Tagged: united kingdom

February 9, 2014 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Online food discovery startup, Flavourly, is expected to break crowdfunding records when it launches on Angels Den on Monday, February 10, 2014. Flavourly, which intends to turn over a million pounds this year, intends on raising £116k by crowdfunding on Angels Den. But at a… Read More

February 9, 2014 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Called, “The Coolest Collection of Crafters in the Land”, Company Raises Equity on Crowdcube. The New Craftsman launched their crowdfunding round of funding on February 6th 2014, the emerging luxury retail business wants to raise funds for the fit out and opening of their new… Read More

February 6, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform for technology and health moves from Beta to Full Launch. Edinburgh, Scotland based ShareIn has migrated from beta to full public launch.  The platform is the only equity based crowdfunding site designed exclusively for British technology and health focussed companies.  ShareIn’s crowdfunding… Read More

February 4, 2014 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Come and join us at The Great British Private Investor Summit 2014 This event is exclusively for private investors – any entrepreneurs or fundraising companies that book onto the event will be refunded or asked to leave on the day. Uncover: The best alternative &… Read More

February 2, 2014 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs, a leader in the investment crowdfunding space in Europe, has shared some updated information regarding their platform’s success.  Seedrs was one of the first equity platforms in the UK and is proudly the first platform to be officially regulated by the Financial… Read More

February 1, 2014 @ 7:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

United Kingdom based startup Seedrs, the world’s first fully regulated equity crowdfunding platform open to investors and entrepreneurs throughout Europe, has received an investment from AFT Holdings, an international investment and management company. “As an international investment group, we are proud patrons of the vision… Read More

February 1, 2014 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

TGC Continues with Self-Hosted Pretail Funding. Coming from The Game Creators (TGC), a privately owned UK company, FPS Creator Reloaded (FPSC Reloaded) has announced their beta launch of Oculus Rift integration.  The game development tools studio sees integration as an important strategic move as part… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has released the final amount of their self-crowdfunding round.  The London based platform raised £2.58 million, an amount that was far above their initial target of raising £750,000 which was surpassed on the first day of the offer.  Over… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) are a financial product available to residents of the United Kingdom.  These types of vehicles are used to supplement retirement incomes (somewhat similar to US 401k’s).  Apparently in a meeting held this week between Peer-toPeer (P2P) lenders, ISA industry participants and… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-Peer lending platform LendInvest was interviewed on CNBC yesterday talking about their business.  Christian Faes discusses their mortgage based P2P operation and talks about a recent bridge loan where the investor received a 14% per annum interest rate. LendInvest, launched in May 2013, has jumped… Read More

January 28, 2014 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Fuel3D scanner raised over $300,000 in September 2013 through a highly successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  With early bird backers scheduled to receive their first products in April 2014, Fuel 3D continues to move forward to final production.   Fuel3D unveiled this week the first images… Read More

January 27, 2014 @ 1:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to Madiston LendLoanInvest, UK borrowers waste thousands by choosing inflexible loan providers who force them in to lengthy terms and higher rates. Lenders may also miss a trick if they don’t have the flexibility to set and secure their own acceptable rates for loans… Read More

January 24, 2014 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following reports that Funding Circle intends on collaborating with high street banks, Stuart Law, CEO of Assetz Capital, a fast growing peer-to-peer lender based in the United Kingdom stated: “Banks are set up to lend to SMEs, so why would a bank lend through a… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Worth Foundation has partnered with equity crowdfunding site Seedrs to create a fund to invest the United Kingdom’s best young retail / e-commerce business.  The project was created in partnership with Metro Newspapers.  The investment sought was £200,000 but that was not quite enough as… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Earwig Academic Raises 128% of Goal at £180,000. Investors quickly backed Earwig software raising equity on the Crowdcube platform. The company had set a goal of raising £140,o00 but 71 investors have participated to push that amount higher.  This represented an 18% stake in the… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

PSonar closed fully crowdfunded on SyndicateRoom having raised just over £200,000 representing 9.16% equity in the small company.  The “pay as you play” service is looking to compete with other well known music streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer and Rdio.  A cloud based service,… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hybrid Crowdfunding Campaign Easily Hits Crowdfunding Goal. The UK’s fastest growing craft beer club, Beer52, has raised £100k from the crowd to grow their online community to 10,000 members in 2014.  The Edinburgh-based startup launched on the Angels Den crowdfunding platform in December 2013 and… Read More

January 19, 2014 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smarta, an advice and networking service in the United Kingdom that targets anyone starting or operating a small business has created an interesting info graphic on job creation in the UK.  As they say people start a business for “freedom, money and creativity”.  Well in… Read More

January 19, 2014 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdBox TV is a multi-platform service, the concept gives entrepreneurs a chance to promote themselves and their crowdfunding projects across web, mobile and television. There will be a weekly campaign video pitch on Sky Broadcast. Today’s 30-minute show is the first in a monthly series… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Posted on Friday via the Crowdcube Twitter account, the UK equity crowdfunding platform ended the week on a high note sharing that £372,000 (Over $600,000) had been invested in businesses listed in their platform in just two days.  While two days do not make a… Read More