Tagged: uk

October 8, 2014 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdfunderUK is rolling out UK-wide campaigns after the success of the campaign for Crowdfund Cornwall. The next four cities immediately benefiting from a region-specific campaign rollout will be Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh. Crowdfunding projects across the cities have already raised substantial funds in their respective… Read More

October 7, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Proud parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings will soon be able to watch, along with encourage, the progress of the next generation through a new online social platform for students called the Acknowledge Xc. Acknowledge Xc, which is offering 15% equity for £100,000 to investors… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 9:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Publication of the second State of the Crowdfunding Nation report reveals the massive progress that has been made since the first report quarterly report, according to the Crowdfunding Centre.  Not only does crowdfunding continue to grow at prodigious rates but it’s viral spread across the… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Lending Surges in 2014 as RateSetter Processes over £200 Million in Loans Year to Date. UK based peer to peer lender RateSetter is celebrating its fourth birthday and as part of the festivities the platform is claiming a leading position in the P2P lending… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While video games continued to be a huge hit on the crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, it seems not everyone believes that the category is actually as successful as it seems. Despite the platform helping game developers raise $57,934,417.74 in 2013, UK-based firm ICO Partners revealed that the gaming campaigns have struggled… Read More

October 6, 2014 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

European investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced support for investing and raising investment in Euros.  Previously the UK based company only accepted British pounds but today the site has announced transactions may be made in Euros – with additional currencies coming in the future.  Now… Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Zopa has announced a strategic hire with the appointment of Jaidev Janardana who is now the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Jaidev was previously the Chief Marketing Officer for Capital One UK. During Jaideve’s tenure at Capital One he was… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, London-based company Kano launched a crowdfunding campaing on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its learn-to-code computer kits. The project was a huge success on the platform, banking $1.5 million dollars from over 13,000 backers. Recently, the company announced it is ready to ship… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based wine company, Chapel Down Group plc, is pleased to announce that it has now reached the maximum available under the terms of the equity crowdfunding campaign that was launched on Seedrs last month. Accordingly the crowdfunding campaign is now closed. The company has raised a… Read More

October 2, 2014 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

In a public statement by the Financial Conduct  Authority, Wonga has entered into an agreement, known as a voluntary requirement (VREQ), with the FCA that requires it to make significant changes to its business immediately.  Wonga is a payday loan operator in the UK that… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital is participant in the booming growth of peer to peer lending in the United Kingdom.  The P2P lending site has facilitated almost £50 million in loans since the platform launched in 2013.  Recently the company published defaults and losses data in an effort to… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 7:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding site Seedrs has posted a record breaking month for the funding platform.  According to a report, for the month of September £5.6 million (Over $9 million USD) was invested through the funding portal.  The money raised went to 14 different diverse businesses. This… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter is making its way across the pond! In celebration of the UK’s most innovative projects, the crowdfunding giant announced it will be heading to London for a four-day visit. On Tuesday (September 30th), Kickstarter team member, Niina Pollari took to the platform’s blog and wrote,… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Holborn, London-based EMR detector company, Sensory Perspective Ltd., launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to expand its growing company. Offering 25% equity for £1.15 million, the project has so far raised £511,190 by 42 investors. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, Sensory Perspective sells… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (September 29th), The Dandy Lab launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to transform its physical retail space into a store of the future. The project is to revolutionizing retailing with hyper-personalized, immersive shopping experiences, so that customers can discover, learn, shop and share in an environment… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs recently chalked up another first by offering shares of Chapel Down in an equity crowdfunding campaign on their platform.  Chapel Down is a publicly traded company listed on the ISDX growth market in the UK.  The funding closes on October 1st but stands at… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beauhurst recently posted a comment about the successfully equity crowdfunding raise of easyProperty on Crowdcube.  After Private Equity Guru Jon Moulton” questioned the valuation of the not yet live platform quoted at £67 million it appears that research firm Beauhurst dug a bit further to do a… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, one of the leading peer to peer lenders in the UK has taken to the streets of London to promote the benefits of their services.  Now lending and borrowing money is serious business but leave it up to the Brits to find some humor… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 6:43 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based GamCrowd has announced that Ian Hogg has become chairman of gaming industry crowdfunding platform.   Hogg recently left the board of global pools betting operator and supplier, Sportech Plc. Hogg, described as a serial entrepreneur, brings an expertise across online, TV, e-gaming, retail betting,… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 5:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Scoop Films producers Fiona Gillies, Raj Sharma and Michael Mueller launched a crowdfunding campaign on UK-based platform CrowdShed for their film The Beat Beneath My Feet. The film will star former Beverly Hills 90210 actor, Luke Perry. Per the synopsis, The Beat… Read More