Tagged: united kingdom

February 7, 2019 @ 6:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Kuflink has launched a secondary market to provide liquidity for investors in their property backed loans. Kuflink said this was the first of several new enhancements planned for 2019. The platform said that lenders can list most loan parts on… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Anna Money, a UK-based fintech that specializes in SME business banking, has received an £8.5 investment from tech investment firm, Kinetik. Founded in 2017, Anna, which stands for Absolutely No-Nonsense Admin, describes itself as a business current account for startups and small businesses. The company manages invoicing and comes… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Modular contemporary company nHouse has successfully secured its initial £200,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched in November, just a little over a year after nHouse secured £984,110 through its first Crowdcube initiative. As previously reported, nHouse creates spacious, high-tech,… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based business lender Growth Street announced recently announced that investor returns up by 16.7% in 2018 through its peer-to-peer investment platform. Founded in 2013, Growth Street’s main mission is to help businesses grow. The platform has already matched £175 million of investors’ funds with growing businesses since… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Crowdfund Insider covered the annual Deal report from Beauhurst. The research targeting equity investment in the UK provides a fascinating snapshot of the progress of capital formation for promising young firms in Great Britain. The authors note that while overall investment declined during 2018,… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aave, a UK-based tech company which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications, announced on Wednesday the launch of bitcoin on its crypto lending marketplace platform, ETHLend. According to Aave,  ETHLend is a lending peer to peer marketplace where users can borrow money using their… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revolut has announced an agreement with WeWork to provide Revolut for Business customers with 3 months free “hot desk space.” WeWork is one of the leading shared office space providers that has a reputation for hosting legions of early-stage companies around the world. The privately… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The Brexit claxon sounds loudly. A report released this week indicates a decline in both the number of deals and the total amount deals for the UK early stage equity market. Beauhurst has published their annual recap of total investment for 2018. The Deal quantifies the… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital challenger bank Monese announced on Tuesday it is now offering Apple Pay for all personal Monese cards across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, and Ireland. According to Monese, customers may now make payments from both their UK or European Monese cards, easily and… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based challenger bank N26 announced on Monday that Apple Pay is now available for its customers in the UK. According to N26, the mobile payment system integrated directly with N26 current accounts, which means customers may quickly add their Mastercard to Apple Pay directly in the N26… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, has acquired UK based Crypto Facilities, according to a release by Crypto Derivatives. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed but the two companies said it was a “nine-figure deal” and Kraken’s largest acquisition… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brushbox, a UK-based oral health subscription box service, has quickly secured its initial £500,000 funding target and is now nearing £700,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2017, Brushbox claims to be the UK’s first oral health subscription box service that is designed… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

dozens, a “new banking and wealth management alternative” wants to be where you save your money. dozens will accomplish this by providing proprietary financial products including a 5% annual interest rate which will make high-interest rates accessible to more people. dozens is placing the money… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 8:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Love Lane Brewing, a UK-based brewing company, has successfully secured its initial £900,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched last month and has already attracted more than 350 investors.  As previously reported, Love Lane Brewing was founded in… Read More

February 3, 2019 @ 5:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Safe Solvents, a UK-based environmental technology company, has successfully secured its initial £800,000 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Launched in 2015, Safe Solvents reports that it researches, designs, formulates, and manufactures its own range of parts washing machines and advanced solvent replacement products in… Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dinosaur Financial Group issued a release on their relationship with tZero, Overstock’s digital asset trading marketplace, on Friday. The announcement that Dinosaur’s institutional brokerage firm was partnering with tZero was old news. A few days prior, tZero had announced the commencement of trading via Dinosaur as the “introducing… Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner is now offering an Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), according to a release from the property crowdfunding platform. Just like a regular ISA, investors may place up to £20,000 per year into an IF ISA account, which may then be used to invest… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 9:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Car & Classic, a UK-based classic car marketplace, has successfully secured its initial £1 funding target through the equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Founded in 2005 by Cazana, which is a provider of machine-learning vehicle valuation tools backed by Passion Capital and Origin Capital, Car & Classic… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Three Joes, a UK-based sourdough pizza restaurant chain, has decided to extend its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched in January and has already secured its initial £400,000 funding target and now nearing £455,000 from more than 300 investors. As previously reported, Three Joes… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 9:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Dairy-free ice cream brand Coconuts Naturally pitched their product on Dragon’s Den last year receiving two offers. Peter Jones called Coconuts Naturally the best ice cream he has tasted. Founder Cecily Mills turned them both down. Mills decided to pitch her product on Seedrs instead. The… Read More