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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

March 3, 2017 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after launching its third equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, POD Point not only secured its initial 1.5 million funding target, it also closed the latest funding round, which was part of a larger £9 million fundraise led by venture capital firm Draper Esprit, who… Read More

March 2, 2017 @ 1:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over 48 hours after opening pre-registration for its upcoming equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, app-only bank  Monzo (formally know as Mondo) has attracted more than £8.8 million in interest. The company’s original target for the funding round was £2.5 million, and the funds from the… Read More

March 1, 2017 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rêve En Vert, a global online retailer specializing in sustainable fashion and lifestyle, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £300,000 as it prepares to expand its online venture. This initiative’s debut comes less than a year after the company sought to raise £600,000… Read More

February 28, 2017 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

App-only bank Monzo (formally know as Mondo) announced on Tuesday it opened pre-registration for its new equity crowdfunding campaign. Originally seeking £2.5 million, the company has attracted more than £5.8 million in interest so far. As previously reported, Monzo launched its first crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube and raised… Read More