Tagged: united kingdom

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

April 13, 2015 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Fred Bell wants to reinvigorate the institution of the local pub.  Having owned and operated the Half Moon Inn, under Inntuit Limited, he understands the challenges and wants to help owners regain past glory or just improve their bottom line.  During the last few years… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 2:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding London launches with a one-day summit designed to demystify all that this fast-growing financial sector entails, with panel discussions and talks from several of this industry’s major players taking place throughout the day. This isn’t a typical financial seminar – it offers opportunities for… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 11:12 am By Conrad Ford  |  

    The various forms of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing have emerged as valuable sources of funding for small companies and vehicles for investment among lenders around the world in recent years. In fact, progress in the field of late has been remarkable to say the… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The very first peer to peer lending platform to grace the UK has announced a new milestone. Zopa has announced topping £800 in loans (over $1.16 billion for the yanks) and has returned £50 million in interest to investors.  Over a third of the interest… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Innovation Hub is keen to promote policy and process change that can facilitate innovations that benefit consumers. With than in mind, we are keen to hear about regulatory barriers to innovation from early-stage investors in financial technology (FinTech) firms. To discuss these issues, we… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Dubai based investment crowdfunding platform Eureeca received FCA approval this past March.  Now the funding portal is announcing the first UK company to raise capital for domestic growth and expansion into Dubai and other markets marking the first time a business outside the Middle East… Read More

April 9, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P lender Ratesetter has targeted the art sector by partnering with the Creative Industry Finance to fund artistic and cultural enterprises. Explaining that the UK creative sector is worth £71 billion per year to the economy, Ratesetter will now offer P2P finance solutions to the businesses… Read More

April 8, 2015 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Sports crowdfunding site PledgeSports has raised over €80,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs and is seeking a total raise of €100,000.  This represents 5% equity in the young company with a pre-money valuation of €1,900,000. The Dublin, Ireland based site will use the new funding will… Read More

April 7, 2015 @ 5:51 pm By Barry James  |  

5 Must-Know Things Before You Launch Your #Crowdfund One glance at this u-shaped graph of 200,000 crowdfunds is enough to tell the story to anyone who’s seen many crowdfunds succeed and fail. It confirms what we know – but shows it’s far starker a picture… Read More

April 7, 2015 @ 12:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender RateSetter is now offering a Self Invested Personal Pension Option (SIPP) in collaboration with London & Colonial and European Pensions Management allowing savers to invest in P2P assets for retirement. “We are delighted that RateSetter is now available via SIPPs. SIPPs were… Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Venturefest aims to drive the development of new business opportunities by bringing together Innovators who have exciting new ideas, Investors who want to partner and financially support innovators to commercialise their ideas and Entrepreneurs who can turn ideas and money into new and successful businesses…. Read More

April 6, 2015 @ 1:47 am By JD Alois  |  

England’s oldest commercial vineyard, planted in 1952, is using a new form of finance to raise capital.  Hambledon Vineyard, located in Hampshire South Downs, has listed a mini-bond offer on CrowdBnk seeking £2.75 million in new funding.  The “English Fizz Mini Bond” is a 5… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg based Direct Lending Investment, advised by Smart Lenders, has created the first US Dollar denominated security that is backed by peer to peer, or marketplace, funded loans.  As part of the process, Direct Lending Investment is using  Orchard’s analytics technology, according to information received… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act (SBEEA) has received “Royal Assent” and will be implemented in 3 stages.  Those with the highest impact will be delivered in the final stage, according to the UK Government.  The implementation schedule may be changed following passage of… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd2Fund, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform that offers a range of funding options, has announced a Series A funding round of £2 million giving the company a “notional market value” of £10 million.  According to the company interest from Chinese investors boosted the valuation… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender that targets real estate mortgages, has announced a partnership with Plentific, an online property marketplace. LendInvest has facilitated over £269 million in short and medium term mortgage loans to date making it the largest in the world. Plentific was… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has shared it has experienced a very successful quarter having captured over £10 million in investment for Q1 while claiming the title of Europe’s most active equity crowdfunding platform. According to co-founder and CEO Jeff Lynn; “We’re proud to have become… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Thor Mitchell is leaving Silicon Valley and moving to the UK to join equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube as Head of Product.  The new position at Crowdcube is described as serving the needs of entrepreneurs and investors thus assuring ongoing innovation and growth. Thor will be immediately… Read More