Tagged: united kingdom

May 2, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was widely expected, the self-crowdfunding round of investment platform SyndicateRoom easily hit its £1.2 million funding goal representing a 14.12% equity stake in the young company.  Pre-money valuation was stated at £ 7.3 million with a per share price of £2.88. Existing registered investors… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lending platform for secured commercial mortgages, has updated their tech adding an auto-invest feature for investors. This allows individuals to manually select specific metrics on loans and once an asset that matches your criteria, you will automatically invest. LendInvest describes… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  SyndicateRoom, a leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform, has been preparing for a self crowdfunding round in the amount of £1.2 million.  Apparently there is a lot of interest in backing the funding portal as company representatives have shared the crowdfunding round is 2X… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has announced Q1 data on P2P lending in the UK.  Updated numbers indicate that over £459 million was originated in the first quarter bringing the cumulative lending amount to more than £2.6 billion. Data provided also showed an increase… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced the creation of a venture fund last year. The concept was to allow a  professional fund manager do all the hard work in creating a diversified portfolio. As we all know investing in early-stage companies is risky business but a highly diversified… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Landbay is leapfrogging other, more senior, peer to peer lending platforms in the UK by lining up a sizable credit line. According to company representatives, the young P2P lender that focuses on mortgage lending has negotiated an impressive £250 million wholesale funding line to be… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Omni Partners LLP, an alternatives investment manager, has  their first close on their second secured lending fund, Omni Secured Lending Fund II LP (OSL II), with initial commitments of $45 million. OSL II is targeting a total fundraise of $250 million by the time it holds its… Read More

April 28, 2015 @ 7:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Banks are at a huge disadvantage with their high salary bills and antiquated technology systems, peer to peer offers an innovative, simple and better result which costs customers less. That said, I also predict huge opportunities for banks and peer-to-peer lenders to continue to work together… Read More

April 27, 2015 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog, the largest independent brewery in the UK today, last week announced a new equity crowdfunding offer that if fully funded will become the UK record holder for a direct issuer. BrewDog wants to raise £25 million via crowdfunding – something that is indicative of… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Retailer loyalty App Loyalzoo has raised over £170,000 in just three days equity crowdfunding on Seedrs. To date 72 investors have backed the small company that hopes to raise a total of £250,002 for 12.15% equity in the company.  This is the second time Loyalzoo has… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom is addressing the challenge of education and awareness in the crowdfunding space by launching the “Investors Academy”.  SyndicateRoom has taken an interesting approach towards crowdfunding by matching established angel investors to each offer on their platform thus allowing the… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the recent prediction that it’ll have a “record breaking” year, Crowdcube unveiled a new infographic to reflect the key statistics and facts about its investment crowdfunding platform’s growth. Last week, Crowdcube announced that it is expecting to have an exciting 2015 following the success of Q1 funding.  The first quarter saw… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Online marketplace for commercial property loans, Proplend, has announced the Proplend Loan Exchange (PLE) where active peer to peer loans listed on their platform may be immediately purchased or sold. Prior to the hosted exchange, Proplend investors could lend via their “In Funding” channel. However… Read More

April 23, 2015 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

FicShelf has launched a new crowdfunding platform to help authors finance the editing, design and publishing of their books. The new site hopes to assist authors to make a living from their talent, and through connecting independent authors with editors, proofreaders and designers. Authors can then fundraise via… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle has just received another capital boost in the amount of $150 million.  The equity funding round was lead by DST Global with participation from Baillie Gifford, a fund managed by Blackrock, Sands Capital Ventures and Temasek. Goldman Sachs acted as exclusive placement agent… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Established brewery BrewDog is going to the raise capital once again but this time they are going big.  Their Equity for Punks pitch is seeking £25 million in crowdfunding which will be the largest equity crowdfunding round in the UK to date. This is the… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 12:45 pm By Barry James  |  

Is this the start of a new trend – or even a new phase – in crowdfunding? Might it be another step in rewards crowdfunding ‘coming of age’ in the UK? It’s certainly getting noticed as the route of choice to seed a startup. In… Read More

April 19, 2015 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital hopes to run £ 1 billion in loans by the end of 2016 and they have a good start in getting there. The peer to peer lender launched in April of 2013 and has funded over £70 million in secured lending and states… Read More

April 16, 2015 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The advent of min-bonds in the UK has been an interesting financial phenomena and nice option for investment crowdfunding platforms.  Investing in mini-bonds allows individuals to receive an annual return with a lower level of risk.  Crowdcube has been the leader in the mini-bond space… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube is predicting a “record breaking” year following the success of Q1 funding.  The first quarter of 2015 saw 36 businesses raising £17.5 million.  During the quarter total investments topped £24 million (some offers are still crowdfunding). Crowdcube touted some of the… Read More