Tagged: uk

June 26, 2015 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Richard Branson’s Pitch to Rich competition completed today with each finalist competing to share over £1 million in cash and prizes. Competing for the recognition were three crowdfunded companies: JustPark, Fourex and Cauli Rice. Each of these companies raised capital on Crowdcube so this is… Read More

June 26, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, an FCA regulated crowdfunding platform that facilitates both debt and equity services, states their new Revenue Loan product has generated a solid response.  While still early, Crowd2Fund expects more businesses to use this type of security going forward. The Revenue Loan is a debt… Read More

June 26, 2015 @ 1:12 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

In a turning of the tables, VCs recently took the stage before a “Dragons’ Den”-style panel of entrepreneurs to pitch for themselves. The event was held by Innovate Finance, part of a series of events complementing London Tech Week, as Innovate Finance reports. “Could it be time for disruption… Read More

June 25, 2015 @ 1:06 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

As temperatures and ice cream sales rise, so does Oppo‘s lucky star: The luxury healthy ice cream company is having a scorchingly successful year. London-based Oppo was just named The Guardian‘s Startup of the Year (and there’s more), according to a recent Oppo blog post. The judging… Read More

June 24, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  “A Branch-free, Paper-free and Stress-free Bank” The traditional banking industry has been rather slow to innovate.  Hundreds of years of operating branches, with tellers, is a hard thing to change.  It is also a costly and inconvenient business structure in a world where everything… Read More

June 23, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

    Known for sporting a natty brown fedora, Stewart literally wears many hats. Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dave Stewart is a producer, author, director, photographer, filmmaker, and philanthropist whose music career spans three decades and more than 100 million album sales, highlighted by his collaboration with Annie… Read More

June 22, 2015 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Sugru, raising equity on Crowdcube, rocketed past £1 Million in just 4 days earlier this month.  The crowdfunding campaign benefitted by a solid consumer base of users and an expanding retail network.  Sugru is moldable glue, described as 21st century duct tape.  Early on in… Read More

June 20, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bricks Financial, founded in 2014, has opened up operations in Exeter as they seek to offer investors the opportunity to “high quality projects” in the region for borrowers who are  “local businesses, individuals and friends where banks are unable or unwilling to help”.  The new peer… Read More

June 20, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-technology company Extreme Fliers recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $75,000 for its new product, the Micro Drone 3.0. Extreme Fliers built the Micro Drone 3.0 to be nothing like any other drone. It combines expandable modular technology, sensor-assisted flying and a micro-gimbal for… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 11:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog co-founder James Watt visited the studios of Max Keiser this week to share his equity crowdfunding odyssey which has been labeled EquityforPunks.  James starts off back in 2009 when the young brewery was looking for capital for their business yet there was none to… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 8:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC, a listed fund that invests in peer to peer lending assets, has confirmed that the companies shares qualify for ISA inclusion. HM Revenue & Customs have announced that commending July 1, 2o15, savers may take advantage of this new asset… Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments Plc, has announced a proposed “tap issue” for up to 1,999,999 ordinary shares at a price of 1075 pence.  The Board of Directors hopes to raise up to  £21,499,989.25 The Issue Shares represent just under 10% of the Company’s existing issued ordinary share capital…. Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

  On June 26th three winners will be announced in Richard Branson’s Pitch to Rich competition.  There are 9 finalists in the running, three of which are crowdfunding alumni. Cauli Rice, JustPark and Fourex each raised capital on investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The nine in the… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, South West accounting firm, Harland Accountants, announced that it is set to sponsor two upcoming campaigns on CrowdfunderUK: Crowdfund Devon and Cornwall. According to the crowdfunding platform, the firm is currently planning to offer free specialist tax and business advice for both… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 1:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the UK tax authority, will allow savers to hold peer-to-peer lending investment trusts in their Individual Savings Accounts (ISA), according to CityWire Money. The change will take effect July 1–in about two weeks. The move is part of the government’s alternative… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, established British motorcycle clothing company, Arc-On, took to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £65,000 to continue the development of its new gloves. The company was launched by Ian Gillett to design and manufacture top quality motorcycle clothing. Its description reads: “[Arc-On is] an established,… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its global expansion, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced that it has opened shop for five European countries: Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Kickstarter revealed on Tuesday: “We’re thrilled to announce that Kickstarter is now available to creators in five more European countries: Austria, Belgium,… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Azimo, the London based digital money transfer service, announced today that it has raised an additional $20 million in its Series B Round. The funding will advance the company’s mission to be the world’s leading low-cost, mobile and social money transfer service. The funding round was led… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  Seedrs has become a go-to platform for other crowdfunding platforms. The growing list includes stalwarts like LandBay and TrillionFund.  Now they have added another crowdfunding platform to the ranks of aspiring platforms raising capital on their site; Swiss-Crowd. Swiss Crowd only recently launched their… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the news again, Startupbootcamp, a European accelerator, today announced the launch of the Startupbootcamp Insurance accelerator program. Based in London, the program invites global startups from across different areas within insurance, including retail insurance, corporate risk management, re-insurance, back-office efficiency and new risk models, to… Read More