Tagged: beverages

June 13, 2017 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Spanish “urban craft distillery,” Santamanía, is seeking £400,000 (€460,000) in an equity crowdfunding campaign launched on Crowdcube. The offer is for a 5.41% equity stake at a pre money valuation of just under £7 million.  The crowdfunding round is already partially funded at 46% of… Read More

March 4, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alchema, a smart device and mobile app platform that provides a hassle-free solution to making hard ciders, meads, wines, and other alcoholic brews, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The company previously secured $344,231 from 899 backers through its reward-based crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

February 6, 2017 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Crowdcube campaign set to close on Wednesday (February 8th), London-based Rejuvenation Water is nearing its £150,000 funding target thanks to more than 190 investors. As previously reported, Rejuvenation Water brands itself as “the World’s first Amino Acid enriched spring water, designed to deal with the rigours… Read More

September 13, 2016 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipple Box, an award-winning Edinburgh cocktail and premium company, has recently launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £80,000 as it prepares for expansion. Launched in 2014, Tripple Box delivers cocktail and premium small-batch spirit boxes to customers’ doors. The company revealed: “We believe… Read More

June 4, 2016 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moonshine Drinks, a Nottingham-based startup that provides home brewed alcoholic drinks, is currently seeking to raise £100,000 on Seedrs as it prepares to expand its wine collection. Launched in 2013, the company currently sells its products for the price of £14.50 to retailers, which includes Lakeland stores and online, Scotts… Read More

April 4, 2016 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Chapel Down has posted an update on their equity crowdfunding campaign that raised £1.7 million on Seedrs. The offer has raised £1.16 through equity crowdfunding and £550,000 via share placing, according to the company. The campaign remains open until April 29th for larger investments (£25,000… Read More

November 18, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

England wine producer, Chapel Down (EPIC: CDGP), announced on Wednesday that its beer and cider business, Curious Drinks Limited (“Curious Drinks”), has raised more than £1m through a placing and a crowdfunding campaign with Seedrs, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms, surpassing its target… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Shaken, a UK-based cocktail brand, recently launched its second campaign through equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, with a mission to raise £100,000, which will go towards expansion of its monthly subscription services. Shaken, which was launched in 2014, has been producing boxes of cocktail ingredients and recipes that are… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 5:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Chapel Down (EPIC: CDGP) has launched a new equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs to support the expansion of the company’s “fast growing beer and cider business” – Curious Drinks.  The share issue seeks to raise a minimum of £1 million  and is said to qualify for… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In order to grow their startup best-selling stevia sweetened iced tea Naturbursche, entrepreneurs Britta Henkelmann and Dagmar Hemschenherm partnered with Companisto for their newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign.  Prevalued at 1,500,000 €, Naturbursche seeks to raise a minimum of 50,000€ on its campaign; in just two days,… Read More

June 13, 2015 @ 6:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Camden Town Brewery ran a successful crowdfunding round on Crowdcube raising £2.8 million from over 2200 investors recently. The initial pitch was to raise £1.5 million for a 3% equity stake.  The funding round raised a bit of a stir though as the valuation was… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Angels Den is raising capital for a new niche crowdfunding site, WhiskyInvestDirect. The live investment offer for the new funding portal wants to capitalize on a consumable that has seen an average annual return of 5% since 1980. WhiskyInvestDirect was founded by Paul Tustain and Rupert… Read More

April 27, 2015 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog, the largest independent brewery in the UK today, last week announced a new equity crowdfunding offer that if fully funded will become the UK record holder for a direct issuer. BrewDog wants to raise £25 million via crowdfunding – something that is indicative of… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Established brewery BrewDog is going to the raise capital once again but this time they are going big.  Their Equity for Punks pitch is seeking £25 million in crowdfunding which will be the largest equity crowdfunding round in the UK to date. This is the… Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 1:47 am By JD Alois  |  

England’s oldest commercial vineyard, planted in 1952, is using a new form of finance to raise capital.  Hambledon Vineyard, located in Hampshire South Downs, has listed a mini-bond offer on CrowdBnk seeking £2.75 million in new funding.  The “English Fizz Mini Bond” is a 5… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced the launch of a new program called the “Sprint Programme” designed specifically to help fund startups raise seed funding. The very first company to leverage the new feature, the Pressery, quickly raised £150,000 in hours. Back to the Future… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  Leading investment crowdfunding portal Seedrs is claiming another “first”.  In a note to followers, CEO and co-founder Jeff Lynn stated; “I’m pleased to share that today Seedrs is launching the first-ever crowdfunding campaign for a company’s IPO.” It should be noted that SyndicateRoom claimed the… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Sweden based NOA Relaxation, an all natural beverage, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe and raised USD $ 180,000 in the first 3 minutes of going live on January 29th. The goal of raising $640,000 was quickly beat in two days and by day… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2Binvestor (P2Bi), a Denver-based crowdlending platform that offers businesses a middle path between bank financing and expensive subprime lending, added three Colorado companies to its portfolio in June. The companies include In The Telling, a Boulder-based software and services provider of documentary-style online courses for… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2Binvestor, a Denver-based crowdfunding platform, recently added another Colorado company to its funding portfolio: Boulder-based natural beverage company Bhakti Chai. Founded in 2007, Bhakti Chai offers an array of spice-infused chai beverage products. P2Binvestor’s working capital line will provide important support for Bhakti Chai’s expansion… Read More