Tagged: luke lang

January 19, 2015 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Exeter based Crowdcube has just boosted its executive bench with the hire of Bill Simmons. The new Chief Financial Officer will be assisting the young company in managing its growth as it looks towards the crowdfunding future. Simmons actually quietly came on board at the tail end… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In a company statement UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube shared it assisted 105 businesses raise £35.9 million in funding for 2014.  This represents a 246% increase compared to 2013 and means Crowdcube maintains the title of UK’s largest equity crowdfunding site.  Registered investors jumped… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Side by Side US / UK Investment Offer Called Fundraising Record by Crowdcube. Innovative bitcoin financial service company Bitreserve has raised £6.3 million ($9.527 million) according to a statement by company representatives. The offer was simultaneously posted on Crowdcube in the UK and Venovate in… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 2:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the support of over 103 investors, Bitreserve, the money service that makes using digital money easy, fast and free,  reached its £6M goal and is currently overfunding for the 10.70% equity offered through Venovate Marketplace, a U.S.-based brokerage platform for alternative investing, and London-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube.  Earlier… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube CMO and co-founder Luke Lang has distributed a list of predictions for 2015.  These largely apply to the market in the United Kingdom but the there is much overlap as the themes have merit around the globe.  First and foremost is the simple fact… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 2:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdcube Co-Founder Luke Lang shared his goal 2015 goal with Insider’s Storm Rannard:  the platform is aiming to fund more than 200 businesses in 2015 after revealing that 100 companies are set to raise capital before the year is out. In his Insider interview, Lang promised to “continue to… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The newly formed London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), along with six co-investment partners, have committed to invest over £80 million from 2014 to 2017.  Announced today, LCIF intends on funding over 150 science and tech/digital companies based in London that are committed to growth and job… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC Rings Warning Bell as Banks Face Possible Demise. “We are surely looking at the end of the market and banks as we currently know them”.  As part of a report from a recent Peregrine Perspectives panel, an event that was organized in advance of… Read More

November 24, 2014 @ 12:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following a successful and rather quick equity crowdfunding raise on Crowdcube last year, Fruitful is launching a peer to peer lending platform for “everyday savers and full term commercial mortgage borrowers”.  The crowdfunding campaign had targeted a raise £140,000 for 8% equity.  In a note… Read More

November 22, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Banks Called Out as Lost Decade of SME Finance. Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang, along with Dexion Capital founder Robin Bowie, hit the studios of UK Bloomberg this past week to do a bit of a critique of the banking industry.  The first question asked is… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday (November 14th), the Caterham F1 Team announced the exciting news that it will be racing at the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi next week thanks to the support of the fans, who have helped the team raise… Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Escape the City was an early equity crowdfunding success on Crowdcube. The team at Crowdcube acknowledged their unique success, of quickly raising £600,000 in just 14 days, by crowning Escape the City “Pitch of the Year” in 2012.  Escape the city is a a website that… Read More

August 27, 2014 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Largest Amount Raised for Single Offer Ever on Crowdfunding Platform Crowdcube. London based Mexican restaurant group Chilango has completed its mini-bond campaign that came to be known as the “Burrito Bond”.  Crowdfunding on Crowdcube, the Burrito Bond raised £2,160,000 from 749 investors.  The security will… Read More

July 22, 2014 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube is claiming a world record with their self-crowdfunding round funding in just 16 minutes.  The Series B round garnered 141 investors with an average investment of £8500 on a post money valuation of £19.5 million.  This funding round on… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced an investment in their company by Balderton Capital in the amount of £3.8 million (approximately $6.5 million).  This investment will act as the lead in Crowdcube’s forthcoming £5 million series B round financing.  The remaining £1.2 million will be… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Raising capital on Crowdcube, River Cottage, a restaurant and food business founded by Hugh Feamley-Whittingstall & Rob Love, quickly raised £1 million in min-bonds – a new type of security offering for the crowdfunding platform.  It took just 36 hours for 283 investors to scoop… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, has attracted major venture capital, DN Capital, alongside the crowd to help raise£1.6M on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. LOVESPACE, which was named one of the UK’s top-50 most disruptive companies, is the first… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to target a huge potential market in Europe, natural swimming pool market leader Clear Watch Revival Ltd. has dived in head first to raise £160,000 during its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The business has developed a unique filtration technology, which uses natural biological processes… Read More

April 23, 2014 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three hours into its equity crowdfund campaign on Crowdcube, Crowdfunder announced with over 200 investors, it reached its goal of £500,000. The website launched its fundraiser on Wednesday morning and was blown away when  £230,000 was pledged within 15 minutes. Crowdfunder’s  managing director Phil… 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