As two thirds of SMEs report that they need funding to grow, over 60 per cent say they have either used crowdlending or would consider doing so, according to new research. In fact, nearly one in five SME owners or decision makers report they have already used crowdlending.
Peter Simon, founder of Monsoon and Accessorize, has invested in British homeware brand Loaf founded by Charlie Marshall.
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LawBite, the plain English online legal service for SMEs, is giving more investors the chance to buy a stake in the business with the launch of a second round of crowdfunding via the Crowdcube platform.
Investors have ploughed half a million pounds into the first British company to design and build a new type of aircraft in decades. The makers of the e-Go aircraft attracted the extraordinary level of investment via the crowdfunding platform, SyndicateRoom.
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Google has announced plans to buy thermostat maker Nest Labs for $3.2bn (£2bn), continuing a string of recent acquisitions.
Sentiment , the Farnborough based, social intelligence and engagement platform, announced today it has secured £1 million in a Series A financing led by Elderstreet Investments, with participation from AIM listed technology company Netcall plc.
Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company focused on multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography (‘OCT’) technology, is delighted to announce the first closing of its Series A2 Financing.
‘datemy’ a new London based startup is aiming to raise £50,000 to help launch and develop their unique dating website to the online world.
Innovative crowdfunding platform Relendex has turned to the crowd to raise a third round of funding. Launched on Angels Den over Christmas, Relendex is aiming to raise a minimum of £150k to grow the business.
2013 was a record year for Angels Den, with deals closed worth £3.5 million. In just 12 months, 36 businesses were funded, with an average deal size of £97,000.
James Caan and Faisal Butt’s venture capital firm Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate (HBRE) has backed the UK’s largest fixed cost online estate agency eMoov.co.uk.
A startup business making innovative but safe travelling seats for infants has smashed its crowdfunding target in just two days.
Keen investors looking to spread their wings have today been given the chance to reach for the sky – after an aircraft company began selling equity through the crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom.
Inform Direct, the software company setting out to revolutionise company filing and reporting with Companies House has achieved a remarkable 175% of their funding target on SyndicateRoom.
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