Tagged: united kingdom

May 18, 2014 @ 8:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a week since the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Tens sunglasses has managed to receive over £213,000 (about $360,000) from over 5,200 backers. The company originally set out with a goal of only  £9,400 and within a couple days scored… Read More

May 18, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

BuyMyWardrobe recently initiated its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, to date securing over £35,000 of its £150,000 target goal for 4.00% equity offered. In RealBusiness, CEO and Founder Kal Di Paola shares her sustainable fashion company’s vision: “We aim to build BuyMyWardrobe into the number one… Read More

May 16, 2014 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hedge fund manager Marshall Wace is queuing up to IPO their Peer to Peer lending fund – seeking to raise £200 million.  The global investment fund wants to capitalize on the seismic shift from traditional bank finance to P2P lending platforms.  The shares are expected… Read More

May 15, 2014 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based crowdfunding platform GrowthFunders has recently done a site makeover.  The investment site has added a bit of polish to their platform as they continue to grow in 2014.  But not only have they freshened up the site – they are now offering up… Read More

May 15, 2014 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Angels Den recently shared some news for 2014.  Since the beginning of the year the equity crowdfunding platform has successfully raised capital for 15 different companies.  Angels Den is a bit of a hybrid platform where they combine angel investing with a crowdfunding… Read More

May 14, 2014 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Shoreditch Works announced today a major funding partnership with IBM to support software developers, entrepreneurs with startups in London The IBM investment follows Shoreditch Works completing a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, raising £90,000 from 340 backers. The companies will be running events at the Village… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube shared some insightful information this week.  So far for 2014 they have raised £8.3 million funding 38 businesses.  In the month of April alone the portal raised £2.3 million for 10 businesses.  In March Crowdcube funded 8 businesses for £1.6 million… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite ever tightening controls on lending from the big five banks, 75 percent of Brits prefer to approach their high street bank for a loan of £10,000 or less. This is the finding of a new survey of more than 600 consumers from peer to… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 9:47 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

United Kingdom & the United States See Incredible Growth in Peer to Peer Lending Industry. With all of the hype around equity crowdfunding the silent counterpart of peer-to-peer lending has been quietly growing into a significant and disruptive industry. In fact, some industry followers expect… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a recently published survey, “frustrated” savers are looking to peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms for higher rates of interest than those offered by banks – but want reassurance over the risks before they invest, a UK survey has found. The survey of over 2,000 people,… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hoping to take the crowdfunding revolution by storm, Property Moose recently launched their site and listed their first properties available to investors. The company wants to allow individuals to invest in real estate for as little as £500. Earlier this year founders Andrew Gardiner, Paul… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

JewelStreet is pleased to announced that they are finalists in this year’s UK Watch and Jewelry Awards for the Etailer of the Year – and have received £171k through its crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube in 30 days, significantly exceeding its target of £100k in 60 days…. Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Maily is an email application for kids.  Children are almost immediately introduced to the digital world these days and Maily wants to provide the proper environment for communication – accompanied by sufficient parental control.  Face it – fibbing about the child’s age and setting up… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P Platform Has Hit $500 Million Milestone. Peer to Peer portal Funding Circle has announced it will introduce a new risk tier that will allow the company to serve a quarter more of its U.S. small business loan applicants.   Funding Circle connects business owners with… Read More

May 4, 2014 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a successful equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube,  the New Craftsmen has announced they will open up a permanent retail location on North Row, Mayfair.  Previously the company had operated two Mayfair pop-up shops.  The funding generated on Crowdcube has facilitated the new retail… Read More

May 3, 2014 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creating a new tool for artists, LIX launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its 3D printing pen. The Lix 3D pen enables an artist to doodle in the air. The professional tool offers the artist the comfort and pushes their creativity to a whole… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Clarion Events and gambling industry crowdfunding platform GamCrowd have signed a cooperation agreement. Under the agreement GamCrowd has become a supporting partner for Clarion’s Start-Up LaunchPad and Start-Up Village at EiG and ICE Totally Gaming. GamCrowd will also use these Clarion events to host the major physical meetings… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Based LendInvest Also Announces Creation of Secondary Market on P2P Platform. Peer to Peer (P2P) property lender LendInvest has launched a new three year mortgage in a direct challenge to high street banks’ dominance of the £1.2 trillion mortgage market.  The medium term mortgage is… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced that Todd Ruppert, former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, has joined the european investment portal’s advisory board. Ruppert is described as one of the investment industry’s most successful leaders. During his 27-year career at the world-renowned,… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based Crowdfunder has had an excellent month.  Having launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, the company reached their stated goal of raising £500,000 in just three hours.  £230,000 was pledged within the first 15 minutes.  NESTA was first up to pledge contributing £150,000…. Read More