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Globacap CEO Slams AIM: No Longer Fit for Purpose

Globacap CEO and founder Myles Milston has issued a statement hammering London’s smaller cap exchange, AIM [Alternative Investment Market]. AIM was set up to assist smaller firms in listing shares. Recently, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) posted new rules designed to boost public listings in the… Read More

UK Fintech Fiinu Obtains Banking License, Joins AIM with £53M Valuation

Fintech Group Fiinu has reportedly had its shares admitted to trading on AIM, with a valuation of around £53 million. Fiinu has obtained its deposit-taking bank license from the Bank of England (BoE). The issuing of the bank license/authorization from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)… Read More

LendInvest’s Shares Trade on London Stock Exchange AIM

One of the leading UK-based Fintechs LendInvest is now a publicly-traded firm. LendInvest’s shares commenced trading on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market today in an initial public offering (IPO). Shares are trading under the ticker symbol “LINV”. As was previously reported, LendInvest will raise… Read More

LendInvest Expected to Trade on AIM this Week at £255.6 Million Valuation

Leading property finance Fintech LendInvest is expected to trade on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market this Wednesday (July 14, 2021). According to documents filed with the exchange, LendInvest will raise £40 million at a £255.6 million valuation. 83.7% of shares will remain in the… Read More

Digital Brands Group: DSTLD Transatlantic Crowdfunding Round Closes at $3.2 Million , Plans IPO on AIM for March

Digital Brands Group (DGB), a “digital-first clothing & lifestyle brands” best known for DSTLD, has closed on its most recent securities crowdfunding round. DSTLD / DGB raised $3.2 million in a transatlantic investment offering. US based SeedInvest leveraged its ongoing relationship with UK based Crowdcube… Read More

Crowdfunded on Seedrs, WeSwap Plans Public Listing on AIM

WeSwap, a peer to peer currency exchange platform, is going public on AIM. Back in 2016, WeSwap raised £2.45 million on Seedrs at a pre-money valuation of £24.1 million. The crowdfunding round came soon after a venture funding where WeSwap raised  £6.5 million, led by investment firm… Read More

Fintech TruFin Picks up £70 Million via AIM Listing

TruFin PLC has raised £70 million, before expense, via an AIM listing priced at 190 pence per share. The Fintech focused company has invested in several interesting platforms including a 155 stake in leading consumer peer to peer lender Zopa. TruFin expects admission to trading… Read More

LSE’s AIM Claims 38 IPOs for 2016 with Average Raise of £30 Million

AIM (Alternative Investment Market), a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has released their end of year numbers. Accoring to AIM, they have had a pretty good year: New AIM companies in 2016 up 39% post-IPO 38 IPOs raised record average of £30m Market… Read More

SyndicateRoom Launches New Product “The WatchList” For AIM Investments

SyndicateRoom announced on Wednesday the launch of its new product, The WatchList, which reportedly gives its online investment platform users the opportunity to invest funds in a curated list of AIM-listed companies at a discount to their share price. The funding portal revealed it created the WatchList… Read More

Seedrs Funded Company FreeAgent Trades on London Stock Exchange’s AIM

  First Seedrs Crowdfunded Company to IPO Shares on Exchange as Platform Claims Best Month Ever FreeAgent (LSE: FREE), a company that raised capital on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, has listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM.  This IPO has provided early investors… Read More

Online Platform PrimaryBid Announces Service Improvements For AIM-Listed Company Shares

PrimaryBid, a UK-based online platform that provides private investors the opportunity to create their own placings on their own terms, announced on Monday it made some service important to make it easier for AIM companies to issues shares.  New users of PrimaryBid are now able to gain… Read More

Brief: Mayan Energy Secures £750,000 on PrimaryBid

PrimaryBid, an online platform that provides private investors the opportunity to create their own placings on their own terms, announced on Friday that oil and gas energy company Mayan Energy Limited (AIM: MYN) has raised  £750,000 and has been dubbed the largest fundraising since its portal went live in 2015…. Read More

Equity Crowdfunding: Have You “Herd” the One About the Stampede?

  Recently, two London School of Economics professors published this fascinating paper on equity crowdfunding. Some industry players were quick to suggest that it provided proof that all investors make informed decisions based on objective investment criteria. I take issue with those interpretations. Examining a few… Read More

Syndicate Room Claims First UK Crowdfunding Offer to Generate Accessible Returns for Investors

Mill Residential not only became the first REIT to raise funding on an equity crowdfunding site but it is claiming the first crowdfunding investment to generate accessible returns for investors with its speedy listing on the London Stock Exchange AIM. Crowdfunding on Syndicate Room, Mill… Read More

Cambridge-based SyndicateRoom Makes AIM History: Mill Residential REIT Lists on London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange has today seen its first “combined IPO”, after a company successfully floated with investment from both crowdfunding and institutional investors. The Mill Residential REIT invests in buy-to-let property and has listed on AIM with a market capitalization of £3.5million.  According to… Read More

UK’s Deep Impact Makes an Impression: The Crowdfunding Centre’s Barry James Shares Update

Lauded by Thomas Power, Founder of Ecademy and pioneer of UK social media, citing Deep Impact as “the most important debate of a lifetime. It’s time to set capital free of governments and banks,” Crowdfund Insider readers have the opportunity below to read highlights from the… Read More

UK Crowdfunding Centre’s Barry James Calls for Radical Crowdfunding Regulation Rethinking: Deep Impact Conference Opens

A radical re-think of crowdfunding regulation has been called for by thought leaders from finance and the stock markets, social media, crowdfunding and the law after an endorsement by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, placed him in potential legal jeopardy. The Crowdfunding Centre Founder Barry James spoke at the… Read More

AIM’s 2014 Technology Celebration Award Winners Announced in Omaha, Promoting Tech in Communities

AIM’s Tech Celebration was held last night at the Holland Center in Omaha. According to AIM CEO, Kandace Miller, “This was truly an important night, a red carpet night. It’s our way of honoring tech brilliance in the community.” AIM’s 2014 Technology Celebration Awards honor the… Read More

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