Tagged: uk

January 3, 2018 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Urban Jungle, a London-based insurtech startup that seeks to revamp insurance for young people, announced on Wednesday it raised £1 million during its Seed funding round, which was led by former CEO of Prudential UK and HBOS insurance, Rob Devey with participation from angel investors… Read More

January 3, 2018 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SnapTrip, a marketplace for people to discover the best last-minute self-catered holiday deals in the UK, has successfully secured more than £1.4 million from 150 investors through its Seedrs funding round. The campaign was launched this past fall, seeking £900,000. As previously reported, SnapTrip was founded in 2014 and currently… Read More

January 3, 2018 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based brewery Ascot Brewing Company has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, seeking £200,000. Founded in 2007, the brewery states it focuses on cask ale and local pub trade. Customers include Wetherspoons, Co-op, Budgens, and Waitress as well as new pubs, hotels, and national… Read More

January 3, 2018 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a unique peer to peer lending platform that combines physical locations with an online platform matching investors with small business loans, has announced the appointment of Giles Cross  Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Cross takes over the position from Jane Dumeresque who announced her resignation… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qure, a UK-based medical platform that connects patients at home with highly-experienced medical practitioners in their area through an app, has surpassed £1.1 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The platform launched the funding round in November and quickly secured its initial £1 million… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 3:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Regenerys, a UK-based VC-backed firm that has developed a world-leading solution that improves the experience for women undergoing breast reconstruction after breast cancer, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company is currently seeking £1 million. Founded in 2011, Regenerys stated it was conceived to develop… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is a trailblazer in the crowdfunding world. The UK was the first market to craft a regulatory regime that truly facilitated online capital formation for startups, scale ups, and more mature companies. The ecosystem has evolved to a point where crowdfunding is becoming the… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based natural fruit beverage brand Berrywhite has returned the equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise 150,000. The company launched its first funding round in 2014, seeking 300,000 but only secured £291,380. Established in 2012 by Andrew Jennings, Berrywhite organic drinks were notably designed to be delicious,… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, a UK based peer to peer lender, is reportedly planning an initial public offering (IPO) for 2018. The news of the new listing is courtesy of SkyNews that reports Funding Circle will begin meeting with investment banks during Q1 of 2018 as they… Read More

January 1, 2018 @ 7:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

2018 is here and 2017 is in the rear view mirror getting smaller by the minute. In the world of Fintech, the past twelve months have been momentous as new innovations in finance have risen in prominence while others, once promising, have waned. So what… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Doctaly, a UK-based health-tech marketplace that brings on-demand, affordable, face-to-face general practice (GP) appointments to patients, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company, which launched a pilot in 2016, describes itself as the UK’s first online GP marketplace… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FullClear, a UK-based beer line cleaning solution startup, has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding target from 230 investors through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The campaign was launched earlier this month. The company describes itself as an advanced beer line cleaning solution that is non-toxic and… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, reward-based crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK completed its latest equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube with more than £1.2 million in funding from nearly 1150 investors. This campaign was launched just a couple of years after the funding portal raised £1.3 million through its first Crowdcube… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Liverpool-based property developer Mitty Group secured £1,982,000 worth of funding from UK-based peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital to develop two new residential and leisure sites in Merseyside. Established in 2013, Mitty Group is one of Liverpool’s fastest growing property development and investment companies. It specializes… Read More

December 28, 2017 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Manigo, a London-based single digital money platform, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £300,000. Founded in 2015, Manigo is described as a one platform, on log-in, for everything users need around money. It claims to be the world’s first digital ecosystem… Read More

December 28, 2017 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days before its equity crowdfunding round was set to close on Crowdcube, digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow announced it was extending the campaign for another two weeks. In the latest update, the MarketsFlow team stated: “We are extremely pleased to announce the extension of… Read More

December 28, 2017 @ 8:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Over 8,000 people are sleeping on UK streets. Over 200,000 “hidden homeless” people live in temporary accommodations such as hostels. New crowdfunding platform Beam founder Alex Stephany is making a difference and addressing London’s growing homeless problem, one person at a time. The result is Beam, a… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Crowdcube campaign set to close this weekend, UK-based distillery The Oxford Artisan Distillery (TOAD) has secured nearly 825,000 from more than 650 investors. Launched this past summer, TOAD describes itself as a grain-to-glass distillery producing spirits from heritage grain in bespoke stills.has already achieved 85,000… Read More

December 26, 2017 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube set to close later this week, digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow will be completing the funding round with more than £250,000 from over 350 investors. As previously reported, MarketsFlow was launched earlier this year by technologist and entrepreneur Tom Nash. The platform describes… Read More

December 26, 2017 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, UK-based online lending platform Lending Works celebrated 2017 by looking back at all its successes. The online lender revealed in a blog post: “2017 is a year which we will look back on with great pride. In 2016, a lot of groundwork was… Read More