Tagged: crowdfunding

April 16, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gretel, a Fintech on a mission to reconnect the public with £50bn in “lost savings” and investments, has raised 69% (£454,219.58) of its £650,000 fundraising target (at the time of writing) from 113 investors via it crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube. Gretel reports a… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEPs approved stricter rules “to close existing gaps in combating money laundering, terrorist financing and evasion of sanctions” in the European Union. This past week, MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committees “adopted their position on three… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestEngine, a platform that partners ETFs with investing techniques— giving users the skills & technology needed to grow their wealth, has raised 104% (£1,306,813) of its £1,250,000 fundraising target via Crowdcube from 378 investors (at the time of writing) with 20 days left in the… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consilience, a Private market SaaS provider enabling tokenization of Real Assets making private equity easy to access, has raised 79% (£319,235) of its £400,002 target from 44 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 28 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 11:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

lettingaproperty.com says it’s on a mission “to become the go-to destination for renting.” The firm has raised 105% of its £850,003 target via Seedrs at the time of writing. As noted in the update, the offer is set to be closing soon.  At present, £900,284… Read More

February 28, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circles.house has secured 137% (€206,810) of its €150,000 fundraising target from 291 investors via Crowdcube at the time of writing. This convertible offer from Spain ends today (February 28, 2023). As explained in the update, rather than investing and immediately receiving shares, in this round… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO, a financial technology company providing transformative market-based solutions for companies, entrepreneurs, and retail & institutional investors, announced the launch of Aurox’s crowdfunding campaign on the tZERO Markets platform. Aurox, a cryptocurrency DeFi-focused software development company, is “seeking to raise capital from the public to… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the licensing of two finance companies that are “specialized in debt-based crowdfunding, namely: Forus and Tameed.” The licenses were “granted to the companies after successful testing of their solutions in SAMA’s Regulatory Sandbox; an experimental environment dedicated to innovative… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As war continues to rage in Ukraine and inflation impacts the economy, fintechs and digital banks expect the subsequent global economic downturn “to drive a rise in financial crime – and they’re staffing up their financial crime prevention teams.” A new survey by ComplyAdvantage,… Read More

January 9, 2023 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XeroE, which provides emission-free deliveries, using their science-based software for impact-driven businesses, has acquired 56% (£256,076) of its £450,004 target from 86 investors (at the time of writing) through the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. Located in London, XeroE operates in the Automotive… Read More

January 8, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Student Rents,  an SaaS rental platform, allowing agents “to advertise properties, students to find them and both to manage tenancies,” has raised 116% (£464,084.10) of its £400,000 target from 157 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube with 4 days left in the firm’s… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TapTop, which is reportedly led by ex-Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse & PayPal, and is aiming to build “an American Express with cryptocurrency,” has raised 106% (£85,143) of its£80,003 target from 96 investors (at the time of writing) with 9 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign,… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iKVA (formerly Kvasir), an AI knowledge management company which seeks to enable businesses to make better decisions, has secured 64% (£441,800) of its £680,000 target (at the time of writing) from 178 investors with 8 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out via… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fagura, which aims to build the first digital bank in CEE “for anyone to borrow, invest and transfer money easily,” has secured 186% (€747,076) of its €400,006 target (at the time of writing) via Seedrs from 268 investors, with the crowdfunding campaign closing soon. Located… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cloudworkz, a B2B, subscription based platform that provides SMEs with in demand human capital, digital marketing and business services, has raised 150% (£827,280.64) of its £550,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing) from 138 investors with 16 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) recently announced the licensing of Manafa – a finance company specialized in debt-based crowdfunding in the Kingdom. Manafa is “a closed joint-stock company with a capital of SAR 40 million.” The license was granted to the company “after a successful… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Imployable, which claims to be a unique, award winning app that’s at the “heart” of an employment ecosystem, has secured 60% (£150,141.81) of its £250,000 target (with 7 days in the sale, at the time of writing) from 112 investors via Crowdcube. Imployable is a… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

T8, a financial services and lifestyle platform built for the global mass affluent, has raised  237% (£3,322,350) of its £1,400,000 target (with 3 days left in the sale, at the time of writing) from 238 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out through Seedrs. Located… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Salary streaming and budgeting platform, Nine25 recently announced the launch of its capital raise with Equitise, kicking off a $2.55 million raise as demand steadily increases from investors. Unlike other so-called “budgeting” platforms which say that they budget by creating dashboards and reporting, Nine25 notes… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Awaken Intelligence, an AI or artificial intelligence-enhanced software, which helps contact centers to improve call time & customer satisfaction, analyzing conversations in 38 languages, has secured 123% (£681,501.18) of its £550,000 fundraising target from 190 investors with 1 day left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign… Read More