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July 16, 2014 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has released some half year numbers regarding their progress.  The young company shares they have raised £15 million for all of 2014.  That makes approximately £30 million since the site launched in 2011.  Some other data points include: 131… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Powered Now Raises Equity on Crowdfunding Platform Crowdcube. Tech start-up Powered Now, a mobile administrative app for tradesmen, has cruised by its equity crowdfunding target of £350,000 after just 12 days and is now overfunding. The additional capital will be used to further market and… Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

FarmDrop backed by ASOS and Street Car founders. FarmDrop, a new way to buy and sell local and seasonal food is raising capital on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  The digital farmer’s market has launched a campaign to raise £400,000 representing 17% equity in the company…. Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring an alternative to white rice, UK-based Cauli-Rice launched a Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign to raise £300,000 in equity for its low calorie meal. Cauli-Rice is considered a rice replacement product that has 80% less calories but with the same level of taste and satisfaction… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

New fitness concept 1Rebel is looking to raise £1,150,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube and they have already surpassed the half way mark standing at over£700,000 raised as of today.  The campaign has attracted the interest of 61 investors so far – with a single… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The best equity crowdfunded – Angel deal award was present to Lovespace at the UK Business Angels Association award ceremony last night.  Lovespace overfunded on Crowdcube easily exceeding their £600,000 objective and then found additional capital from DN Capital who added a significant £250,00 to the till.  … Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Devon, UK based tech start-up, Powered Now, has announced the launch of its investment pitch on Crowdcube equity crowdfunding platform. Aiming to raise £350,000 from the crowd, the pitch is open to anyone interested in supporting Powered Now’s new technology. The young company will use… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we recently reported in Crowdfund Insider, Odyssey Airlines is the first company ever to offer equity crowdfunding in two different countries simultaneously.  This is the second part in a series about this “first” for the crowdfunding world.  In the United Kingdom, Odyssey is currently… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chilango “Burrito Bond” has trotted past their £1 million funding goal in “mini-bonds” and is now over-funding.  As of this writing the debt based crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube stood at £1,073,500 funded by 318 investors.  This is the second successful mini-bond offering from the UK… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Odyssey Airlines is a UK-based company that wants to offer business class travel, at a decent price, on transatlantic routes. When so many airlines are cutting back on already dismal service – Odyssey is innovating by seeking to provide better service – at a fair… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 7:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

London-based Scaramouche & Fandango has raised £84,510 for the 12.50% equity offered on its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, securing funds from 29 investors towards its £150,000 goal. According to the campaign’s website, Scaramouche & Fandango launched with a small and core range of health products for men,… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Raising capital on Crowdcube, River Cottage, a restaurant and food business founded by Hugh Feamley-Whittingstall & Rob Love, quickly raised £1 million in min-bonds – a new type of security offering for the crowdfunding platform.  It took just 36 hours for 283 investors to scoop… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Hatched, an online low cost estate agent with offices across Wales and England, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000 for a 5% equity stake in the company.  Just recently launched the campaign has already attracted the interest from 29 investors…. Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Data analytics company Beauhurst has released their Q1 numbers for equity investments in the UK and the numbers are pretty encouraging.  Recently the UK has reported positive economic numbers on multiple fronts and the Beauhurst report mirrors this trend.  This trajectory may be continuing as… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube’s very first min-bond offering from London based Mexican food chain Chilango – dubbed the Burrito Bond – has rocketed out of the gate.  The security offering quickly leaped past £350,000 ($590,000 USD) raised as it sprinted towards the £1 million final goal.  The bond… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has announced expansion into multiple markets beyond their UK base.  The most recent big move was opening up shop in Spain where they have put a local team of managers in place.  This southern European country has not been known for their entrepreneurial environment… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UK based investment crowdfunding platform, has announced a new type of assert for the crowdfunding platforms investors: the Crowdcube Mini-Bond.  Crowdcube now offers three paths to investing online:  equity, venture fund and the mini-bond. The investment crowdfunding platform that has offered only equity… Read More

June 9, 2014 @ 1:05 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The RollerScoot is an award-winning, patented powered mobility vehicle which creates a new, much needed concept in the mobility market. Invented by Ian Gray, a physiotherapist with design and retail of mobility equipment experience, and backed by an advisory team with experience in international business… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, has attracted major venture capital, DN Capital, alongside the crowd to help raise£1.6M on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. LOVESPACE, which was named one of the UK’s top-50 most disruptive companies, is the first… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has made it no secret they intend on a broad global expansion – in Europe and around the world.  They have mentioned previously their plans to  start a site in Spain – and in a recent email to followers Crowdcube shared they are preparing… Read More