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February 16, 2015 @ 5:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week Crowdfund Insider published a write up on the regulatory review completed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom. At that time Crowdfund Insider quoted the FCA document that summed things up: “We have seen the crowdfunding market continue to grow rapidly. We recognise that it is… Read More

February 15, 2015 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Enclothed, a bespoke shopping service that just closed its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube, raised £800,000 from 378 investors following a popular pitch on Dragons Den. The company initially intended on raising £400,000 but investor demand propelled the offer into overfunding boosted by the visit… Read More

February 13, 2015 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based JustPark, formerly known as ParkatmyHouse.com, is seeking to raise £1 million during its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The project launched earlier this month and has already captured over half of the initial goal thanks to nearly 1,200 investors. JustPark is apparently leading the disruption of… Read More

February 12, 2015 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, London-based Enclothed, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £400,000. The website is considered a virtual “personal shopper” to men that are looking to avoid busy department stores and crazy clothing prices. Sharing details about the website, the Enclothed team stated, “Here… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 3:40 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

While Camden Town Brewery is riding a wave of beer-brewing success, the London-based brewery is starting to hit a obstacle to continued growth: their original built-from-scratch building in the railway arches next to Kentish Town West overground station. It’s become too small to help the… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cell Therapy, British biotech company co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Sir Martin Evans, announced that it has raised £689,246 through crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to help cell-based regeneration medicine for heart trauma get to the market. The project’s description reads,”Cell Therapy Limited (CTL) has developed a breakthrough… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last November, Caterham Formula One racing team took to crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £2.3 million to get to the season finale in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The project became super popular and even raised 1.1 million during its first three days on the platform. Unfortunately, Reuters reported… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 11:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Compare & Share, a website that aggregates the sharing economy, has returned to the pages of Crowdcube for a second round of funding. The young company first raised capital on Crowdcube back in October of 2013.  The first crowdfunding round sought a raise of £50,000… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 8:58 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

One month into 2015 and we’ve seen a lot of predictions being made.  But what is much harder to predict than exponential growth, is a selection of crowdfunding platforms that will be the winners of 2015! What are the platforms that we’ll have to watch… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

  Raising capital on investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, London based coffee perfectionists Taylor St Baristas has closed its mini-bond offer having topped its £1.5 million funding target.  According to Crowdcube, 504 investors contributed £1,864,000 for a security that generates an 8% annual rate of return… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Crowdfund Insider reported on Alchemiya, a premium online subscription-based video on demand platform for Muslim entertainment, which launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £60,000 so that it may expand its already growing services. It was known as the first Muslim media company… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Debrett‘s, an online source on British social skills, etiquette and style, recently announced its annual Britain’s 500 Most Influential List. This list features very well known people in British society and is carefully complied by independent panels of specialists in each field who has provided… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has gotten in the habit of handing out rewards to some of the more interesting and more creative companies that have raised capital via their platform each year.  It is a bit of the “best of the best” sort of thing where individual campaigns are… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, London-based pizzeria Pizza Rossa debuted its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £150,000 to expand. Now, with only a few days left, the project has officially surpassed its initial goal and is currently sitting at nearly £154,000. As previously reported, Pizza Rossa… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vinoa, a London-based wine subscription company, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £450,000 so it may scale the business throughout the UK. Vinoa reportedly offers its subscribers a monthly sample box of great wines that are delivered via mail. Customers are also able… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Good Egg has successfully raised over £216,400 with the help of over 205 investors through its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign, overfunding by 120%. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider’s Samantha Hurst, The Good Egg which was inspired by Californian deli Wise Sons, has not only drawn the… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 20th), Alchemiya, a premium online subscription-based video on demand platform for Muslim entertainment, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £60,000 so that it may expand its already growing services. According to the campaign, Alchemiya aims to present the world’s… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Exeter based Crowdcube has just boosted its executive bench with the hire of Bill Simmons. The new Chief Financial Officer will be assisting the young company in managing its growth as it looks towards the crowdfunding future. Simmons actually quietly came on board at the tail end… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 12:14 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

For specialty coffee company Taylor St. Baristas, the crowdfunding cup runneth over. The London-based enterprise is now overfunding on Crowdcube, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, with less than a day left in the campaign. Taylor St. Baristas’ mini-bond, with an 8 percent interest rate, has… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, London-based Business First Magazine debuted its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £75,000 so that it may expand it’s already growing publication. The publish is an established magazine that is seeking to celebrate the “spirit of enterprise” in the same way as U.S.’s… Read More