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May 3, 2019 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Too much of a good thing? Perhaps. Crowdcube listed a crowdfunding offering for Freetrade on April 25, 2019. Soon after the offer went live, the Crowdcube site went down. According to a post by Crowdcube CTO Rich Pearce, Freetrade generated the highest number of investments… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after raising more than £450,000 through its Crowdcube round, digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to secure an additional £700,000 in funding. As previously reported, MarketsFlow was launched in 2017 by technologist and entrepreneur Tom… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 10:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Blanco Niño is enjoying a strong return to Crowdcube. Five years ago the startup raised over £123K on its first campaign, overfunding by 206% with the help of 100 investors. As of today, Ireland-based Blanco Niño has secured over £183,250 from 86+ investors, quickly surpassing… Read More

April 26, 2019 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Live&Loud, a UK-based company that matches up hospitality venues and music artists, aiming to make it easier than ever to book live gigs, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. The campaign was launched last month and… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

A report in the Times asks pointed questions regarding a crowdfunding campaign by Recruitive Software that may have failed to disclose material information regarding the firm while the securities offering was ongoing. The Times states: “A collapsed software developer failed to disclose that it had… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week Crowdcube published a quarterly report providing additional insight into the crowdfunding platforms operations. The UK based platform published the following comparative metrics indicating significant growth versus the same quarter year prior: Key metrics for Q1 2019 compared to Q1 2018 £1.8 million revenue; an… Read More

April 21, 2019 @ 9:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Festicket, a UK-based music festival experience marketplace, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £4.1 million in funding. The funding round, which launched last month, sought to raise £4 million. Festicket attracted £3.5 million prior to the campaign’s launch.  As… Read More

April 20, 2019 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crate Brewery, a microbrewery and pizzeria located at The White Building in London’s Hackney Wick,  is set to close its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube with more than 800,000 in funding from nearly 1220 investors. Founded in 2012, Crate claims it has become one of… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 2:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

When Bee Good, a British business using local honey, wax and propolis to create award-winning natural skincare, synced with Crowdcube, Co-Founder Simon Cavill set the initial goal for £100,000.  Over 465 Crowdcube investors quickly helped the skincare company pre-valuated at £1,785,348 surpass £258K for 12.69%… Read More

April 16, 2019 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GeoDB, a UK-based fintech start that aims to provide a big data marketplace that includes an encrypted, safe, transparent, verified, accurate and decentralized datapool, has successfully secured its initial £750,000 equity crowdfunding target on Crowdcube. As previously reported, GeoDB was co-founded in 2018 by Chairman… Read More

April 14, 2019 @ 9:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Propio, a UK-based property investment platform, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £350,000 from nearly 465 investors. As previously reported, Propio describes itself as the home of the Property ISA.  Its platform notably combines decades of property expertise… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 4:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As many Crowdfund Insiders know, beer campaigns have raised incredible amounts of funding over the years — who can forget BrewDog, Garage Beer, Sly Fox, BeerBods, The Bottle Shop? On Crowdcube alone, Chadlington Brewery, Crowns and Hops Brewing Co, Redwell Brewery and Crate Brewery are currently raising… Read More

April 9, 2019 @ 5:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Festicket, one of the world’s largest marketplaces for music festival experiences which is backed by Edge Investments, Beringea and Channel 4 and with over 1M customers to date,  allows customers to discover, plan and book their festival experiences in one place. Last month Festicket initiated… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Propio, a UK-based property investment platform, has successfully secured its initial £300,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round has so far attracted more than 325 investors since launching last month. As previously reported, Propio describes itself as the home of… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 5:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech startup GeoDB aims to provide a big data marketplace that includes an encrypted, safe, transparent, verified, accurate and decentralized datapool and also to solve the existing problems of the growing big data industry. The platform has recently begun £750,000 crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for… Read More

March 31, 2019 @ 9:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing more than £1.6 million in funding through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, intelligent headphone creator Kokoon has launched a new funding round on Seedrs to raise £1 million. As previously reported, Kokoon is seeking to bring the world… Read More

March 29, 2019 @ 9:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dragon Den alum GripIt is now set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £1.2 million in funding from more than 730 investors. GripIt originally sought to raise £1 through the round, which is set to close on Monday.  As previously… Read More

March 28, 2019 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blueprints, a UK-based investment platform for equitable development projects, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £1 million in funding. The investment round was launched in January, originally seeking £950,000 and has attracted 300 investors.  As previously reported, Blueprints’ mission… Read More

March 27, 2019 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Embley Energy, a UK-based clean and renewable energy source, is now seeking £1.5 million through its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for its SPERBOY device. According to Embley Energy, the SPERBOY device has the ability to generate large amounts of energy through wave power…. Read More

March 27, 2019 @ 7:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech firm Nutmeg announced on Wednesday it is planning to launch a crowdfunding round this upcoming summer through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. This news comes just a couple of months after the company secured £45 million through its latest funding round, which was led… Read More