Tagged: united kingdom

December 2, 2017 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Monzo announced it is seeking to open a new office in the city of Cardiff. According to the challenger bank, its London office is currently bursting at the seams, with 171 people working in its headquarters and 67 working remotely. “To help us… Read More

December 2, 2017 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bonnie Gull, a seafood restaurant group based in Central London, has successfully secured its initial £200,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Launched in 2012, the restaurant brand started its pop-up concept in Hackney before launching permanently in Fitzrovia. It claims to be… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 1:32 pm By Barry James  |  

Until now ‘Fintech’ has had a rather timid relationship with crowdfunding – and to put it bluntly many Fintech founders would have rather be seen dead in a ditch than crowdfunding a million dollars or two – even as a first step. Until now. Initial… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after securing more than 1.4 million through its fourth equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Cauli Rice, under the name Fullgreen, has returned the funding portal for a fifth initiative, seeking 500,000. Fullgreen reported that it officially rebranded in October 2017 and expanded… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, RateSetter announced it is now expected to launch the RateSetter ISA in February 2018. The platform revealed that as a reward to its loyal customers, the RateSetter ISA will exclusively be available to its existing lenders for an initial two week period. RateSetter stated… Read More

December 1, 2017 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Downing Crowd is reporting that since the March launch of their Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), these savings vehicles make up 30% of Downing Crowd investments. Downing Crowd says it has seen a rapid rise in business from IFISA customers, just one year after HM Treasury passed… Read More

November 30, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based parking innovator JustPark has successfully secured its initial £1.5 million funding target through its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The initiative was launched last week, seeking the funds as it continues to expand.  JustPark was founded by entrepreneur Anthony Eskinazi and is seeking to lead the disruption of the £50… Read More

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