claims to be the fastest startup to top £4 million ever crowdfunding on Crowdcube topping the amount in “just minutes” after opening up the offer…. Read More