Tagged: uk

November 17, 2016 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

British Boxers, a UK-based nightwear and underwear brand, has successfully secured its initial  £150,000 funding target through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. The company launched the campaign last month, seeking the funds as it prepares to debut new product lines. As previously reported, British Boxers was founded in… Read More

November 17, 2016 @ 8:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

P2P lending platform ThinCats, which recently passed £200m milestone in loans issued to UK SMEs, has joined become an NACFB patron seeking to provide a direct link with member brokers who demonstrate similar working methods to the ThinCats model.  The move aims to “boost the professionalism of… Read More

November 17, 2016 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has published its Portfolio Update Winter 2016/2017.  The digital document, which is available for download here, is in response to a report published in September. Seedrs states that feedback was so positive they decided to produce a more comprehensive review of… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 3:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, fitness platform WeTRAIN launched its equity crowdfunding on Seedrs, with a mission to raise £600,000. The app launched earlier this summer and successfully rolled out its platform in three locations and established itself as a sociable exercise solution.  The app reportedly allows  local ‘hosts,’ such… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its highly successful equity crowdfunding campaign closes on Crowdcube, craft brewery Innis & Gunn has successfully raised more than £1.5 million from close to 1,300 investors. This news comes nearly one week after the company announced the extension of its… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovate Finance, an association for the global Fintech industry founded in 2014, announced on Wednesday its latest report through Pitchbook revealed over global investment for fintech has increased by 27 % to $15.2 billion to 2016’s third quarter with 839 deals in total. The organization… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the grande dame of peer to peer lending, has revealed its intent to launch a “next generation” challenger bank. Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana stated they have created a scalable, profitable business yet they had only begun; “Launching a bank, to sit alongside our existing peer-to-peer… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming off their best month ever, UK based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has labeled Perkbox their biggest crowdfunding round to date.  Perkbox set out to raise £1.5 million.  The offer closed at £4.353 million at the end of October. Perkbox had a pre-money valuation of… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SyndicateRoom announced on Wednesday the launch of its new product, The WatchList, which reportedly gives its online investment platform users the opportunity to invest funds in a curated list of AIM-listed companies at a discount to their share price. The funding portal revealed it created the WatchList… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

  First Seedrs Crowdfunded Company to IPO Shares on Exchange as Platform Claims Best Month Ever FreeAgent (LSE: FREE), a company that raised capital on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, has listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM.  This IPO has provided early investors… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based cycling apparel brand Huez has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding goal from nearly 250 investors during its Crowdcube campaign, which is set to close in a week and a half. The company, which was launched in 2014, stated it uses advanced sportswear fabrics to… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

IW Capital, a UK based private equity firm, has launched a new “debt arm” facilitating private debt-based investment into scale-up companies across the UK. IW Capital pointed to recent research that indicated investor interest for alternative assets was on the rise. Last month, IW Capital reported… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender ArchOver has announced it will extend its exclusive partnership with international credit insurer and collections company Coface by a further three years. The 2-year old secured business lender states it has not experienced any borrower defaults, late payments or losses, to… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

OFF3R has launched an independent Index designed to outline performance of equity crowdfunding and peer to peer lending platforms.  OFF3R is a platform aggregator allowing investors a single site or App in which to select and invest. The index is said to analyze major UK… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK has been a solid performer economically in comparing to other countries in Continental Europe.  Words are frequently matched with proactive policies that seek to promote business creation and innovation.  Today the UK has announced another initiative: Invest in Great. The announcement was made… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

OFF3R has relaunched its updated site that allows investors to access peer to peer lending, property / equity crowdfunding and managed investment platforms in a single application. The multi-channel platform was said to have received a “total overhaul” for both its desktop and mobile version…. Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

ThinkMarkets, a global multi asset brokerage, has launched a new German website designed to cater to the requirements of the German speaking FX trading community. The site will target Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new website offers ThinkMarkets’ ThinkTrader platform, offering access to all of… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 5:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bluebella, a London-based lingerie and nightwear fashion brand, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company is seeking currently a total of £500,000. Bluebella, which was founded in 2005, is currently stocked in ASOS, Figleaves, and House of Fraser and is wholesaled in… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a speech this past week by Charlotte Hogg, Chief Operating Office of the Bank of England, she welcomed the launch of the Bank’s Fintech Accelerator while explaining their mission. Hogg stated; “We set up the Bank’s Fintech Accelerator in the Bank, launched in June… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign set to close on Seedrs in less than a week, London-based fintech startup CityFALCON has raised more than £205,000 from 180 investors. CityFALCON has received awards from Twitter, Ontario, UBS, SB. The company stated it on a mission to redefine how… Read More