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June 10, 2015 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced that three of its funded club businesses have been selected as Pitch to Rich 2015 finalists. The platform declared: “We are delighted to announce that three of our #FundedClub businesses have reached the semi-finals of Richard Branson’s Pitch… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Dragons’ Den judge, Kelly Hoppen, and her board, took to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £1.1 million for her self-titled online affordable luxury homewares business, Kelly Hoppen London. From launch in January 2014 to February 2015, the Kelly Hoppen London attracted circa 1 million… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Adzuna, the UK-based job search engine today launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise  £1.5 million for its mission to “get Britain working.” Within just a few hours, the campaign has raised over £659,330 of its £1,500,000 targeted goal for 5.89% equity offered. Now, with only a little over three weeks until its… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Farmdrop, an award-winning online marketplace in the UK, recently announced that it has received an investment from Alex Chesterman, the man behind Zoopla and LoveFilm. As previously reported, Farmdrop hit equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube last year and secured its initial £400,000 fairly quick. By the… Read More

June 5, 2015 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after launching its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, technology startup Pavegen has successfully raised over £1 million from nearly 1,000 investors. As previously reported, the King’s Cross, London-based company’s technology converts footsteps into electricity, making it possible to power services in high-footfall locations, as well as provide real-time data… Read More

June 4, 2015 @ 5:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Notes, a coffee shop and wine bar with five prime London locations including Canary Wharf and the West End, is a favorite of customers who attracted by its all-day offering:  the coffee shops transform into wine bars every night. With its four successful openings in the past 12 months,… Read More

June 4, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking to expand its operations, North Yorkshire-based healthy eatery, Filmore & Union, recently debuted an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £500,000. Since founded in 2011, Filmore & Union has opened seven locations in the north of England that serves pure, natural and wholesome food both to eat in and… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

  Sugru may not be the sexiest of products but it has been popular with investors. The “first” mouldable glue company surged past £1 million in equity crowdfunding on Crowdcube in just 4 days.  Investors topped 1500, each contributing from £10 to £40,000. The offer… Read More

June 1, 2015 @ 1:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its managing visual content platform, London-based Big Sofa has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £700,000 for 10% of equity. Big Sofa is notably an innovative technology company that helps organizations make more meaning from digital content, including… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 6:06 am By JD Alois  |  

London based startup Cake launched an £ 800,000  Series A crowdfunding round on Crowdcube and they are off to a solid start having topped £300,000 in the first 24 hours. As of today, 21 investors have funded the round with the largest committing £100,000. The offer… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring its products to consumers everywhere, London-based mouldable glue company, Sugru has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £1M for complete global expansion. Surge is described as mouldable glue that makes fixing things easy. Simply stick it, shape it and it turns… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to the crowd for the second time, Good & Proper Tea recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £140,000 for expansion. The UK startup first appeared on rewards-based platform Kickstarter back in October 2012 and took home £14,682. This amount has helped the company create… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced the launch its new office in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new location was help support existing clients in the region and due to the strong growth in number of new businesses being established in the country. CEO of Crowdcube,… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 2:30 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Pavegen is turning footsteps into electricity–yet another reason to get in those 10,000 steps per day. The King’s Cross, London-based company’s technology converts footsteps into electricity, making it possible to power services in high-footfall locations, as well as provide real-time data for analytics. And Pavegen is now… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 9:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Adzuna, the UK-based job search engine today launched its £1.5 million crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for its mission to “get Britain working.” In just a few hours, the campaign has raised over £659,330 of its £1,500,000 targeted goal for 5.89% equity offered. Nearly 70 investors helped Adzuna hit 43% of its goal…. Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Ideas Britain, a mobile platform wherein people submit an idea in less than a minute and compete for support, expert advice and real world commercial backing, has chosen Crowdcube to power its next phase of growth. Aiming to raise £300,000 on Crowdcube, Ideas Britain has already secured over… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Blue & Green Tomorrow, the fastest-growing sustainable lifestyle magazine in the UK, and GreenWise Business, the independent UK green business-to-business (B2B) online news and information publisher, are merging to create the leading online independent publishing powerhouse dedicated to consumers, businesses and investors that want to live,… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Board of Kelly Hoppen London launched a £1.1 million equity crowdfunding campaign through Crowdcube. Investors are being offered the opportunity to invest in the online affordable luxury homewares retail business that focuses on products conceived by Kelly Hoppen MBE, an award-winning English interior designer, author and businesswoman. Kelly… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Birmingham-based mobile payment startup, Droplet, recently finished its crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. Originally seeking £500,000 for a 12.56% in equity, the company has successfully secured nearly £575,000. Droplet is a mobile payments app that allows users to pay without having to queue, and collect rewards on their phone each time they spend.  Supposedly, one of the reasons businesses love the startup is… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to get ahead of its competitors, Spotify, new UK-based Psonar has hit equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £250,000 so that it can continue to develop its music services. Psnoar is described as an on-demand streaming music service (aka a virtual jukebox in the… Read More