Tagged: interview

July 21, 2017 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Luke Lang sat down with his Crowdcube co-founder, Darren Westlake, to discuss start-up challenges and the entrepreneur lifestyle. The interview’s description reads: “Listen to Luke’s perspective about the challenges of starting a business in a new sector, in the tail end of a… Read More

December 22, 2016 @ 5:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, CEO of online lender SoFi, Mike Cagney, sat down with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Technology” to discuss the platform’s plans for 2017 along with revealing details about the lender’s competitors. SoFi, which was founded in 2011, currently offers various types of lending options…. Read More

December 18, 2016 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Growth Street announced last week it would now accept individual retail investors on its peer to peer lending platform. They may do this now as they are an FCA registered Appointed Representative pursuant to a partnership with another firm.  Growth Street, which was founded in 2013 by Sherwin-Smith… Read More

December 17, 2016 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, fintech firm Even Financial announced it increased loan originations by 205% quarter over quarter since the beginning of 2016 and surpassed $1.5 billion in loan requests. The company has experienced solid growth since it was founded in 2014. Even Financial is aiming… Read More

September 19, 2016 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform that’s dedicated to music, announced it appointed Dominic Pandiscia as its new CEO. Pandiscia notably has more than 20 years of experience in music and media. He was previously president of Caroline, Capitol Music Group’s independent services division and achieved in partnership… Read More

August 15, 2016 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple months after GoHenry captured nearly £4 million through its Crowdcube initiative, CEO of the digital bank solution, Alex Zivoder, shared details about the epic campaign and the company’s future. As previously reported, goHenry is an application and pre-paid debit card that is designed… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with Pod Point’s founder, Erik Fairbairn, to discuss why he decided to back the equity platform’s crowdfunding platform, which has so far raised £6.7 million from nearly 3,200 investors. POD Point turned to the crowdfunding method in 2015 and first captured  £1.5m through… Read More

July 6, 2016 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, SeedInvest CEO and co-founder, Ryan Feit sat down with Jason McCabe Calacanis on This Week in Startups to share details about his involvement in passing the JOBS Act and his work on the Title III rules (which went into effect on May 16th). The discussion’s… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo’s co-founder and chief development officer of Indiegogo, Danae Ringelmann, recently caught up with Inc. to discuss the crowdfunding platform’s most successful crowdfunding campaign, Flow Hive.     As previously reported, Flow is described as a revolutionary beehive invention, allowing anyone to harvest honey without… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Co-founder and chief development officer of Indiegogo, Danae Ringelmann, recently sat down with CNBC to discuss the global crowdfunding platform’s growth over the years along with its beginning failures. During the interview, Ringelmann revealed that the funding portal was indeed rejected 90 times by venture capitalists before… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, SyndicateRoom’s co-founder and CEO, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, sat down with Proactive Investors to discuss the firm’s growth and development. As previously reported, Gonçalo came to the UK from his native Portugal for a role in banking and never left. SyndicateRoom is a crowdfunding platform… Read More

April 12, 2016 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CEO of Seedrs, Jeff Lynn, met with CNBC to discuss how much equity crowdfunding has grown and why he believes that the funding method is developing as an asset class. During his interview, Lynn revealed: “We have seen massive growth in the three and… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Earlier this month, Snowball Effect’s head of deal flow, Shaun Edlin, recently shared some advice on how businesses can find success through crowdfunding initiatives. During his interview with Xero Accounting Software, Edlin revealed: “Businesses are literally raising hundreds of millions of dollars through crowdfunding at the… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his third Kickstarter already capturing thousands of dollars, founder of Priority Bicycles, David Weiner, wrote a post about his experience with the crowdfunding platform and the funding method. Weiner took to Kickstarter back in mid-2014 to raise funds for his company. He then returned in… Read More

March 15, 2016 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, equity crowdfunding portal Crowdcube caught up with UBrew‘s co-founders Matt Denham and Wilf Horsfall to discuss its previous funding success on its platform. Back in January 2015, UBrew took to Crowdcube to raise £75,000 so that it may expand its operations. During its funding round, the company… Read More

March 10, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, founder and CEO of Seedrs, Jeff Lynn sat down with online and mobile careers platform, Jobbio, to discuss the UK-based equity crowdfunding platform’s growth and development. Recently, Seedrs, which calls itself “the UK’s No. 1 equity crowdfunding platform,” announced it has had more than… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Droplet, a fee-free mobile payment app startup, has launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise an additional £450,000 for its expansion plans. Nearly one year ago, the company successfully secured £549,020 from 298 investors. Now CEO, Steffan Aquarone is… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Indiegogo success Miles Ahead set to hit theaters this spring, actor Don Cheadle sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss his role as Miles Davis. While discussing his history with Miles Davis’ music, Cheadle stated: “He was someone that my parents listened to. The music… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year and a half after securing £121,000 on Crowdcube, CEO and founder of UK startup Blanco Nino, Philip Martin, sat down with the equity crowdfunding platform to share details about the company’s growth and future plans. During the interview, Martin offered up… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with one of its members, Rick Fish, to discuss his investing experience through the UK-based crowdfunding platform. The Crowdcube team shared: “Our next investor is Rick Fish, who is 39 and lives in North London. After spending almost 20 years… Read More