Tagged: uk

December 23, 2015 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Screach, a Newcastle-based tech startup, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise£550,000 to continue expansion growth and increase customer interaction. Founded in 2009, Screach is said to help venues such as retail shops and pubs to provide customers with a better experience by screening their… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to grow its already successful business, #FundedClub member Emoov revealed to UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube that it is planning to expand in 2016. Named a ‘Disruptor of the Year’ by the FT, Emoov is an online estate agent platform backed by James Caan, Maxfield Capital… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 9:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

15.5% of digitally active consumers currently use financial technology products Payment services are the most popular product offering Users are younger, wealthier and increasingly urban With 29.1%, Hong Kong has the highest rate of FinTech use of all surveyed markets  “Higher-income individuals are some of the… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Cumulative lending to SMEs from Peer to Peer platforms will hit £3 billion before January 1st, according to a report from MarketInvoice. The company states that funding raised by SMEs via P2P lenders was up over 50% from year prior. The total lending to SMEs… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Parliament committee on Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has launched an inquiry regarding access to finance.  According to information posted on the UK Parliament site, members are seeking to better understand how access to finance has developed since the financial crisis and what exactly… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, UK-based confectionary startup Candy Kittens launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £300,000 to expand its already successful business.  Candy Kittens, which was founded in 2012 by Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing, is on a mission to make “candy cool.” The flavors of… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Camden Town brewery has been acquired by mega brewer AB InBev. In an update posted on the Camden Town site, founder Jasper Cuppaidge announced the transaction to fans and shareholders; The ‘craft’ brewing movement has seen incredible growth driven by innovation, quality and daring. Camden Town… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Milk Beauty, an on-demand service that provides in-home spa services in the UK, is raising equity capital on Seedrs and the crowdfunding offer has generated solid success in a bit more than a week.  Milk Beauty is seeking £300,000 for an 18.76% equity stake in… Read More

December 18, 2015 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender with offices in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, says cumulative lending jumped 100% from 2014 and will hit £80 million by year end. Folk2Folk’s CEO, Jane Dumeresque, stated; “This has been an excellent year for Folk2Folk and we’re very pleased to have… Read More

December 18, 2015 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial mortgage lender LendInvest will close out 2015 having lent £250 million for the year bringing the total since the company was founded to £470 million. Founded in 2013, the peer to peer lender hailed 2015 as a “transformative” year. LendInvest stated that no investor… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BondMason, an online savings and investments platform that sources investments from across the peer-to-peer (P2P) market for its clients, announced on Thursday that in its latest report that P2P lending has doubled to £2.3bn in 2015 The company revealed that P2P platforms are fast becoming the popular… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 7:40 am By Dom Wolf  |  

To nobody’s surprise, the exciting predictions for the world of crowdfunding in 2015 were not entirely wrong. In fact, most of them were entirely right. So have an early Christmas present, wonderful followers of all things crowdfinance. 2016 is going to be BIG. You heard… Read More

December 16, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stylect (from style and select), described as Tinder for Shoes, has easily jogged past its £750,000 minimum funding goal on AngelsDen. The campaign launched on November 30th with 90% of funds already pledged – indicative of a trend in equity crowdfunding where much of the… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, announced exciting news about one of its alums, easyProperty. easyProperty was founded by Robert Ellice, with the support of Stelios Haji Ionnou, the billionaire founder of easyJet. The startup will post user’s potential rental property for free on its… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 12:22 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“After much anticipation, the exciting news is finally out,” shared DealIndex Founder and CEO Neha Manaktala on LinkedIn. In partnership with CNBC, DealIndex announced the launch of four crowdfunding indices: International 50 Index, UK 50 Index, Technology Index, and the International Aggregate Index. The indices take transparency in… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

London-based Fintech startup GoCardless and innovative payment solution provider Mangopay have formed a partnership that is said to improve the collection of payments from global crowdfunding platforms. GoCardless launched in 2012 and presently serves more than 13,000 companies collecting over a billion pounds per year. It has… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pavegen has partnered with Shell and Akon in its biggest project yet: Africa’s first people & solar powered football pitch (soccer field for the yanks). The field incorporated 96 energy tiles beneath the turf. The switch was flipped this past Friday representing another successful implementation of… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Abundance has just paid investors, an bi-annual event with one payment occuring towards the end of each year. The renewable energy funding platform states it paid £312,000 to 1700 investors in 6 of 15 projects financed to date. This brings the… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has posted a public request for feedback on regulation in the context of the social investment market.  The FCA defines social investment as “investments where the aim is to provide a wider social benefit, rather than the primary driver being… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, the world’s largest P2P mortgage platform, has published its UK Buy to Let (BTL) Index tracking the changes in yields, gains and trends. LendInvest is incorporating data since 2010 to help highlight perspective.  According to the company, there persists interesting differences within regional UK markets…. Read More