Tagged: scotland

August 21, 2013 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

New Scottish crowdfunding platform Squareknot launches with high profile crowdfunding campaign on site.  Satellite broadband provider Internet Anywhere has launched a funding round to raise £125,000.  The funding round represents 10% equity  in the company. Internet Anywhere is the largest Scottish reseller for Eutelsat, one… Read More

June 30, 2013 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Harlaw Hydro Ltd., located outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, has hit their crowdfunding goal of £313,000 to finance a hydro electric energy plant in a unique twist in community crowdfunding.  The goal was reached via community participation in just 12 weeks. Back in the Spring of… Read More

June 22, 2013 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Equity for Punks” Targets £4 Million in Equity. In 2007 BrewDog, located in Aberdeenshire in the United Kingdom, had two employees – not counting the dog.  The two founders, James Watt and Martin Dickie (and sole shareholders) were dedicated beer aficionados who were tired of… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 9:49 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Scottish Community Group DD8 Music has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a memorial to longtime AC/DC frontman Bon Scott in his hometown of Kirriemuir, and the project just received the blessing from the band. At the 2013 Bonfest in Kirriemuir, Scotland, the funding campaign for… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 11:10 am By HeraldScotland  |  

IT was once a case of hoping for a sympathetic bank manager to back the next big idea. Now everyone from scientists to artists is turning to crowdfunding – appealing on the internet for ordinary people to back their dream project with cash. One of… Read More

March 22, 2013 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

School pupils are attempting to bring 20 innovative business ideas to life with a series of exciting crowdfunding campaigns using crowdfunding platform BloomVC.  As part of the Bad Idea Youth Enterprise Competition the pupils, from schools across central Scotland, have attended a four day enterprise… Read More