Tagged: uk

August 24, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Stockflare, an online investment advisor, quickly surpassed its £300,000 equity crowdfunding goal on Crowdcube and closed overfunded at over £442,000.  According to the listing page, 288 investors participated in the round that took just two weeks to fund. Crowdcube reports the equity crowdfunding was “underpinned”… Read More

August 23, 2015 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

In its fourth consecutive year, Finance Magnates’ London Summit, taking place in November, expects this year’s event to be the biggest yet.  The gathering has been stretching its subject over the years to cover a diverse, cross-section of FinTech and new finance. Last year’s event had… Read More

August 22, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Roadwater-based tech company Snugs launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £120,000 for its self-titled earphones. Snugs, which was founded by entrepreneur Paul Jobin, stated on its campaign description that it has created these earphones using 3D image scanning technology. They are custom… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tossed, a chain of “vibrant” healthy eating restaurants, went to Seedrs to raise £750,000 for a 5.5% equity stake in the growing company that gave a pre-money valuation of £12.8 million.  The still open equity crowdfunding campaign is now over £1.2 million as over 630… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Seedrs opened up an investment round in their own company for investors on their platform to join the equity crowdfunding odyssey.  Seedrs very best investors were given early access to the £2.5 million set aside for users at 9AM today.  Pre-money valuation was set… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs announced last month a Series A funding round in the amount of £10 million led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust along with Augmentum Capital.  As part of that funding round the equity crowdfunding platform has carved out £2.5 million for new shareholders – to… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

House of Modern Living, or MoLi, is crowdfunding a loan on Crowd2Fund to power growth, acquire more apartments and invest in new platform tech. MoLi, soon to be rebranded as thesqua.re, targets corporate accommodations for travellers staying more than a few days.  MoLi currently manages… Read More

August 19, 2015 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Tennis champion  Andy Murray joined the Advisory Board of Seedrs earlier this year.  According to Seedrs, Murray has now shared three companies in which he has invested an undisclosed amount via the equity crowdfunding site. The three include London-based, healthier eating chain Tossed.  The company… Read More

August 18, 2015 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK-based peer to peer lender MarketInvoice has raised a solid £6 million in a Series A funding round.  MarketInvoice is a direct lender that provides interim funding to firms via invoice financing.   MarketInvoice previously raised £5 million in December 2014. Launched in 2011 the… Read More

August 18, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Today CBR‘s Jimmy Nicholls posted research regarding London’s fintech scene, highlighting which companies have drawn the most money in their funding rounds. His results follow: 1. Funding Circle – £96m Perhaps the largest peer-to-peer lender in London is Funding Circle a technology start-up that began life… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zopa has become the first UK peer to peer lender to surpass £1 billion (about $1.564 billion) in lending as direct lender states P2P lending has now become mainstream. The P2P lender has already matched more loans in 2015 than it did in the whole of… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian listed crowdfunding platform CoAssets Limited (“CoAssets” or the “Company”) (NSX code: CAX), confirmed on Monday that it has successfully crowdfunded the platform’s first Singapore-based real estate project.  Launched on July 1st, Mountbatten Lights, a boutique cluster bungalow development, managed to raise S$500,000 from more than… Read More

August 15, 2015 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Ruroc, an extreme sport brand that has created an integrated goggle/mask/helmut perfect for boarding, skiing and mountain biking, just closed its “revenue loan” campaign on Crowd2Fund.   Crowd2Fund, an FCA regulated crowdfunding platform, is an innovator in the investment crowdfunding space having created a new… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, London’s MonetaFlex launched a Crowdcube campaign with a mission to raise £100,000 for its own crowdfunding platform. MonetaFlex describes the website as a place where companies can raise finance by selling their unpaid invoices and boasts an online, collaborative early payment solution. The company shared: “We are MonetaFlex… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Calling all J. R. R Tolkien fans: a group of UK architects recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on  Indiegogo to raise £1.85 billion to build Lord of the Rings city, Minas Tirith. The group shared: “We are a team of Tolkien fans who are passionate about creating a… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement of its recent funding round capturing $30 million, Tilt’s co-founders James Beshara and Khaled Hussein sat down with TechCrunch to share their thoughts on the investment and the future of the crowdfunding platform. The media outlet revealed that Tilt has already expanded to the… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Macclesfield-based interior design company, Rachel Bates Interiors, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £695,000 for its online store. Rachel Bates Interiors was found in May 2012 by chief executive Rachel Bates, non-executive chairman Harry Hill and non-executive director Justin Bates. The company… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Growing Underground, a London-based food company that is backed by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr., Neil Sanderson the MD of Florette, Glen Fernandes a Director of HSBC and Ed Gillespie the sustainability pioneer, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to secure  £200,000 for its brand new Subterranean Farm concept…. Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 11:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Ablrate, a UK peer-to-peer lending platform that offers investors access to asset-backed loans against aircraft transactions, has announced a partnership with The Just Loans Group PLC to provide commercial property-backed investment options on the Ablrate platform. “This collaboration represents a fantastic way for Ablrate’s… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, the Lambeth Council and Funding Circle announced the launch of the Local Business Lending Partnership, a pioneering new scheme to stimulate local economic growth and employment through improved access to business finance. As part of the scheme, the council will lend money directly… Read More