Tagged: united kingdom

January 15, 2015 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, a business oriented peer to peer lending platform, has signed onto a new partnership with local government Herefordshire Council to launch a “pioneering” agreement.  The new partnership is designed to boost local economic growth and job creation via improved access to business finance…. Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Southhampton based FundingKnight has increased its loan limit to £500,000 to match demand, according to a company statement.  FundingKnight is a peer to peer lender that targets the business segment of the industry.  The increase is effective immediately. The decision to raise the limit was described… Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 7:54 am By Conrad Ford  |  

Let’s start with what won’t happen in business lending. Politicians and pressure groups love to opine that we need a return to branch-based local ‘Bank Managers’, who knew each customer personally and made lending decisions on a firm handshake. However attractive this nostalgia, most small… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 7:57 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Ice cream producer Oppo rose to record crowdfunding campaign heights as quickly as a beachside gelato melts on a hot summer day: fast. UK crowdfunding platform Seedrs today noted that London-based Oppo reached 324 percent (at press time, 339 percent) of its target investment in… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P Gobal investments announced last week they were initiating a new funding round to raise £200 million in a C share offer.  The company has now published the prospectus for the offer. This is following a successful 2014 as P2P Global became the first fund… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In a company statement UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube shared it assisted 105 businesses raise £35.9 million in funding for 2014.  This represents a 246% increase compared to 2013 and means Crowdcube maintains the title of UK’s largest equity crowdfunding site.  Registered investors jumped… Read More

January 11, 2015 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

UK peer to peer lending platform Zopa experienced an 81% rate of growth for 2013, according to a report in the Telegraph.  The ten year old platform is booming as total loans stood at £268 million for 2014, a number that is predicted to jump… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The company that invented the first carbon composite wheels for high performance vehicles, Dymag is offering shares in the company view equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.  The small company is seeking a minimum raise of £500,000 representing 26.18% equity in the firm.  As of today £186,000… Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Side by Side US / UK Investment Offer Called Fundraising Record by Crowdcube. Innovative bitcoin financial service company Bitreserve has raised £6.3 million ($9.527 million) according to a statement by company representatives. The offer was simultaneously posted on Crowdcube in the UK and Venovate in… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

GamCrowd, a UK based gambling crowdfunding & crowdsourcing site has announced a new incubator for gaming startups.  According to a statement from the company, GamCrowd expects participants to benefit from a range of value-added provisions and resources to better prepare young companies and assist with the process… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

This event is for SyndicateRoom investors and people interested in investing in early stage private companies. The premise of the evening is for you to listen to experienced investors, in this case Hermann Hauser, and meet like-minded people. The format is relaxed and there’s plenty of time… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments has announced its intent to raise £200 million in a new funding round.  P2P Global Investments became the first ever P2P investment fund to trade shares on the LSE last summer (LSE:P2P).  At the time of the listing P2P Global stated its intent… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two days until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, nearly 11,000 backers have raised £2,000,000 for  the autonomous, intelligent and swarming nano drone, Zano. As previously reported by Crowdfund Insider, Zano is a product envisioned by the British company Torquing Group…. Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender RateSetter has commented on the closing of the Bank of England’s / Prudential Regulation (BOE & PRA) Authority consultation paper which was opened for comments this past October.  The consultation paper delineates proposed changes in order to implement the Deposit Guarantee… Read More

January 3, 2015 @ 4:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa co-founder and Keystone attorney Simon Deane-Johns recently participated in several panels at the successful ECN Crowdfunding Convention held in Paris in December.  Zopa was the first peer to peer lending platform so Deane-Johns has been engaged in new forms of finance since the early days and… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

With 2014 finally at an end and 2015 just kicking off it is that time of year when predictions on the future of crowdfunding roll in.  Crowdfund Insider has already published more than a few interesting predictions for 2015 and we expect more to follow…. Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 6:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Funding Circle recently tested their own platform to see how things would shake out during “adverse economic conditions”.  As we all know economies ebb and flow through an endless cycle of growth and retrenchment.  The “Great Recession” was an extreme example… Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 5:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Surgical imaging technology company Lightpoint Medical has successfully raised £2 million in a Series A round. Investors include Oxford Technology, Cambridge Capital Group, London Business Angels, Envestors, Ruffena Capital and funding via SyndicateRoom.  The offer on crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom initially targeted a raise of £500,000… Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 4:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Unbolted is an online peer to peer lending platform that is effectively a digital pawn shop.  Users may secure loans with personal “high value assets” to access loans of up to £1 million according to a release from the company.  For lenders Unbolted states the… Read More

December 27, 2014 @ 7:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment platform AngelsDen has experienced a significant leap in business funding for 2014.  According to the crowdfunding company, 45 businesses raised over £5.5 million for the year – up 66% over year prior. In 2013 the site stated it had raised £ 3.5 million for… Read More