Tagged: uk

January 15, 2015 @ 4:23 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

    Global investment in clean energy rose for the first time in three years, increasing 16 percent to $310 billion in 2014, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance in a recent article on Bloomberg. This growth comes after decreased solar-panel prices and sinking subsides… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Outspoken finance executive Louise Beaumont has taken the UK finance sector to task once again.  Beaumont is the founder of Platform Black (now part of GLI Finance), an invoice trading site. At a recent event she criticized the current environment as stifling for SMEs.  She is… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, a business oriented peer to peer lending platform, has signed onto a new partnership with local government Herefordshire Council to launch a “pioneering” agreement.  The new partnership is designed to boost local economic growth and job creation via improved access to business finance…. Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Southhampton based FundingKnight has increased its loan limit to £500,000 to match demand, according to a company statement.  FundingKnight is a peer to peer lender that targets the business segment of the industry.  The increase is effective immediately. The decision to raise the limit was described… Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 7:54 am By Conrad Ford  |  

Let’s start with what won’t happen in business lending. Politicians and pressure groups love to opine that we need a return to branch-based local ‘Bank Managers’, who knew each customer personally and made lending decisions on a firm handshake. However attractive this nostalgia, most small… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 8:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Since late November, The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 7:57 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Ice cream producer Oppo rose to record crowdfunding campaign heights as quickly as a beachside gelato melts on a hot summer day: fast. UK crowdfunding platform Seedrs today noted that London-based Oppo reached 324 percent (at press time, 339 percent) of its target investment in… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to expand its already growing business, Scotland-based Growler Beers UK announced it is set to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube in a couple of weeks and will be seeking £120,000. According to The Scotsman, Growler Beers UK debuted in the Morningside District of… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P Gobal investments announced last week they were initiating a new funding round to raise £200 million in a C share offer.  The company has now published the prospectus for the offer. This is following a successful 2014 as P2P Global became the first fund… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In a company statement UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube shared it assisted 105 businesses raise £35.9 million in funding for 2014.  This represents a 246% increase compared to 2013 and means Crowdcube maintains the title of UK’s largest equity crowdfunding site.  Registered investors jumped… Read More

January 11, 2015 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

UK peer to peer lending platform Zopa experienced an 81% rate of growth for 2013, according to a report in the Telegraph.  The ten year old platform is booming as total loans stood at £268 million for 2014, a number that is predicted to jump… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The company that invented the first carbon composite wheels for high performance vehicles, Dymag is offering shares in the company view equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.  The small company is seeking a minimum raise of £500,000 representing 26.18% equity in the firm.  As of today £186,000… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Side by Side US / UK Investment Offer Called Fundraising Record by Crowdcube. Innovative bitcoin financial service company Bitreserve has raised £6.3 million ($9.527 million) according to a statement by company representatives. The offer was simultaneously posted on Crowdcube in the UK and Venovate in… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

GamCrowd, a UK based gambling crowdfunding & crowdsourcing site has announced a new incubator for gaming startups.  According to a statement from the company, GamCrowd expects participants to benefit from a range of value-added provisions and resources to better prepare young companies and assist with the process… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments has announced its intent to raise £200 million in a new funding round.  P2P Global Investments became the first ever P2P investment fund to trade shares on the LSE last summer (LSE:P2P).  At the time of the listing P2P Global stated its intent… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Five leading female game developers in England named as recipients of Creative England match funding through a  crowdfunding campaign with Crowdfunder known as Queen of Code. Fareed, Lux & the Shadowmaker, Pocket Drakes, Star Catcher and Thinking are all innovative new game dev projects that featured… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender RateSetter has commented on the closing of the Bank of England’s / Prudential Regulation (BOE & PRA) Authority consultation paper which was opened for comments this past October.  The consultation paper delineates proposed changes in order to implement the Deposit Guarantee… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the new year with a big bang, Kickstarter has announced it passed half a billion dollars in backer’s funding over the past 12 months. Kickstarter revealed, “3.3 million people from nearly every country on Earth pledged more than half a billion dollars (that’s 1,000 a… Read More

January 3, 2015 @ 4:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa co-founder and Keystone attorney Simon Deane-Johns recently participated in several panels at the successful ECN Crowdfunding Convention held in Paris in December.  Zopa was the first peer to peer lending platform so Deane-Johns has been engaged in new forms of finance since the early days and… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

With 2014 finally at an end and 2015 just kicking off it is that time of year when predictions on the future of crowdfunding roll in.  Crowdfund Insider has already published more than a few interesting predictions for 2015 and we expect more to follow…. Read More