June 4, 2019 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation) has been ruminating on the challenges of accounting for cryptocurrency for some time now. Next week (June 11-12), the IFRS Interpretations Committee will be holding a meeting in London with crypto on the agenda listed as one of… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 8:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based current accounting and tax platform Coconut has successfully secured more than £1.3 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, which is set to close next week. The funding round has attracted more than 1,500 investors. As previously reported, Coconut describes itself as a current account that takes… Read More

November 11, 2018 @ 8:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based current accounting and tax platform Coconut has successfully secured more than £1 million in funding from over 1,000 investors through its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube. The campaign was launched earlier this month and quickly raised its initial £500,000 funding target.  As previously reported, Coconut describes… Read More

November 6, 2018 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based current accounting and tax platform Coconut has quickly secured its initial £500,000 funding target through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Founded in 2016, Coconut describes itself as a current account that takes care of a user’s accounting and tax. The platform is designed specifically for freelancers,… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than three years after raising £139,828 through its first Seedrs campaign, Senta, a cloud-based application that aids accounting firms, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and already securing its initial £390,000 funding target from more than 100 investors. Founded in 2014, The Senta platform is described as a service that… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender to SMEs, OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK), announced on Tuesday it is expanding its Accountant Advisor Program after hiring of new accountant relationship managers in three locations: Louisville, Kentucky, Miami, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. According to OnDeck, the Accountant Advisor Program is a state-of-the-art referral platform helping accounting… Read More

March 3, 2016 @ 12:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Bond Street, an online lending platform for small businesses, and ICB, the world’s largest bookkeeping membership organization, today announced a partnership to offer ICB USA members a “fast and affordable financing solution” for their clients, according to the release. The collaboration will enable ICB bookkeepers to… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CPA.com today announced a marketing partnership with Biz2Credit, a leading small business lending marketplace. Biz2Credit’s cloud-based platform gives entrepreneurs and small business owners access to a network of more than 1,300 prescreened lenders. Financing, which ranges from $5,000 to $5 million, can be arranged in as little… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in May, Edinburgh-based cloud accounting provider, FreeAgent, took to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs with a mission to raise funds for its vision of “Democratising Accounting.” Since its launch in 2007, FreeAgent has grown into an established, highly-regarded technology innovator, with customers in 100 countries and… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 10:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FreeAgent, the multi-award winning cloud accounting provider, today launched a £1M crowdfunding round with Seedrs to accelerate its vision of “Democratising Accounting” for UK micro-businesses and freelancers. The cloud accounting pioneer will use funding to to accelerate development of its  product and introduce more micro-businesses and freelancers to… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Technology SMEs are planning to expand in 2015, with a third (32%) of small IT companies planning to apply for funding in the new financial year to meet growth plans, finds a new survey from online bookkeeping service Crunch Traditional funding methods remain the most popular… Read More

August 12, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

British cloud accounting software company, Clear Books, is aiming to raise £3.3 million on its own equity crowdfunding offering.  This follows its first oversubscribed crowdfunding offer from last year. The company is offering 275,000 shares at a subscription price of £12 per share. Whereas its competitors… Read More