Tagged: uk

April 6, 2015 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Venturefest aims to drive the development of new business opportunities by bringing together Innovators who have exciting new ideas, Investors who want to partner and financially support innovators to commercialise their ideas and Entrepreneurs who can turn ideas and money into new and successful businesses…. Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 1:47 am By JD Alois  |  

England’s oldest commercial vineyard, planted in 1952, is using a new form of finance to raise capital.  Hambledon Vineyard, located in Hampshire South Downs, has listed a mini-bond offer on CrowdBnk seeking £2.75 million in new funding.  The “English Fizz Mini Bond” is a 5… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg based Direct Lending Investment, advised by Smart Lenders, has created the first US Dollar denominated security that is backed by peer to peer, or marketplace, funded loans.  As part of the process, Direct Lending Investment is using  Orchard’s analytics technology, according to information received… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act (SBEEA) has received “Royal Assent” and will be implemented in 3 stages.  Those with the highest impact will be delivered in the final stage, according to the UK Government.  The implementation schedule may be changed following passage of… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 2:50 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Funding Circle, which claims to be the “world’s leading online marketplace lender exclusively focused on small business,” is in advanced talks with Temasek Holdings, a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, to sell a stake in itself, according to Sky News. The move is part of a fundraising effort–to… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 3:15 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Regulation has provided the injection the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) industry needed to take off, according to RateSetter CEO, Rhydian Lewis. As the P2P platform celebrates almost £122 million in loans during Q1 and a year as “number one,” RateSetter cites regulation as a crucial turning point for… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform that offers a range of funding options, has announced a Series A funding round of £2 million giving the company a “notional market value” of £10 million.  According to the company interest from Chinese investors boosted the valuation… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender that targets real estate mortgages, has announced a partnership with Plentific, an online property marketplace. LendInvest has facilitated over £269 million in short and medium term mortgage loans to date making it the largest in the world. Plentific was… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 3:29 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Bigger than a football field, the largest aircraft in the world is a low-carbon, low-noise, low-pollution wonder that soars high. Hybrid Air Vehicles, its manufacturer, is hoping that Airlander 10’s crowdfunding campaign will also reach great heights. On investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, London-based Hybrid Air Vehicles on Tuesday launched a… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 2:24 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a release, InvestUp MD and Co-Founder James Tuckett opined on Massolution’s Crowdfunding Report.  An excerpt follows: It’s not often that we get to write about the only global report on crowdfunding worth talking about. And this one’s doubly special, as we’ve waited for over two… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has shared it has experienced a very successful quarter having captured over £10 million in investment for Q1 while claiming the title of Europe’s most active equity crowdfunding platform. According to co-founder and CEO Jeff Lynn; “We’re proud to have become… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Thor Mitchell is leaving Silicon Valley and moving to the UK to join equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube as Head of Product.  The new position at Crowdcube is described as serving the needs of entrepreneurs and investors thus assuring ongoing innovation and growth. Thor will be immediately… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Ablrate, a niche player in the peer to peer lending space that focuses on Aircraft backed securities, has announced a partnership with SIPPClub that is designed to enable sophisticated investors to invest in Ablrate loans through EvolutionSIPP. Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP) will assist the marketplace… Read More

March 28, 2015 @ 7:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its quickly growing (and already popular) business, central Brighton-based frozen yogurt startup, Lick, has hit crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £200,000 and is offering  6.25% in equity. Lick  is all-natural, fat-free and made from 100% yogurt using the special method that its co-founders,… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, London’s Camden Town Brewery has successfully raised over £2 million from close to 1,900 investors. The brewery was established in 2009 when founder Jasper Cuppaidge took over The Horseshoe Pub in… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

VPC Speciality Lending Investments (LSE:VSL) has published a brief comment stating they have added investments in several direct lenders including OnDeck Capital, Funding Circle (USA), Upstart Network, Borro and Kreditech.  VPC has also provided a balance sheet loan to Applied Data Finance.  The company acquired… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Funding Circle and Lancashire County Council have shared some data points on their partnership to provide capital to local businesses.  According to the pair, Lancashire County Council has directed over £1.5 million to 230 different companies.  The arrangement between the two… Read More

March 26, 2015 @ 1:49 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

If your small firm is rejected for a bank loan in Britain next year, consider hearing out the bank’s entire response: There are alternatives. A British government scheme that requires banks to refer small firms rejected for loans to alternative finance providers is expected to be underway by… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is a relatively new entity having only been formed in 2013, reconstituted from its predecessor the FSA.  The transformation, which saw the responsibilities of the FSA migrated over to three different regulatory bodies, was engendered in part by the financial… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based All Street has launched its platform providing research for investors in crowdfunding offers.  The firm has claimed to be there first in the space.  All Street clarifies that all research will be independent and paid by the investors and not commissioned by platforms… Read More