Tagged: uk

May 14, 2014 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Shoreditch Works announced today a major funding partnership with IBM to support software developers, entrepreneurs with startups in London The IBM investment follows Shoreditch Works completing a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, raising £90,000 from 340 backers. The companies will be running events at the Village… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube shared some insightful information this week.  So far for 2014 they have raised £8.3 million funding 38 businesses.  In the month of April alone the portal raised £2.3 million for 10 businesses.  In March Crowdcube funded 8 businesses for £1.6 million… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite ever tightening controls on lending from the big five banks, 75 percent of Brits prefer to approach their high street bank for a loan of £10,000 or less. This is the finding of a new survey of more than 600 consumers from peer to… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new entrant into the peer-to-peer (P2P) property lending space, Proplend, has had its first tranched P2P loan redeemed. The loan was a short-term commercial bridge loan supported by security over a children’s day nursery in Parson Green, London, which paid lenders a gross interest… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a recently published survey, “frustrated” savers are looking to peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms for higher rates of interest than those offered by banks – but want reassurance over the risks before they invest, a UK survey has found. The survey of over 2,000 people,… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hoping to take the crowdfunding revolution by storm, Property Moose recently launched their site and listed their first properties available to investors. The company wants to allow individuals to invest in real estate for as little as £500. Earlier this year founders Andrew Gardiner, Paul… Read More

May 7, 2014 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InvestingZone, the equity crowdfunding platform, has announced it will be helping award-winning online dating site, Lovestruck.com, raise growth-capital to fuel its ambitious international expansion plans. The company is looking to raise around £800k from both existing and new investors so that it can focus on expanding… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

JewelStreet is pleased to announced that they are finalists in this year’s UK Watch and Jewelry Awards for the Etailer of the Year – and have received £171k through its crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube in 30 days, significantly exceeding its target of £100k in 60 days…. Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P Platform Has Hit $500 Million Milestone. Peer to Peer portal Funding Circle has announced it will introduce a new risk tier that will allow the company to serve a quarter more of its U.S. small business loan applicants.   Funding Circle connects business owners with… Read More

May 4, 2014 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a successful equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube,  the New Craftsmen has announced they will open up a permanent retail location on North Row, Mayfair.  Previously the company had operated two Mayfair pop-up shops.  The funding generated on Crowdcube has facilitated the new retail… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Clarion Events and gambling industry crowdfunding platform GamCrowd have signed a cooperation agreement. Under the agreement GamCrowd has become a supporting partner for Clarion’s Start-Up LaunchPad and Start-Up Village at EiG and ICE Totally Gaming. GamCrowd will also use these Clarion events to host the major physical meetings… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Based LendInvest Also Announces Creation of Secondary Market on P2P Platform. Peer to Peer (P2P) property lender LendInvest has launched a new three year mortgage in a direct challenge to high street banks’ dominance of the £1.2 trillion mortgage market.  The medium term mortgage is… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced that Todd Ruppert, former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, has joined the european investment portal’s advisory board. Ruppert is described as one of the investment industry’s most successful leaders. During his 27-year career at the world-renowned,… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based Crowdfunder has had an excellent month.  Having launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, the company reached their stated goal of raising £500,000 in just three hours.  £230,000 was pledged within the first 15 minutes.  NESTA was first up to pledge contributing £150,000…. Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

London-based Minicabit has raised nearly 68% of its £150,000 funding goal, securing over £101K to date on its Seedrs’ equity crowdfunding campaign.  By setting the minimum investment level at a lowly £10, Founder and CEO Amer Hasan incites investments from cab owners, cab operators, cab… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK’s crowdfunding programme CrowdBoxTV, has scheduled a Bluetooth smart tag, a sleek in home security system, and a robotic building set for this weeks presentation.  Entrepreneur and tech business advisor, Stella English, presents some of the latest pitch videos from the crowdfunding world while news… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Angels Den has become the first angel investment platform to join a new portal aimed at supporting SMEs turned down by the banks.  The alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk site brings market-leading alternative financiers together for the first time under one umbrella. AngelsDen has positioned their platform… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

They teamed up with artists Claudia Moseley and Edward Shuster to crowdfund for the project called Invisible City, but unfortunately for Helena Bonham Carter and her partner Tim Burton, the campaign was a big flop on Kickstarter. The Invisible City project was hoping to receive… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moving forward with its expansion plans, upmarket student fashion label Rupert & Buckley is seeking to raise £100,000 during its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Based in the UK, the company stands for “quality products, long lasting quality, clothing that represents what it is to… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Announced late last year, Peer to Business(P2B) crowdfunding platform Money&Co is prepping to launch this week in the United Kingdom.  The site is founded by prominent business woman Nicola Horlick who has put together a team of managers that includes Luke Davis and Robin Wight…. Read More