Tagged: united kingdom

June 4, 2016 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, virtual school-gate community, Classlist, announced that it has successfully secured its initial funding goal of £550,000 through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, As previously reported, Classlist enables parent communities to work together on a wide range of family related activities. It also offers a private social network for each school… Read More

June 4, 2016 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moonshine Drinks, a Nottingham-based startup that provides home brewed alcoholic drinks, is currently seeking to raise £100,000 on Seedrs as it prepares to expand its wine collection. Launched in 2013, the company currently sells its products for the price of £14.50 to retailers, which includes Lakeland stores and online, Scotts… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! storage brand, LOVESPACE, has secured its initial £500,000 from over 200 investors through its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company announced on Thursday that it decided to extended the initiative for another week. The company, which debuted its first initiative nearly two years ago and raised £1,562,960,… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfest: the largest, best supported UK crowdfunding event – ever!  Organised in partnership with the UK Crowdfunding Association and supported by the major platforms and government, Crowdfest is the industry’s flagship event and will be packed with fresh ideas, opportunities and knowledge. Crowdfest is a multi-streamed event… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 1:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ShareProperty, a new crowdfunding platform that’s dedicated to UK’s real estate, recently debuted its Seedrs initiative to raise £80,000 as it prepares to expand its website. The new funding portal stated that it is aiming to provide a range of carefully curated investment opportunities. ShareProperty explained with a minimum… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube was the first investment crowdfunding platform to launch in the UK. Since 2011, the site has grown quite a bit having helped to finance hundreds of companies raising more than £165 million in the process. During this time, Crowdcube has tweaked and adjusted its… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

wiseAlpha, a marketplace where both small and large investors may access secured corporate loans, has closed its crowdfunding round on Crowdcube.  Over 400 investors came together to purchase £594,950 or a 9.79% equity stake in the startup. WiseAlpha will be using the new capital to grow… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plumen, a UK-based energy-saving lightbulb manufacturer, launched a Crowdcube campaign on Wednesday to raise £500,000 as it prepares to launch new products. Founded in 2007 and launched in 2010, Plumen revealed it has created energy-saving lighting, using design and beauty to inspire adoption of sustainable lighting technology. The company… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter is reporting it has surpassed £250 million in lending to UK businesses.  The benchmark event comes after a series of recent business developments for the marketplace lender. According to RateSetter, participation by the British Business Bank, updated lending limits and a growing executive bench… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Katie’s House, a club that is dedicated to families with pre-school children, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of £320,000 as it prepares to open three locations in the city of London. The club, which was found by opera singer and provider in baby… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week the largest bank in the Eurozone by market capitalization, Santander, announced it had launched a new app to facilitate live international payments. While payments may not be super exciting (it is a big business though) the method as to how Santander is facilitating… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based West Berkshire Brewery announced it has opened its new brewery and also secured its first urban pub, Shillibeer’s in Islington, London. According to the company, the new brewery will be situated just a few hundred yards from the current site. It will feature state-of-the art equipment… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

A new vision of British sports cars has been launched and the founders are using crowdfunding to help finance their dream car. Launched in 2012, Zenos Cars is a high-performance sports car in the same tradition of many great British marquee’s all at an affordable price…. Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 4:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Family Traveller, a printing and digital media company that focuses on family-centric travel information and advice, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £500,000 as it prepares to expand in the UK and US. Since its launch in 2012, Family… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, new indie games developer, Flaming Fowl Studios, took to Kickstarter to raise $365,385 for the Fable theme collectible card game, Fable Fortune.  Flaming Fowl Studio reportedly consists of a team of former Lionhead Studio workers. Lionhead, the original developer of Fable, was shut down by Microsoft earlier… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two weeks after launching its Crowdcube campaign, UK-based men’s grooming brand, Hommage, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding goal. The company currently offers over 100 different men’s-only shave, face and body skin care products, along with a range of shaving accoutrements, and men’s grooming accessories. Its… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks left until its Seedrs initiative comes to an end, UK’s West Berkshire Brewery has secured over £1.3M. The brewery launched the campaign earlier this spring and is seeking a total £1.5 million. Founded in 1995, West Berkshire Brewery has produced a wide range of… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, UK-based Powervault announced that it has decided to extend its third Crowdcube campaign for two more weeks. This news comes after the energy company successfully secured £1 million. The company announced in a recent update: “We have decided to extend our campaign until 10th June…. Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom has published results of a survey on the potential impact of a Brexit and their numbers indicate £2 trillion of assets will be at risk if the UK decides to leave the EU. SyndicateRoompolled more than 3000 individuals who have invested in private companies… Read More

May 28, 2016 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after securing £500,000 through its Crowdcube campaign, UK fitness brand, énergie Fitness, announced on Saturday that it has decided to extend its highly successful initiative. énergie, which has three brands of fitness clubs in 93 locations across 5 countries, currently has over 110,000 club members and is looking… Read More