Tagged: crowdcube

April 23, 2014 @ 12:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Only a few days before UK’s leading crowdfunding network Crowdfunder launched its own £500,000 campaign on Crowdcube, the website announced that charity NESTA is the first to pledge towards the equity fundraiser with £150,000. NESTA previously provided grand funds towards Crowdfunder as an early stage partner… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Teaming up with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, founder and design engineer at Orsto Paul Gill is seeking to gain £60,000 for the launch of his new smartwatch X3 model. According to Mr. Gill, the watch was built with the capability of a computer in the… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Wellington based Armillary Private Capital has partnered with UK based equity crowdfunding platform to offer this new service to investors in New Zealand.  Armillary has been involved in private capital markets since 1992.  With the recent legalization of investment crowdfunding the company quickly moved forward… Read More

April 16, 2014 @ 8:51 pm By Georgia Quinn  |  

Seedrs set the record straight today stating that they “believe the rules the FCA adopted strike an effective balance” and were acceptable. The Seedrs post titled “Welcoming the New FCA Crowdfunding Rules“, states that in addition to being the first UK regulated crowdfunding platform, as… Read More

April 16, 2014 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has  been supportive of the new Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) regulatory approach to crowdfunding.  There is a fine line to walk in applying regulations to a new, emerging industry.  Any student of the political process will be able to site examples… Read More

April 13, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Craftsmen has closed their successful equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube having raised £171,580 from 70 investors.  This represents 6.18% equity in the young company.  Organizers originally targeted a raise of £150,000.  The single largest contribution was posted at £100,000. The funding round was… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Fantoo ran an equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube at the end of 2013 raising £173,000 for the small company.  Fantoo, “the future of email”, has now become one of the first two winners of Dell’s “Start-up in Residence” competition and will soon work out of… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

London-based Zero Carbon Food (ZCF) has raised £424,530 on Crowdcube, swiftly surpassing its £300,000 crowdfunding goal for 21.23% equity offered.  The campaign is now open to overfunding. Co-founded by Richard Ballard and Steven Dring, and backed by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr and Florette’s Managing… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Raising equity on Crowdcube, EstatesDirect quickly hit their £250,000 goal on Crowdcube in just the first 10 days of listing live on the crowdfunding platform.  The offer went into overfunding and is now fully funded at £500,000 in 2 weeks as 192 investors backed this… Read More

April 5, 2014 @ 6:55 pm By Barry E. James  |  

It’s growing up fast. As crowdfunding hits what I suppose you might call it’s second official birthday on 5th April – Global Crowdfunding Day (#GlobalCFDay) – it may have a dose of the “terrible twos.” It’s certainly disruptive enough. It’s not toddling but racing away. Now… Read More

April 4, 2014 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube had a great March.  The company funded 8 businesses totaling £1.6 million in investments.  Crowdcube’s own projections indicate these funded companies will generate 281 new jobs over the coming years. To make things even better it appears the momentum may be… Read More

April 3, 2014 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube and hubbub have joined forces to bring crowdfunding to the education sector.  hubbub shared on a blog post that; “combining forces will enable Crowdcube-hubbub to provide the compelling additional offer of equity crowdfunding alongside hubbub’s standard reward-based crowdfunding solution. The offer means that –… Read More

March 28, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

TipTV did a 30 minute segment talking about the crowdfunding industry recently and one of their guests was Kieran Garvey, Business Development Manager of equity crowdfunding site Crowdcube. In the interview Kieran shares that Crowdcube grew over 500% in 2013 raising funds for over 100… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based HireJungle, a fast growing peer to peer rental marketplace is now open to investments as they are raising £100,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  The offer represents 25%  equity in the company and is eligible for SEIS tax relief.  The tech start-up allows users… Read More

March 25, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…and within the UK equity crowdfunding market two platforms have emerged as the clear leaders. However, they are quite different in both philosophy and operation and it took little time (the timespan of a… Read More

March 24, 2014 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Luke Lang, co-founder of equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube commented on the recent closure of start-up business Ovivo Mobile, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) that uses Vodafone’s UK network to provide competitive mobile phone packages: “We’re extremely disappointed that Ovivo Mobile has had to announce… Read More

March 23, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Darren Westlake of Crowdcube knows what it is like to start a business. It was the very same process now faced by many of his customers that was to be the genesis of Crowdcube. After experiencing the difficulties of obtaining financing first hand as an… Read More

March 21, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Co-founder of equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube Luke Lang has commented on the UK budget announcement that occurred earlier this week.  While there were many positive aspects of Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s presentation Lang indicated here were some areas that could stand for improvement…. Read More

March 20, 2014 @ 6:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ovivo Mobile Communications has apparently shut down operations in a rumored bankruptcy.  In a posting on the providers web site the company stated: Dear OVIVO Customers, We are very sad to announce that for reasons beyond our control, OVIVO Mobile is closing down on the… Read More

March 18, 2014 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Racing is the first investment platform for race horses. The UK based operation is powered by the same technology that equity platform Crowdcube utilizes for their investment listings.  Crowd Racing offers shares in individual horses to the general public, allowing for anyone to participate… Read More