Tagged: london

December 22, 2014 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, London-based POD Point launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £1.2 million for its network of electronic car chargers. According to its campaign website, POD Point has designed and manufactured electric vehicle (EV) charge points that are able to be used in… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding and its benefits, Adam Blaskey, founder of a chain of private member businesses clubs in London known as The Clubhouse, sat down with the Telegraph and revealed that the funding method offers room for growth for startups as well as established… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, the very popular (and delicious) Pizza Rossa launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube and took home £440,000 in just 17 days. Since then the company has opened a shop at London Wall, along with a pop-up at Leadenhall Market. Now, the startup… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its already successful business, London-based startup We Are Tea launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000. According to its campaign website, We Are Tea is a fast-growing company with a mission to make the world  of speciality tea more open… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Photon Project Ltd. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £395,000 for 20% equity in the company.  Investors may take advantage of the EIS tax relief as well. Photon has developed a “revolutionary architectural structure”, that claims to be the first of… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based, Lunar Mission, Ltd., launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise £600,000 for its new project, Lunar Mission One. The project is considered the “lunar mission for everyone” and has so far raised £252,753 from nearly 3,000 backers. Lunar Mission One is described as the… Read More

October 13, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The mastermind behind the famous 1981 Princess Diana wedding dress has made her way to Crowdcube! Elizabeth Emanuel, who has also made gorgeous dresses for other celebrities, including Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Collins, hit the equity crowdfunding platform on Sunday (October 12th) to raise £750,000 for her new… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Twenty Something London, a popular online platform that showcases the independent businesses of London, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £160,000 to revamp and expand its popular website. Those who help fund the project will receive 7.40% in equity. The platform’s key mission is… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, London-based company Kano launched a crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its learn-to-code computer kits. The project was a huge success on the platform, banking $1.5 million dollars from over 13,000 backers. Recently, the company announced it is ready to ship… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter is making its way across the pond! In celebration of the UK’s most innovative projects, the crowdfunding giant announced it will be heading to London for a four-day visit. On Tuesday (September 30th), Kickstarter team member, Niina Pollari took to the platform’s blog and wrote,… Read More

August 20, 2014 @ 10:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Companies, councils, and locals are coming together to Save Santa this Christmas through a national online campaign to raise funding for festive high street decorations.  Civic crowdfunding platform, Spacehive, is calling on companies to help cash strapped towns and London boroughs secure the funds needed… Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 5:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

She has been dubbed a “posh brat” following the launch of her crowdfunding campaign “Get ‘er to Oxford” on Hubbub, and now, Oxford grad student hopeful, Emily-Rose Eastop, is standing up to her critics and is now ready to explain her decision to ask the… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few hours after the launch of its equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdBnk, London-based Kipferl easily bested its funding goal of £125,000. The coffee house and restaurant has been bringing Viennese food to North London’s Angel neighborhood for over a decade. Now that the campaign has… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 8:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AVEQIA invites groups to cook together with Michelin-starred chefs and bond. AVEQIA invites groups to cook together with Michelin-starred chefs and bond through their shared gastronomic journey. The AVEQIA brand first opened in Stockholm and now has its eyes on the London market. Its UK flagship and… Read More

July 20, 2014 @ 9:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to bring the best and healthiest foods to the online market without being overpriced, FarmDrop has launched a £400,000 equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to grow its business. FarmDrop is an award-winning online marketplace that allows local food producers to sell direct; a… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring an alternative to white rice, UK-based Cauli-Rice launched a Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign to raise £300,000 in equity for its low calorie meal. Cauli-Rice is considered a rice replacement product that has 80% less calories but with the same level of taste and satisfaction… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

One Direction bandmate and footballer Louis Tomlinson is teaming up with previous Chairman of football club Doncaster Rovers, John Ryan, to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder on Thursday. The famous singer, who also plays for the Doncaster Rovers Reserves, is asking fans and football supporters to… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Movie theaters, couches, beds, cars… these are some of the places most people enjoy watching films. But what if you could watch your favorite movie in a hot tub on top of a roof in New York City? Well, Crowdtilt is ready to bring a… Read More

February 12, 2014 @ 10:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Could you imagine being able to visualize the sheer size of Wikipedia’s English articles? The free online encyclopedia has been in the works for well over a decade now, and – according to itself, ironically – it now nets 500 million unique visitors and 18… Read More

December 16, 2013 @ 11:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UK-based GoGetFunding examined over 12,000 campaigns and over 1.4 million data points taken from their crowdfunding platform in an effort to better educate current and future crowdfunders on how to be successful. Some interesting data from the effort includes… Campaigns with consistent marketing efforts net… Read More