Tagged: united kingdom

March 28, 2018 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TalentPool, a talent matching platform that connects UK SMEs with recent graduates, is now seeking 350,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2013, TalentPool stated its on a mission to change the way that companies find talent. “We’ve created a platform that identifies suitable… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based brewing company, Left Handed Giant Brewing, announced on Wednesday it has decided its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched earlier this much and quickly secured its initial  £450,000 funding target. It has now raised  £840,000 thanks to nearly 1,200 investors…. Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingCrowd, one of the UK’s fastest-growing alternative finance lenders to the SME market, announced on Wednesday it secured £2 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Equity Gap and included a number of prominent private investors from Scotland’s entrepreneurial and finance scene and the… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Tuesday it has “fine-tuned” its approach to lending on commercial property and funding commercial-to-residential conversion projects, with a range of updates across its loan products. According to the lending platform, borrowers who wish to fund the purchase of, extend the lease on, or… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

LATTICE80, recently relocated to London, has announced the launch of “FintechDB,” an AI powered database targeting the vast array of Fintech firms. The FintechDB is presently in the alpha version, according to LATTICE80, but it is active and continuously porting raw data on over 11,000… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SimbaPay, a London-based digital money transfer provider, announced last week it has launched an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered chatbot service which now makes International Money Transfer (remittance) possible with only an SMS. According to SimbaPay, the new chatbot will also enable 24/7 instant customer service for… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

We Build Bots (IntelAgent) is in the midst of an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The chatbot platform has raised £273,000 so far on a goal of £500,000. According to the campaign page, 155 investors have backed the AI focused startup. As part of the… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Oodle Car Financing, a UK-based car fintech startup, has secured a 100 million facility from Citigroup. Founded in 2016, the company states its goal is match customers with the right loans, cars, and dealers. “In this fast-paced world owning a car should be affordable for… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

XPM Investment Consulting, an independent consultancy that provides fund analysis, portfolio reviews, investment research and more, has published a brief report on SyndicateRoom’s Fund Twenty8. SyndicateRoom says the report was not published at their behest and represents an independent assessment of the fund. Fund Twenty8… Read More

March 27, 2018 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Orca, an independent data, research and analysis provider targeting the the UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market, has launched its premier investment platform. The new platform will allow investors to easily diversify across multiple P2P lending platforms from a single P2P investment portfolio. Orca seeks to… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 4:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

onewomanowner, a new used car sales website, is now seeking £300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. onewomanowner stated it is aiming to become the number one online portal for used cars that have previously had women drivers. “There is a reason why people… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingBlock, a cryptocurrency lending platform that we covered earlier this month, has revealed it will see its tokens (LND) trade on HitBTC this coming May. Lending Block’s crowdsale will kick off on with the pre-sale beginning on April 7th and the main sale starting a… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Purplebricks Group plc (AIM: PURP), a “hybrid estate agent,” has received a £125 million strategic investment from German conglomerate Axel Springer via its subsidiary of Fünfundachtzigste Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. Following the investment, Axel Springer will own approximately 11.5% of Purplebricks. Concurrently, Purplebricks will appoint Dr Andreas… Read More

March 24, 2018 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Den, a light switch and plug socket brand, has not only successfully secured its initial £750,000 Seedrs funding target, its equity crowdfunding campaign is now nearing £1 million thanks to more than 340 investors. Founded in 2013, Den describes itself as a new technology startup that is looking… Read More

March 23, 2018 @ 9:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Easygoband, a Spanish incorporated company that has created an RFID smartband that allows personal identification and cashless payments, has successfully secured its initial £300,000 funding target on Crowdcube thanks to more than 350 investors. Easygoband raised £176,300 prior to launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube… Read More

March 23, 2018 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

App-only banking start-up Fiinu, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The initiative was launched last month and sought the funds for a 6.67% equity stake at a pre-money valuation of £7 million. As previously reported, the aspiring digital… Read More

March 23, 2018 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced an updated agreement signed with Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison to firmly establish a Fintech bridge between the two countries. This virtual bridge will see both public officials and private partiers working together to foster Fintech… Read More

March 22, 2018 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NatWest announced this week it has beaten its sustainable energy funding target, providing £3.5 billion of lending to UK renewable energy and energy efficiency projects over the past three years. The bank reported it set a three-year target of £3 billion in 2015 and is now committed to… Read More

March 22, 2018 @ 1:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was announced earlier today (and leaked out earlier this week) the Australian and UK governments have signed an “enhanced cooperation agreement” on Fintech innovation. Under the new agreement the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will continue to… Read More

March 22, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor announced on Thursday it has teamed up with InvestorConnect to launch a new competition called PitchPerfect. The funding portal describes the competition as a “Dragons Den meets strictly come dancing for a fun and innovative pitching competition.” The event will take place on… Read More