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March 22, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pepper, a software platform that creates merchant branded apps to drive loyalty and increase customer spending, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target from more than 150 investors on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The company, which was launched in 2015, is currently live in… Read More

March 21, 2017 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Crowdcube campaign set to close this upcoming Friday, fashion brand ME+EM is nearing £1.25 million thanks to more than 750 investors. Prior to the campaign’s debut, ME + EM secured £400,000 from lead investors. ME+EM describes itself as a UK fashion in the direct-to-consumer… Read More

March 21, 2017 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based microscope company ioLight has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding target during its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. ioLight, which was founded in 2014 by Andrew Monk and Richard Williams, is the maker of a high-resolution portable microscope that displays images directly on tablets or smartphones…. Read More

March 20, 2017 @ 12:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Crowdcube initiative set to close this upcoming weekend, UK-based home security company Cocoon is nearing £2.3 million thanks to 925 investors. The company previously captured $252,538 from 860 backers in 2014 through reward-based crowdfunding portal, Indiegogo, for its one device home security system. Prior to the… Read More

March 18, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than one week until its second Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, ioLight is currently nearing its initial £250,000 funding target. This initiative comes just two years after the company raised £242,180 from 249 through the equity crowdfunding platform. The company, which was founded in… Read More

March 17, 2017 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a week after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, UK-based Love Cheesecake has not only secured its initial £75,000 funding target; it is now nearing £90,000 thanks to more than 140 investors. Founded in 2011, the company states it designs, manufactures and sells… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Floom, an online marketplace that connects consumers with independent florists, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The website is currently seeking £390,000 to continue growth and expansion. The platform, which was founded by Lana Elie, was designed to solve the problem of finding… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

App-only bank Monzo (formally know as Mondo) has completed the pre-registration portion of its second equity crowdfunding campaign. The company sought to raise £2.5 million, and by the end of the pre-registration round, it secured £12 million. A total of 41,267 people pledged to invest. More than £12… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elite Training Experience (aka ETE), a provider of warm weather triathlon training camps, is nearing £140,000 in funding during the final hours of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company launched the initiative last month, seeking £125,000.  ETE, which was founded by Julian Hucker in 2016, is looking… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter and Crowdcube alum, PrimoToys, announced on Monday the launch of its new initiative, Girls Can Code Too. The company revealed: “This is a well-documented shortage of female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions in the UK. For years, the industry has battled with the… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Ben’s Canteen launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube last week. The company secured £150,000 from friends, family and a small group of Canteen customers before publicly launching the initiative. It is now nearing £400,000. Founded in 2011 by experienced multi-channel marketer, Ben Walton, Ben’s… Read More

March 11, 2017 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just 24 hours left until its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, online tutor marketplace Tutora is set to close the funding round with nearly £700,000 in funding. The company launched the initiative last month seeking £350,000. Tutora was launched… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dragons Den alum GripIt has successfully secured its second Crowdcube campaign’s initial £1.5 million funding target from 900 investors. This initiative comes less than one year after the company raised nearly £2 million from over 600 investors through its first equity crowdfunding campaign. GripIt describes itself as… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly two weeks until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, UK-based home security company Cocoon successfully secured its new £2 million funding target (originally £2.5 million) from nearly 750 investors. Before launching the initiative, the company raised £1,025,000 from Aviva Group Holdings and Breed Reply… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

  Leading investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has now crowdfunded 50 deals of £1 million or more. Cauli Rice, a company that has used Crowdcube to raise capital in the past, closed its funding round at £1.4 million backed by 1038 investors.  Crowdcube pointed out that… Read More

March 8, 2017 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On International Women’s Day, Crowdcube celebrated female entrepreneurs that have previously or currently participated on its equity crowdfunding platform The funding portal stated: “We’ve previously written about how crowdfunding is redressing the balance of traditional finance and this still rings true for 2016 and 2017,… Read More

March 7, 2017 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after launching its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign, The Wild Beer Co. has successfully secured its initial £1 million funding target thanks to nearly 850 investors. As previously reported, The Wild Beer Co. launched in 2012, stated that during its first four years… Read More

March 6, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, tutor marketplace Tutora has successfully surpassed its initial £350,000 and has secured nearly £425,000 from more than 450 investors. Tutora was launched by co-founders Scott Woodley and Mark Hughes less than two years ago…. Read More

March 4, 2017 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, UK-based The Wild Beer Co. launched an equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. The brewing company is currently £1 million as it prepares to expand and build a new 50,000 square foot, 12,000,000 1/yr capacity, destination brewery at the Bath and West Showground, which… Read More

March 3, 2017 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one week until its second Crowdcube initiative is set to close, online tutor marketplace Tutora is nearing its £350,000 funding target. The campaign was launched at the end of January and has so far raised £340,000 from more than 375 investors. As previously reported,… Read More