Category: Get Funded

Just six months after launching, the crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has helped hundreds of people invest £1million into promising British businesses.

As an income investment for those able to put down a sizeable deposit, buy-to-let is once again looking like an attractive prospect. The wheels of the housing market are finally back in motion, with experts predicting prices to rise as much as 25% over the next five years.

Geraldine Grandidier, award-winning founder of Tidy Books , is set to fulfil her dream by expanding her business overseas, after rejecting other forms of finance and raising £105,600 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

Flavourly, which intends to turn over a million pounds this year, plans to raise £116k from the crowd – but at a SpeedFunding event in London a record 15 investors already expressed an interest.

Entrepreneur Duane Jackson has donated £100,000 to The Prince’s Trust after selling Kashflow, the company they helped him start enabling him to turn his life around after leaving prison

Given the success of last years hunt James Caan is repeating his search to find recruitment entrepreneurs worthy of investment and mentoring to help them drive their business

In many respects there’s never been a better time to set up a new business. The digital revolution has opened up the world and new markets, while digital technology and mobile computing continues to spur innovation and inspire new entrepreneurs.

Former Oxford University student Torsten Reil sells his company to US giant Zynga for $527m

This year a British firm is set to turn the solar panel industry on its head when it puts its revolutionary new photovoltaic (solar) panel tiles into production, after raising £120,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube in less than 10 days.

Telefónica, has reinforced its commitment to Europe’s digital economy with two important initiatives targeted at narrowing the “cultural divide” between universities, start-ups and multinational corporations and raising awareness of the importance of the digital economy for Europe’s growth.

Horse racing is enjoyed by many millions across the UK’s 60 tracks and yet traditionally ownership of a Thoroughbred has been the preserve of the few. That is set to change with the launch of Crowd Racing, the world’s first crowdfunding platform to offer shares in racehorses to the general public.