Tagged: crowd2fund

August 29, 2020 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowd2Fund, an FCA-regulated crowdfunding platform for individual investors and businesses that claims to be the only peer-to-peer platform to offer 5 types of finance, across debt and equity investments, recently revealed that it will be relaunching its platform with a new type of credit model… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund is raising capital in a self-crowdfunding round seeking up to £1.2 million in an EIS approved offering. Shares in the company are being offered at a pre-money valuation of £35.8 million. Crowd2Fund says this round is in advance of a future… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 2:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund announced on Monday it has been formally granted its Advanced Assurance from HMRC for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief. According to Crowd2Fund, the tax reliefs allow up to £12,000,000 can be invested into the growth of the crowdfunding platform… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday at the opening of UK Fintech Week, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade Liam Fox announced the launch of the “DIT Fintech Bridge Pilot Program.” According to the Department for International Trade (DIT), the Bridge announced is… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment platform, is targeting the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) markets for expansion. In late 2018, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ratcheted up their innovation focus by launching GFIN as it sought to target the larger challenges of cross border… Read More

January 24, 2019 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has launched their third equity offering providing outside investors the opportunity to own shares in the company. Crowd2Fund says it hopes to grow its private ownership base from 121 high net worth individuals to 450. According to the campaign page, Crowd2Fund… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund is out with a note on platform performance. The UK peer to peer debt platform states that current default levels stand at 1.42% and their best case model APR standing at 8.51%.  The crowdfunding platform says the current worst-case model, which assumes all defaults… Read More

August 20, 2018 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Damson Global, a Yorkshire-based company that designs and produces consumer audio products, is raising a £100,000 24 month venture loan on Crowd2Fund. The investment opportunity comes with a steep 14% APR for investors. Damson was founded in 2012 by James Talbot, who was formerly the… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 7:47 am By Chris Hancock  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority will Update Rules for Loan Based Crowdfunding. Crowd2Fund CEO Chris Hancock Shares His Perspective. The growth and success of P2P lending, and its positive effect on the UK economy, cannot be disputed. Initially starting out as curiosity during the depths of… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Crowd2Fund, a peer-to-peer crowdfunding platforms, has added artificial technology (AI) to its platform to help mitigate loan default risk, according to a note from the company. Earlier this year, Crowd2Fund began working with InDebted, an Australia-based Fintech company to provide advanced collection strategies… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barefoot Conservation is now seeking a £106,500 revenue loan through Crowd2Fund to scale up their conservation and community projects in Indonesia. The not-for-profit and NGO reported that conservation efforts in the area are timely, with 1.4 billion tonnes of rubbish being dumped globally per annum…. Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Silo, a UK-based zero-waste restaurant, is now seeking £10,000 on Crowd2Fund to acquire machinery to repurpose glass from used wine bottles and turn them into fine glass porcelain. The restaurant reported that it needs to purchase a bottle ‘crusher’ and jewelry polish to create fine… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

UK peer to peer lending platform Crowd2Fund is opening an Australian office becoming one the first UK-based companies to utilise the new ‘Fintech Bridge’ between the UK and Australia that was recently announced by both countries. Signed in March, the agreement between the UK Financial… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 5:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund says it is experiencing “exponential growth” in the tax year ending 5 April 2018. Having completed its second full year of operating the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), Crowd2Fund says the amount of IFISA funds held on the platform increasing 83% year-on-year by the end… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Extreme sports brand Ruroc announced on Tuesday it has returned to Crowd2Fund to raise £200,000 of new debt finance (estimated APR of 10%) to facilitate its expansion into a number of new overseas markets, alongside their continued efforts to develop a range innovative products. Founded in… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Planks Clothing, an innovative ski apparel company, is seeking a £200,000 venture debt loan (estimated 13.5% APR) on Crowd2Fund to manufacture an innovative, new range of clothing which will incorporate recycled materials. Founded in 2009 by former professional skier, Jim Adlington, Planks was launched to… Read More

January 5, 2018 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has launched a £30 million “institutional fundraise” while opening up the offer to platform investors. According to the company, over 100 site users have already invested £1.5 million in the offer. Reportedly, demand was sufficient enough to open up an additional £8.5… Read More

November 18, 2017 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based Cubana Waterloo Ltd is now seeking a, £200,000 loan, payable at an estimated APR of 10%, through crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund, in order to expand its Latin American street food and exotic Cuban cocktails concept. Cubana’s restaurant group was founded in 1998 by Phillip Oppenheim,… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of The Genuine Cake Company’s recent IFISA crowdfunding round, Crowd2Fund took a look back at the luxury cake company’s success on its funding portal. The Genuine Cake Company, which was founded by Sach and Marie Sinclair, describes itself as a London-based luxury wedding cake… Read More

July 4, 2017 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund’s Exchange, a secondary market for crowdfunded investments, is apparently experiencing solid utilization according to a release by Crowd2Fund. Launched 18 months ago, Crowd2Fund states it is benefiting from a “significant increase in activity in line with the platform’s exponential growth this year.” Investors using the… Read More