Tagged: uk

March 31, 2018 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based challenger bank TSB announced this week it is preparing to launch a new lending marketplace with a mission help small businesses across the UK get the funding their need to continue growth. The bank is partnering with Funding Options to launch the marketplace this… Read More

March 30, 2018 @ 9:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Midrive, a UK-based insurtech that’s on a mission to reinventing driving and insurance for the digital generation, has successfully secured more than £1.9 million from nearly 450 investors through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched last month, seeking £1.8 million. Founded in 2013,… Read More

March 30, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Landbay has launched another equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs and quickly secured more than £1.2 million in funding. This news comes less than a month after the online lending platform announced it hit its £100 million in lending milestone. Landbay, which was founded in… Read More

March 30, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

onewomanowner, a new used car sales website, has successfully secured its initial 300,000 funding target through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The funding round was launched earlier this month and is nearing 325,000 thanks to more than 100 investors. As previously reported, onewomanowner stated it is aiming to… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Britbots, a investment platform dedicated to promoting robotics companies, and Sapphire Capital Partners, a specialist manager of tax-efficient funds, has shared that their second British Robotics Seed Fund has attracted substantial investor interest and has been well subscribed. The fund is expected to… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has announced a new initiative to boost deal flow by supporting startups and growth businesses outside London. The goal is to double equity crowdfunding deals in under 5 years by partnering with six supporters of regional SMEs. Luke Lang,… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Trillion Fund, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), changed its business model in September 2015, deciding that it could no longer offer investments to retail investors in renewable energy projects. The decision was driven in part of the UK Government’s decision to… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 3:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Hedderwick Limited has partnered again with Downing Crowd to revitalize UK pub culture.  In recent months, Downing Crowd also celebrated successful rounds with Oakman Inn’s The White Hart and Downoak Pub. This is an opportunity to lend to Hedderwick Limited and earn a fixed interest rate of… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TalentPool, a talent matching platform that connects UK SMEs with recent graduates, is now seeking 350,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2013, TalentPool stated its on a mission to change the way that companies find talent. “We’ve created a platform that identifies suitable… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based brewing company, Left Handed Giant Brewing, announced on Wednesday it has decided its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched earlier this much and quickly secured its initial  £450,000 funding target. It has now raised  £840,000 thanks to nearly 1,200 investors…. Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingCrowd, one of the UK’s fastest-growing alternative finance lenders to the SME market, announced on Wednesday it secured £2 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Equity Gap and included a number of prominent private investors from Scotland’s entrepreneurial and finance scene and the… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Tuesday it has “fine-tuned” its approach to lending on commercial property and funding commercial-to-residential conversion projects, with a range of updates across its loan products. According to the lending platform, borrowers who wish to fund the purchase of, extend the lease on, or… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

LATTICE80, recently relocated to London, has announced the launch of “FintechDB,” an AI powered database targeting the vast array of Fintech firms. The FintechDB is presently in the alpha version, according to LATTICE80, but it is active and continuously porting raw data on over 11,000… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SimbaPay, a London-based digital money transfer provider, announced last week it has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS. According to SimbaPay, the new chatbot will also enable 24/7 instant customer service for… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

We Build Bots (IntelAgent) is in the midst of an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The chatbot platform has raised £273,000 so far on a goal of £500,000. According to the campaign page, 155 investors have backed the AI focused startup. As part of the… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Oodle Car Financing, a UK-based car fintech startup, has secured a 100 million facility from Citigroup. Founded in 2016, the company states its goal is match customers with the right loans, cars, and dealers. “In this fast-paced world owning a car should be affordable for… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

XPM Investment Consulting, an independent consultancy that provides fund analysis, portfolio reviews, investment research and more, has published a brief report on SyndicateRoom’s Fund Twenty8. SyndicateRoom says the report was not published at their behest and represents an independent assessment of the fund. Fund Twenty8… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Orca, an independent data, research and analysis provider targeting the the UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market, has launched its premier investment platform. The new platform will allow investors to easily diversify across multiple P2P lending platforms from a single P2P investment portfolio. Orca seeks to… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

onewomanowner, a new used car sales website, is now seeking £300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. onewomanowner stated it is aiming to become the number one online portal for used cars that have previously had women drivers. “There is a reason why people… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingBlock, a cryptocurrency lending platform that we covered earlier this month, has revealed it will see its tokens (LND) trade on HitBTC this coming May. Lending Block’s crowdsale will kick off on with the pre-sale beginning on April 7th and the main sale starting a… Read More