Tagged: businesses

March 9, 2017 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the Crowdfunding Centre announced it has opened its all-female BizFunding Accelerator. The launch of the program comes after Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness campaign revealed the main barriers to women starting a business are around raising money and financial security. According to program co-founder/director, Kay Klug, the key… Read More

August 24, 2016 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The creators of the platforms gamesGRABR and bookGRABR, have returned to equity crowdfunding portal Crowdcube to raise £250,000 for its new SaaS social media platform, GRABR. The new site is set to allow brands to create their own social network and engage directly with consumers.  Those that use… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced it is joining the Mayor of London’s International Programme. The programme reportedly offers mentoring, expert advice and real business opportunities for high-growth companies in the life sciences, technology and urban sectors. We’re excited to be joining the Mayor’s International… Read More

October 26, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit, an online platform for small business funding, announced at the Money20/20 conference a partnership with Customers Bank (NYSE: CUBI), a community-based, full-service bank with assets of approximately $7.6 billion. Biz2Credit will power a fully digital experience for the bank’s small business customers and bank staff. Biz2Credit and… Read More

September 30, 2015 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, an online lender for bridging finance, has appointed Matthew Tooth as the company’s first Head of Distribution. The platform, which spun out of Montello, the short-term mortgage finance specialist, in 2013, has originated close to £400 million of loans for borrowers seeking finance deals… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 12:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Westinghouse Security announced the release of its brand new smart deadbolt, Nucli. Exclusively available through a crowdfunding campaign Indiegogo, Nucli gives homeowners and business owners the ability to see who is at the door and interact with them from wherever they may be, home or… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RallyUp, a crowdfunding platform that helps nonprofits take their fundraising efforts online, is honoring #GivingTuesday 2014 by waiving their normal service fees. Through the end of December, RallyUp is offering access to its entire fundraising platform for $0.99 per contribution to organizations that use the promo code GT2014…. Read More