Tagged: seedrs

November 24, 2014 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

UKADEMICS, YOOVI and Briefly Named Winners in Worth Capital Sponsored Big App Fund. The contest to find the next big thing in Apps has announced the winners of a competition that saw over 400 submissions from 27 different countries.  The Big App Fund, created by… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Today at the Facebook HQ The Big App Fund, sponsored by Worth Capital, will select the three (or more) finalists in the search for the next big thing in Apps.   Today, someone’s life will change to the tune of £150k. Big App Finals live… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced this past September, the Big App Fund, sponsored by Worth Capital with the assistance of Facebook, has ventured to discover the next big thing in Apps by organizing a pan-European competition.   The contest was joined by an investment crowdfunding round on Seedrs where… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

While it is not quite clear how one qualifies as “cool” these days, leading news publication Business Insider has put together their list of UK coolness in tech.  BI points out that after Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley in NYC – London has become a… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced the acquisition of Junction Investments located in California.  This strategic acquisition positions Seedrs to expand their reach beyond the borders of Europe.  Junction founders Adam Kaufman and Brian Goldsmith will be joining the Seedrs team and assisting… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 10:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdLords, a new twist on real estate crowdfunding that targets landlords or “buy to let”, is crowdfunding their platform on Seedrs.  The startup is seeking a raise of £90,000 and launched yesterday quickly garnering over £27,000 from 29 investors.   We are live on @Seedrs!… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

What’s happening: the industry wants equity It’s ironic that crowdfunding makes it possible to set up companies that otherwise never would’ve come into existence, only to ruin them later by postponing the valuation issues that any start up will have to solve sooner or later…. Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The Big App Fund has narrowed down the list of entries from the original 425 to a shortlist of 50 businesses.  Entry was closed on October 6th with the next step being a pitch event held at the Facebook offices in London.  The project organized… Read More

October 19, 2014 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

European investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs recently commented on the fact that venture capitalists are using their platform to invest in promising companies.  Seedrs, one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in Europe, mentioned specific examples of two VCs leveraging their crowdfunding site to invest in… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

European investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced support for investing and raising investment in Euros.  Previously the UK based company only accepted British pounds but today the site has announced transactions may be made in Euros – with additional currencies coming in the future.  Now… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based wine company, Chapel Down Group plc, is pleased to announce that it has now reached the maximum available under the terms of the equity crowdfunding campaign that was launched on Seedrs last month. Accordingly the crowdfunding campaign is now closed. The company has raised a… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 7:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding site Seedrs has posted a record breaking month for the funding platform.  According to a report, for the month of September £5.6 million (Over $9 million USD) was invested through the funding portal.  The money raised went to 14 different diverse businesses. This… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs recently chalked up another first by offering shares of Chapel Down in an equity crowdfunding campaign on their platform.  Chapel Down is a publicly traded company listed on the ISDX growth market in the UK.  The funding closes on October 1st but stands at… Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Chapel Down Group plc, a publicly traded company [EPIC:CDGP], has updated their new share subscription to reflect the success of their equity crowdfunding offer on Seedrs.  In a public filing  Chapel Down stated they had raised an additional £0.57 million via the subscription of 2,035,714… Read More

September 22, 2014 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based company, Rimbal Ltd., has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £60,000 to fund technology and business growth. According to its campaign page, Rimbal is an online financial advisory platform that automates investment advice and allocation for retail clients. It is scheduled to… Read More

September 21, 2014 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding and real estate is a perfect match.  Either debt or equity the equation just works. Investors understand the asset class. The promise of higher returns on a tangible asset is a compelling proposition for investors both large and small.  The buy to let market… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Chapel Down, the first publicly traded company to raise capital via equity crowdfunding, has filed a brief announcing an additional share placement in the amount of £0.44 million.  This additional amount was in conduction with the placing of over 1.5 million ordinary shares, at 28… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs Chief Investment Officer, Thomas Davies, took to the studios of Bloomberg to talk about the Chapel Down share offer that is the first publicly listed company to go the equity crowdfunding route. Davies explains the strategy behind Chapel Down doing the very public listing… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding Now on Seedrs Company is Seeking to Raise Over £1.67 Million Chapel Down, “the market leader in English wines”, has announced an equity crowdfunding initiative to raise £1 million.  The company stated they had raised £0.67 million and were seeking a minimum of… Read More

September 1, 2014 @ 3:01 am By JD Alois  |  

“The Big App 2014” pan-European competition is run by Worth Capital in partnership with Facebook. European equity crowdfunding platform Seedrstoday opens investment into Worth Capital’s ‘Big App Fund’, which will invest in up to four winners of a pan-European competition, supported by Facebook, to find… Read More