Tagged: uk

April 22, 2016 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunded brewery, BrewDog, announced it was closing its latest funding round, Equity for Punks IV. The company declared the campaign to be “the biggest ever equity crowdfunding offer” due to the fact that it successfully secured £19 million. The BrewDog crew shared: “In October 2009,… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Poppy & Zach, a lifestyle store that is dedicated to babies and children, has recently debuted its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is looking to secure £75,000 as it begins operation expansion. The shop, which is the latest venture of entrepreneur and former managing… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Billy Frank, a London-based artisan jerky brand, has successfully secured £145,000 funding goal during its initiative’s final days on Crowdcube. The company, which Mail on Sunday Magazine named “The Aston Martin of Jerky,” is low in carbohydrates and is made by only British meats (native brand, grass fed). It also… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs CEO and co-founder Jeff Lynn has been very vocal on the topic of the UK departing from the European Union.  The “Brexit” referendum is scheduled to take place on June 23rd but predictions are mixed as to whether voters will decide to remain part… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

“Europe’s global real estate investment platform,” Brickvest, is claiming strong early traction only two months after launch. According to information provided by the company, Brickvest has quickly raised £1 million closing two oversubscribed offers for two German “institutional grade” offers. Brickvest states it now has over 1,120… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, peer-to-peer lending platform, Crowdstacker, released data that suggested government reforms how British consumers should save and invest. Crowdstacker offers P2P investment opportunities backed by British businesses that are said to have a good track record or are able to offer security. Crowdstacker assures that… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Trillion (formerly Trillion Fund), has announced a hosted investment crowdfunding service called “Your Brand Crowdfunding”  to empower businesses to engage customers directly in raising debt or equity capital. Trillion pivoted away from its original intent of being an investment crowdfunding platform for renewable energy projects…. Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer to Peer Funding Association has released its most recent quarterly numbers for the P2P lending industry. According to their tally, member platforms generated £715 million in Q1 of 2016 with quarter on quarter growth continuing its upward march. In the same quarter… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While its equity crowdfunding campaign was held on Crowdcube, WITT Energy reportedly received some support from reward-based platform, Crowdfunder UK. Last month, the company launched the initiative to secure £750,000 for its patented fully scalable innovative energy harvesting system. During its first week on the equity crowdfunding platform, the UK tech company… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Haughton Honey, a distributor of English honey, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £80,000 as it prepares to expand its third party distribution and new flavors development. The company is currently offering 18.60% in equity. The business, which has… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has presented a set of measures intended to support and link national initiatives for the “digitisation of industry”.  The initiative is part of the policy push to improve competition and support industry including, the Capital Markets Union, Energy Union, Single Market Strategy,… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

In an independent report conducted by Equity Development, peer to peer lender ArchOver has received a nice affirmation of their secured lending approach. The publication entitled, “How to Make a Relatively Safe 5% PA Return” (registration required), labeled their business model as perhaps the best practice… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you think equity / debt crowdfunding is just for early stage companies. Think again. The UK has always been a trailblazer in the sector of internet finance. The rest of the world gets to watch and cross our fingers that our own ecosystem evolves… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced its first quarterly edition of Cubed magazine. The publication reportedly demonstrates the power of the crowd and all that can be achieved thanks to backers’ investment. The portal revealed: “Crowdfunding came into existence just five years ago when Luke Lang… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, HSBC is committing £10 billion in lending to UK SMEs. This announcement comes on the heels of a notice that HSBC has introduced its virtual platform that cuts business loan application and approval times – in half. Richard Davies, COO of… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based restaurant, Steakout, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £400,000 as it prepares to open new locations throughout the UK. Steakout, which was founded in 2008, serves celebrity-endorsed steaks from its 8 franchised restaurants around in London, Slough, Woking, Leicester, Southall, and Harrow…. Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 2:52 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In early March Witt Energy launched a Crowdcube campaign to secure £750,000 for its patented fully scalable innovative energy harvesting system. During its first week on the equity crowdfunding platform, the UK tech company scored £500,000.  Now, in the campaign’s final hours the amount raised for 7.08% equity has surpassed the… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Event organizer Crowdfinders has joined with a group of high-profile partners to launch an annual £100 million funding drive to raise both equity and debt capital to help scale UK SMEs. The partnership includes the following entities; Seedrs, SyndicateRoom, UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA), Crowdcube,… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The FCA is preparing to launch a #FinTech “regulatory sandbox“ which will include two sandbox cohorts a year; the FCA will accept applications for a place in the first from 9 May 2016.  Successful applicants will be able to test their ideas “without immediately incurring all the normal regulatory consequences”… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England has decided to hold steady with a 0.5% Bank Rate. The MPC also voted unanimously to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion. The BOE… Read More