Tagged: united kingdom

December 23, 2013 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Racing Aims to Disrupt Racing Horse Ownership. Partners with Crowdcube. Launched this past November, Crowd Racing claims to be the first ever crowdfunding platform exclusively for racehorse ownership.  Crowd Racing wants to bring the “Sport of Kings” to the crowd by allowing owners to… Read More

December 23, 2013 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Founded in 2011. BloomVC.com Experiences 250% Growth in 2013. One of the UK’s leading rewards based crowdfunding platforms, BloomVC.com, has seen the number of successfully funded projects jump to a 105% increase since 2012. There has also been a significant increase in money raised through the platform: 90% more since… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 9:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, December 18, 2013, a debate was held in Westminster Hall regarding crowdfunding.  Labour MP Barry Sheerman led the discussion and described the opportunity as a bit of a Christmas present as this was the first ever debate on the innovative form of financing. The… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog’s investment crowdfunding campaign “Equity for Punks” is nearing a close. BrewDog has issues a last call for investors as they are down to the last 2% of shares available for this funding round. The Scottish craft brewery raised their funding amount in November to… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Equity Crowdfunding platform Crowdcube recently updated their info graphic sharing their statistics on their business. Investment crowdfunding is growing at a phenomenal pace in the UK and Crowdcube is in the lead for greatest amount raised in equity. Everyone realizes we are in the… Read More

December 18, 2013 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

I have my favorites and I know you have yours too.  Crowdcube has helped to raise much needed capital for a diverse, creative and innovative group of companies over 2013.  While you may have already voted by investing in these companies, now is your opportunity… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 8:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Debate Takes Place as Consultation Period Nears End. Members of Parliament (MPs) will be debating the future of crowdfunding at Westminster tomorrow,  Wednesday, December 18, 2013.  The Westminster Hall Debate has been initiated by Barry Sheerman MP, a leading proponent of crowdfunding. Mr Sheerman, chair of… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 3:00 am By Barry James, The Social Foundation  |  

Green Light the new freedoms of the digital age. The idea of a man having to walk in front of each car on the road waving a red flag to ensure that they didn’t scare the horses has often been the object of a mixture… Read More

December 17, 2013 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Compare and Share a comparison website for the sharing economy has tripled their target and raised £152,030 worth of equity on Crowdcube. Compare and Share set a goal of raising £50,000 on on the equity crowdfunding platform. The offering just recently closed having raised £152,030, 304%… Read More

December 15, 2013 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Angels Den equity crowdfunding platform quickly raised the funding goal for start up Bag Rider on their growing platform.  Bag Rider is a cabin bag (roll on) for airplanes which transforms into a secure travel seat for small children (6 months to 4 years).  Born… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter from the United Kingdom is the Snooperscope.  This hardware gives you true night vision for your iOS (or Android) device meaning your iPhone can now be the coolest stealth camera ever. We have all seen night vision utilized in countless films and… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Alternative Finance Said to Hit £1.6 Billion in 2014. Nesta, a UK based charity which strives to support the best and brightest ideas by providing grants and doing research, has published a report on the “Rise of Future Finance”.  This is a first ever… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 2:30 am By JD Alois  |  

GoCarShare is a startup company based in London that is a “marketplace for empty car seats”.  The concept was driven by need from founder Drummond Gilbert.  He was roaming about West London and noticed that almost every car had only one person in it.  It… Read More

December 10, 2013 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding portal Crowdcube was announced as a finalist in the StartUps  Awards under the category of “Funded Business of the Year” back in October.  Last week Crowdcube Co-founder Luke Lang showed up to the annual event and was pleased to be recognized as this… Read More

December 10, 2013 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-Peer lending platform Landbay, which wants to facilitate secured commercial property loans, is using equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to raise capital and they are offering 7.5% of the company for £50,000. Pre-money valuation places that company at £616,667. Landbay is prepping to launch the platform… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Musical version of the classic TV sitcom “Happy Days” has claimed the title of the first major theatrical production in the world to gain financing through equity crowdfunding and they have done so on UK based Seedrs.   The crowdfunding round raised £250,000 from 345 investors… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Listing Overfunded, Set Goal of £300,000, Hits £450,000 in Less Than 2 Weeks. Online company records management company Inform Direct  quickly beat their equity crowdfunding target on SyndicateRoom by raising £450,000 representing 175% of their funding target.  The listing, which was initially set to raise £300,000… Read More

December 4, 2013 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s regulatory entity which has oversight over the booming crowdfunding industry, released a consultation paper (CP) this past October reviewing the new, innovative industry.  The CP is one of a series of consultation papers that will determine their… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 12:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed their self-crowdfunding round having raised a record amount of funds with 850 individual investors purchasing shares in the company amounting to £2,154,710.  While the round is closed to new money the amount may increase as in-process money may not be… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

James Caan runs a regular series on CNBC called the Business Class where he interviews entrepreneurs.  Caan is a noted UK entrepreneur himself.  He became very successful in the recruitment industry, which included the global companies Alexander Mann and Humana International. In 2004 he founded… Read More