Get into buy-to-let for just £10: New breed of crowdfunding sites make it cheaper than ever to be a property investor - but is it wise? By MARC SHOFFMAN PUBLISHED: 17:40, 28 May 2014 | UPDATED: 16:32, 29 May 2014 Being a buy-to-let investor has meant decent returns...
Continue ReadingFormer fund manager Nicola Horlick is launching crowdfunding business Money&Co early next year. The new venture will allow investors to finance loans to small businesses which, if successful, will then repay them with interest. Launch: Nicola Horlick's new venture will allow investors to finance loans to small...
Continue ReadingFor financier-turned-entrepreneur Dom Jackman the UK Crowdfunding Association’s recent conference, held in London Bridge’s towering Ernst and Young office block, brought back a certain sense of déjà vu. Three years ago he was working in the very same building – before he left to set up...
Continue ReadingCrowdfunding is getting bigger and more established with every week, but this alternative ‘High Street’ for raising cash for businesses and finding opportunities for investors needs careful consideration before you leap in. With some platforms and schemes covered by official financial regulation and others not, investors...
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Designer and Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has raised £1 million through a crowd-funding website for his innovative house building firm Hab Housing. The cash was raised via CrowdCube, which uses the internet to attract private investors to projects and firms. More than 300 individuals invested in...
Continue ReadingUntil recently, financing a business involved asking a few people for big sums of money. Crowdfunding is turning this idea on its head, using the internet to help entrepreneurs talk to thousands – if not millions – of potential funders that each contribute a small...
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