Tagged: united kingdom

June 12, 2015 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Winning a £1 million prize is no small thing.  On June 26th, Richard Branson will reveal the winning company in each category in a live event in London.  Pitch to Rich 2015 is now in the semi-finalist round after winnowing it down from thousands to… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunder UK has just launched a new concept in crowdfunding on their platform: Community Shares. A type of hybrid mix between charity and ownership, investors in these organizations own part of an entity they believe in supporting. Community shares are only possible for co-operative societies and community… Read More

June 9, 2015 @ 2:03 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Promising to be “more than just a crowdfunding platform,” but also “an engaging community,” a new UK crowdfunding platform for businesses and investors has just launched, according to a recent press release from London Stock Exchange’s RNS. InvestDen is disrupting traditional finance by providing a unique crowdfunding… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Wimbeldon Champion Andy Murray has joined UK based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to assist with health, sport and wearable technology.  According to a company spokesperson, Murray has enterred into a long term partnership agreement where he will advise the firm in areas of strategic interest…. Read More

June 7, 2015 @ 10:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zopa co-founder and CEO Giles Andrew has joined a growing chorus of industry leaders disputing the description of peer to peer, or marketplace lending, as “Shadow Banking“.  Of course this could be just a natural reaction from traditional banking.  As the banking model is challenged,… Read More

June 6, 2015 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdstacker, a new peer to peer lending platform has launched today with its first loan product. The direct lender explains its approach as offering  retail investors the option to lend money to “non-listed but established mid-sized and financially stable businesses. Karteek Patel, CEO of Crowdstacker,… Read More

June 4, 2015 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

If you are in the content creation space you know Spundge and may be a user.  Spundge is a software application that cruises the internet and returns relevant results based on user set criteria. You may then choose how to use the content based off… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a highly regulated industry, such as finance, there will never be a perfect set of rules. The diversity of opinion and perspective by nature engenders a constant debate between what is right – and what is wrong.  The internet finance industry has evolved quite… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

  Sugru may not be the sexiest of products but it has been popular with investors. The “first” mouldable glue company surged past £1 million in equity crowdfunding on Crowdcube in just 4 days.  Investors topped 1500, each contributing from £10 to £40,000. The offer… Read More

June 1, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Join us for UKBAA Angel Investment Summit on July 2nd in London, where we’ll look at the future of angel and early stage investment. From drone technology through to augmented reality and social impact pioneers – meet the leading players and investors driving innovation and change… Read More

June 1, 2015 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle is pushing further into the real estate lending space by offering a new short term bridge loan tagging property developers.  According to the peer to peer lender, over the last 12 months Funding Circle has lent over £60 million for property loans creating… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has offered the opportunity for smaller investors to join a prominent VC fund – something usually exclusive only to the very wealthy or very connected. Mark Pearsons has launched his own £30 million fund and a £500,0000 portion is being made available… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published the quarterly update on the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) for Q1 of 2015.  According to the report, net lending by FLS Extension participants to SMEs was £0.6bn in the first quarter of 2015. This compares with quarterly net… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 6:06 am By JD Alois  |  

London based startup Cake launched an £ 800,000  Series A crowdfunding round on Crowdcube and they are off to a solid start having topped £300,000 in the first 24 hours. As of today, 21 investors have funded the round with the largest committing £100,000. The offer… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a report published by Beauhurst, companies that utilize equity crowdfunding end up selling a smaller stake in their company to shareholders. The document compared equity crowdfunding platforms in the UK to their counterpart Angel and VC groups.  The difference between traditional finance and… Read More

May 26, 2015 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

While banks remain slow to provide new loans for many types of businesses, sporting clubs may be a perfect match for crowdfunding.  The affinity between fans and supporters for their favorite club may provide a very viable avenue for raising capital in times of need. According to… Read More

May 25, 2015 @ 10:37 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

2015 may be the year of the great British cherry, according to the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but the trade body overseeing the UK peer-to-peer lending industry is getting ready to introduce a rule against allowing institutions to “cherry-pick” the most desirable loans at the expense… Read More

May 24, 2015 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

We all want to be able to charge our smartphones faster so when I saw the crowdfunding campaign for ChargeDoubler I thought this was a pretty cool campaign. The “original accelerator” claims up to 2X charging speeds for your iPhone or Android phone by allowing a… Read More

May 22, 2015 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

GrowthFunders, part of Growth Capital Ventures, has just received official approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate their investment crowdfunding platform.  GrowthFunders has been operating since March 0f 2014 using a provisionary status in association with Linear Investments. The process took GrowthFunders approximately… Read More

May 20, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

  It was just 2 years ago that UK based peer to peer lending LendInvest launched in partnership with its sister firm Montello to provide short-term bridge loans.  Today LendInvest claims the title of worlds largest P2P marketplace for mortgages having surpassed £300 million in… Read More