Tagged: uk

May 2, 2018 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after raising more than £1 million through its crowdfunding campaign on Code Investing, formerly Crowdbnk, Cotswolds Distillery has launched a funding round on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The company is now seeking £2 million for long-term growth. Prior to launching the funding… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than 24 hours after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, East London Liquor Company secured its initial £750,000 and is now nearing £880,000 thanks to more than 275 investors. The company sought to raise the funds to further drive key growth pillars, including English… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, alternative investment firm Kuber Ventures announced three new growth funds on its EIS platform. The company reported that the addition of the growth funds follows last year’s budget announcement, which doubled the investment limit. It also saw the rules tightened to prevent investment in low-risk… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube is reporting a record breaking quarter for the first three months of the year· According to the crowdfunding platform, 49 businesses successfully funded with £22.8 million during Q1 – more than any other previous quarter. This includes 20 businesses that funded in March alone –… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

East London Liquor Company has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, seeking £750,000 to further drive key growth pillars, including English whisky production and domestic sales channels, commencing to global sales opportunities in emerging markets, such as China. East London Liquor Company created by entrepreneur… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Splash Wines is a US based direct to consumer wine marketing company. Last month, CI did a write up on the company and its Series A crowdfunding round on SeedInvest. Today, we are noting that Splash Wines is also raising capital on Crowdcube – one of the… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giglist, a UK-based aggregation site for the live music industry, is now seeking £120,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2017, the company states it combines a database of events, live gig reports, album reviews, news, and interviews onto one platform. GigList revealed it… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, global blockchain asset financial service provider Huobi Group announced its plans to expand into Europe with new offices in London opening later this year. As previously reported, Huobi Group was founded in 2013 and has become a leading global digital asset financial service provider in… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Monday, Virgin Media announced the judges who will be joining Sir Richard Branson for Voom 2018. The judges will decide which entrepreneurs win a share of £1million in prizes after pitching their big ideas live. Virgin reported that Founder of Innocent drinks Richard Reed, serial… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 5:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance has published a report addressing the UK Fintech sector and the need for qualified executives to staff this burgeoning sector of finance. The UK association that represents the Fintech industry states the failure to maintain a flexible immigration policy could hinder the UK and… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 9:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Redemption Bar, a London-based healthy hospitality brand, has successfully secured its initial £300,000 funding target during the final days on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The company, which launched the funding round earlier this month, sought to raise the funds as it prepares for the opening of its two… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube set to close next Thursday, peer-to-peer car rental platform Hiyacar has successfully secured more than £1 million thanks to over 500 investors. The funding round was launched less than two years after Hiyacar closed its second campaign on Seedrs…. Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut revealed its most recent funding round today as it raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion. In many ways, the success of Revolut is emblematic of the power and potential of investment crowdfunding. Until today’s Series C round, each successive funding round… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut has claimed Unicorn status. The UK based digital challenger bank has raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion making it one of the fastest UK Fintechs to top the billion dollar mark ever. Launched in 2015, Revolut will next expand in the… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based online investment service Wealthify announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Starling Bank. The company reported its investments will on the challenger bank’s marketplace, which is designed to give users easy access to digital financial services on their mobile devices. Wealthify… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Silo, a UK-based zero-waste restaurant, is now seeking £10,000 on Crowd2Fund to acquire machinery to repurpose glass from used wine bottles and turn them into fine glass porcelain. The restaurant reported that it needs to purchase a bottle ‘crusher’ and jewelry polish to create fine… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Beauhurst is out with their quarterly deal report for UK equity investment activity and according to their data deal numbers fell to their lowest level since Q3 of 2014. Additionally, Q1 delivered the lowest ever percentage of deals under the half a million pound hurdle…. Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign set on Crowdcube to close later this week, UK-based Five Points Brewing Company has successfully secured more than £950,000 thanks to over 1350 investors. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £750,000 funding target. Founded in 2013,… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a month after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, We Build Bots (IntelAgent) has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target and is nearing £575,000 thanks to more than 300 investors. Founded in 2016, We Build Bots has built AI-powered ChatBot platforms for customer service… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business lending platform Funding Circle announced last week it has opened its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) to new investors. The online lender reports that the Funding Circle ISA now offers a tax-free projected return of 7.2% or 4.8% per year. to quickly build a… Read More