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May 10, 2021 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Penfold, a UK-based digital pension solution, has successfully secured more than £3 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which originally sought to raise a minimum of £1 million, has attracted nearly 700 Crowdcube investors so far. Launched in 2019, Penfold stated its mission… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    The Naked Collective,  a carbon-neutral wellness company, will be closing its Crowdcube campaign later this week with more than €1.87 million. Through the crowdfunding campaign, The Nake Collective originally sought to raise €1.5 million on the funding platform and has attracted more than 330 Crowdcube… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  The Naked Collective,  a carbon-neutral wellness company, has successfully secured nearly €1.9 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which originally sought to raise €1.5 million, has attracted close to 300 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2019, The Naked Collective describes itself as… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Pedal Me, a UK-based e-cargo on-demand bike service, has successfully secured more than £400,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which recently made its debut, originally sought to raise £150,000 and has so far attracted 630 Crowdcube investors. Founded in… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

ikigai, a banking and Wealthtech company, is now overfunding on Crowdcube after topping its £1.2 million funding target. As of today, ikigai has raised £1.33 million backed by 455 individual investors. ikigai is raising capital at a pre-money valuation of £10.95 million. The Fintech has… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm iKVA, founded at the University of Cambridge, has raised £1.5 million in seed funding to help roll out their technology. The new funding is in addition to pre-seed funding of £175,000 raised in 2018. The funding has been secured from  Cambridge… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  VitraCash, a UK-based digital credit card app, has successfully raised nearly £230,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which recently made its debut on the Crowdcube platform, originally sought to raise £50,000 and has already attracted more than 680 Crowdcube investors. VitraCash… Read More

April 19, 2021 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  White Peak Distillery, a distillery based in the Peak District region, has raised more than £1.14 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which originally sought to raise £500,000, has so far attracted nearly 800 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2016, White Peak Distillery… Read More

April 11, 2021 @ 10:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Swipii, a Scotland-based marketing tool for local businesses, has successfully secured more than £800,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which originally sought to raise £750,000, has attracted over 400 Crowdcube investors so far. A total of £708,232 of the funds on the… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 10:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Less than a year after raising more than £700,000 through its recent Crowdcube round, UK-based food brand Fullgreen (formerly CauliRice) has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, and has already surpassed its initial £600,000 funding target from nearly 500 Seedrs investors. As previously reported,… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Tred, a UK-based green debit card, has successfully secured its initial £400,000 funding target through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The campaign has attracted more than 300 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2019, Tred claims to be the first UK green debit card that allows users track, reduce and offset… Read More

April 6, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off the revelation that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was not inclined to approve the merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube, Seedrs co-founder and Chairman Jeff Lynn was recently interviewed by the FT. Speaking with the broadsheet, Lynn “warned that the UK competition… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 1:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Monva, a UK-based intelligent comparison platform for financial products and services, has surpassed its initial  £200,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company launched the funding round earlier this month and has so far attracted more than 380 Crowdcube investors.  As previously… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has publicly acknowledged the decision by Crowdcube and Seedrs to abandon the proposed merger of the two venture financing platforms. This past week, the CMA announced it had provisionally decided not to allow the merger to be consecrated…. Read More

March 25, 2021 @ 10:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Swipii, a Scotland-based marketing tool for local businesses, has successfully surpassed its initial £750,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2014, Swipii states it brings shippers the “simplest way” to save money when they shop locally while providing retailers with an automated… Read More

March 25, 2021 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday it was reported that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had provisionally decided to not allow the merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube. The two securities crowdfunding platforms combined were seen as dominating online capital formation for early-stage ventures to the point it would… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sugi, a UK-based green investment mobile app, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £385,000 raised. The funding round, which originally sought to raise £350,000 has attracted 275 Crowdcube investors. Sugi is now offering 3.62% in equity at a £9.5 million… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its provisional finding indicating it is not inclined to approve the merger between Seedrs and Crowdcube. In its decision, the CMA said the combined company would control at least 90% of the UK crowdfunding market thus… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Freetrade, a commission-free trading app that is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raised a $69 million Series B funding round led by Left Lane Capital. The valuation was not disclosed. Draper Esprit and L Catterton also participated in the round. Freetrade… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Juggle, a UK-based professional employment platform, has successfully secured its initial £350,000 equity crowdfunding target through its Crowdcube campaign. The funding round has so far attracted more than 300 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2015, Juggle describes itself as a digital platform for companies to find,… Read More