Tagged: united kingdom

November 30, 2017 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital announced on Thursday its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) will be available as a wrapper on all of its investment accounts, including the manual lending account. The online lender reported that the IFISA will be launched next month, with users… Read More

November 30, 2017 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Crowdcube campaign set to close on Friday evening, UK-based Much Better Adventures will complete the crowdfunding round with more than 900,000 in funding thanks to over 600 investors.  As previously reported, the company was launched with a mission to “unearth” the world’s best local guides, hosts, and… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital completed its latest equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. The online lender launched the funding round last month and raised a total of £1,665,892.  As previously reported, the launch of Assetz Capital’s latest funding round comes just after the online lender announced from… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign now set to close on Crowdcube later this week, vegan artisan food stall Pomodoro e Basilico has successfully secured its initial £150,000 funding target. The campaign, which originally raised its initial goal at the beginning of November, ran into some… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Everyone is talking about the rocket ship ride of Bitcoin as it cruises through $10,000 per BTC apparently on its way even higher. About one year ago, Bitcoin was just $700. Hopping along on this stratospheric rise is UOWN, a UK based property crowdfunding platform…. Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Proplend, a UK based peer to peer lender in the property space, announced it has joined the NACFB. According to the online lender, during a brief period of consultation, its commercial borrowing proposition received a great deal of positive feedback from the association’s active Broker community,… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Press, a UK-based health food and nutrition business specializing in Cold-Pressed juices, snacks, smoothies, soups, and supplements, has successfully secured its initial £1 million funding on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  As previously reported, the company stated its products bring healthy, delicious recipes to the hands… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, UK coffee and cocktail shop, Grind, is quickly nearing £2 million thanks to  Speaking about the campaign’s success so far, the Grind team stated: “It’s been an incredible five days since we opened our… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Israel-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has reportedly formed a new partnership with UK-based investment firm, Oxx. According to The Times of Israel, the new partnership will allow OurCrowd to invest in portfolio companies as they move to the growth stage. The collaboration will also provide Oxx’s investors… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chip, an AI-powered automatic savings account mobile app, has successfully secured its initial £600,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The initiative was launched just a couple days ago and has already attracted more than 2050 investors. Chip is described as a… Read More

November 28, 2017 @ 8:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Crowdfunder UK announced it has teamed up with Propel by Deloitte for a new initiative that supports exporting businesses. The crowdfunding platform revealed that it and Propel are looking to offer five businesses that are currently exporting, or looking to do so in the future, the chance to… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK’s first FCA regulated Islamic Fintech platform, Yielders, has been awarded the Islamic Economy Award in the Money and Finance category. The Islamic Economy Award is overseen by Thomson Reuters and the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre. The Award recognises innovative world-class business initiatives… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, reward-based crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding portal successfully secured £1.2 million from nearly 1150 investors. As previously reported, Crowdfunder boasts a community of more than  600,000 users and has worked with more than 80,000 projects since launch…. Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, UK-based fintech firm Humaniq announced it has formed a partnership with regtech Coinfirm to build an even better digital experience for users of the Humaniq application using the cutting-edge AML solutions. According to Humaniq, it and Coinfirm are aiming to provide complete solutions for the world’s… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lending platform Lendable has entered into £300 million loan deal with investment and mortgage firm Castle Trust. This news comes just a couple weeks after the online lender hit its £100 million milestone. Founded in 2014, Lendable describes itself as a peer-to-peer lending platform… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, short-term peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus has successfully secured its initial 150,000 funding target from more than 100 investors.  As previously reported, Welendus was founded in 2015 and aims to re-define the short-term lending market… Read More

November 27, 2017 @ 5:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Chris Skinner, a Fintech industry commentator, author, speaker, and publisher of the Finanser blog, has invested in Meniga, a digital banking solutions. Skinner has been part of the Meniga Advisory Board since 2011. Based in London, Meniga works with some of the world’s largest financial… Read More

November 26, 2017 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qure, a UK-based medical platform that connects patients at home with highly-experienced medical practitioners in their area through an app, has successfully secured its initial £1 million funding target from more than 300 investors through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The platform, which was founded in 2016, launched… Read More

November 26, 2017 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedcamp has just closed a £41M seed fund to invest in 100 new startups across Europe on their 10 year anniversary. The fourth fund is two times larger than the last Seedcamp fund and is said to be backed by 60 leading corporates, VCs and fund… Read More

November 25, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than three years after securing more than £3.5 million through its first equity crowdfunding campaign, UK-based parking innovator JustPark has returned to Crowdcube and is looking to raise £1.5 million. As previously reported, JustPark was founded by entrepreneur Anthony Eskinazi and is seeking to lead the disruption of… Read More