Crowd2Fund, one of the UK’s leading debt and equity crowdfunding platforms, has expanded into the global arena and opened up its platform to investors from 163 countries.
Demand for crowdfunding-style investment opportunities is growing in China from the large, high-net worth community based there, who are looking to the market-leading British crowdfunding market; extending its operations worldwide is testament to the scale Crowd2Fund has achieved and the growing source of investor demand on a global level.
Crowd2Fund is one of the few FCA regulated crowdfunding platforms – and will now be the only directly regulated site offering its debt and equity investment opportunities globally. All investments open to its global member base are secure, carefully vetted and compliant with UK financial regulation.
Grace Huang, Director of Crowd2Fund Asia Pacific commented:
“There is overwhelming demand from Chinese investors to take part in this new and exciting type of investment. Chinese investors like the relative safety of the UK market and in particular the more historic and innovative projects that Crowd2Fund attract.
“Opening their technology infrastructure in a legal and compliant way has been a huge
challenge. We’re now seeing the first few investments to come out from the Chinese market which is a phenomenal step forward in the global investment space.”
Crowd2Fund’s CEO Chris Hancock recently established Crowd2Fund’s partnership with the China through the government’s UK Trade and Investment body, designed to assist British businesses expanding into international markets. He explains the complexities involved:
“Its more complex than just on-boarding investors from other markets – we need to
consider security and compliance as key hurdles to navigate effectively. Due to our scalable technology, Crowd2Fund has the capability to conduct business critical regulatory requirements such as anti money laundering and fraud protection procedures to mitigate risk for the investors on our platform. The global launch marks a very exciting step not only for the development of our platform, but also for those innovative British businesses looking to access vital growth capital and build a team of loyal, committed, international investors.”
In opening access for peer-to-business investment on a global scale, Crowd2Fund is leading the charge in taking a significant step to catering to the growth in demand from overseas investors. For more information, visit crowd2fund.com.
Miranda Wadham on 23/03/2016
