Tagged: crowdcube

July 29, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdcube, the European marketplace for shares in private firms, and Crunchbase, an established data platform, have partnered in order to power the “most comprehensive” and transparent platform for private company investment in Europe. Cubex, which officially goes live today (July 28, 2021), will feature “rich”… Read More

July 25, 2021 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Magnetto, which aims to challenge the traditional retail model by automating the checkout process, has raised £179,651 of its £150,000 target from 157 investors via Crowdcube. Magnetto reports a £2,367,720 pre-money valuation, a 7.05% equity, and a £0.90 share price. The company… Read More

July 18, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm SplitBill, which enables free instantaneous fund transfers between friends and family members and allows merchants to save in processing fees versus credit cards transactions, reveals that it has now raised £99,370 (of its £150,000 target) from 52 investors via Crowdcube. SplitBill, which… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prominent digital bank Revolut has finalized a massive $800 million round that now values the loss-making Fintech at $33 billion. Revolut‘s latest investment round brings on board two key investors, the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global Management. The capital injection will be channeled… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a top European investment crowdfunding platform, has hired a new Chief Technology Officer as the launch of its new Community IPO nears According to a post on BusinessCloud, former CIO of Moneysupermarket David Halsey will help develop the tech stack at Crowdcube as the… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swapi, a company focused on giving users the option to exchange loyalty rewards between brands and avoiding having their points expire, has secured £338,000 (of its £300,000 target) in capital via Crowdcube from 160 different investors (at the time of writing). Swapi reports a £4,311,925… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coconut, a Fintech firm that automates bookkeeping and tax for sole traders, a market of 3.5 million in the UK, has raised £918,370 from 1202 investors (at the time of writing while having a £700,000 target) through a campaign on Crowdcube. Coconut reports a pre-money valuation… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emma, a company that’s on a mission to be the control center for your money, has secured  £1,889,342 from 2,588 Investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube. Backed by Connect Ventures and other leading VCs, Emma had a £1,000,000 fundraising target. Emma reports a… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdcube has partnered with Seccl, the Octopus-owned custodian and investment tech firm, to offer clients seamless, API-enabled access to public markets as it introduces its Community IPO product later in 2021. As noted in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the integration with Seccl’s suite… Read More

June 20, 2021 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clim8, a digital investment platform that’s focused on a firm having a “positive impact” on climate change, has raised £1,630,460 from 885 investors via Crowdcube, at the time of writing. There are now 21 days remaining for this offer with the platform already surpassing its… Read More

June 18, 2021 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday it was reported that Nutmeg, a digital investment manager operating in the UK, had been acquired by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM). The Fintech had already partnered with the bank and JPM apparently decided to utilize Nutmeg’s tech as a step to launch a digital-only bank,… Read More

June 17, 2021 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today in a blog post, Robo-advisor Nutmeg announced that it was being acquired by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM). Nutmeg has emerged as the leading digital wealth manager in the UK with over 140,000 customers enabling smaller investors a sophisticated portfolio of investment options including ISAs,… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 9:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BitcoinPoint, a UK-based Bitcoin buying platform, has successfully secured more than £300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which launched last month, quickly surpassed its initial £100,000 and has attracted nearly 940 Crowdcube investors. As previously reported, BitcoinPoint stated that its in-house software… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ikigai, an established wealth management and banking app for affluent Millennials, has secured nearly £2 million in capital through a crowdfunding campaign via CrowdCube. The funds raised will be used to accelerate ikigai’s product roadmap and enhance its technology team. The total funds secured equates… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £10m in funding from 11,795 investors. Curve also claimed it was the fastest ever company on Crowdcube to raise… Read More

May 26, 2021 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced it is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £7.9 million secured from nearly 9700 Crowdcube investors. Curve reported that the… Read More

May 25, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, has officially launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which was announced earlier this month, has already secured more than £6.8 million from… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 1:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and even smarter app, announced on Thursday its upcoming equity crowdfunding campaign is set to go live on Crowdcube with 35,000 sign-ups (21,000 were signed up within the first 24-hours). As previously reported, Curve is… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the UK has long intermediated disagreements within the financial services sector including investment crowdfunding. A recent decision by the FOS has caused some concern amongst industry insiders as it may challenge the entire crowdfunding model based on the liability… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    ikigai, a banking and Wealthtech company, has successfully secured nearly 1.7 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round, which originally sought to raise £1.2 million has attracted more than 1260 Crowdcube investors so far. As previously reported, ikigai is on a… Read More