While stockmarket deals have been in short supply in recent months there has been plenty of investment activity in the private arena. Private UK companies raised £14.9bn in the first half of 2022, according to Beauhurst. The number of deals was 10% higher at 1,456 with particularly strong activity in the first quarter. However, even […]

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Curve fundraise easily surpassed the £6m raised during its 2019 crowdfund Curve, the mobile payments app, has closed the largest ever equity raise on Crowdcube, smashing a number of records in the process. The raise finished at 3pm on Thursday, hitting close to £10m in funding from a total of 11,795 investors. Curve was the […]

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EU-leading alternative investment platform Mintos has broken records by raising a record €5.3 million on Crowdcube in just 24 hours, after reaching its initial target of €1 million in just 15 minutes. The fintech firm – described as a “global online marketplace for investing in loans” – attracted over 4,600 investors in its first crowdfunding […]

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Automatic saving app, Chip, raised £10.7 million in the space of 48 hours from crowdfunding and the government-backed Future Fund, as part of its series A round. The amount was raised from 6,420 investors in what is both the largest convertible round in UK crowdfunding history, and the largest crowdfunded Future Fund participation. The round […]

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Fintech firm Glint have followed in the footsteps of predecessors such as Revolut and capitalised on early success, by utilising the publicly accessible crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Glint was founded in 2015 but only began fulfilling its potential this year, with recent partnerships with two US financial groups expanding their potential user base by over 40 […]

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Crowdcube have seen their most successful quarter, with a hike in on-year revenue and the most funds raised in a single quarter. The firm are the world’s first and largest equity crowdfunding platform, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to cut out banks and pitch their ideas to the general public, in return they have direct access […]

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