November 28, 2013
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Herding investors
IN 2005 Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, two venture capitalists, were approached with an offer by Sean Parker, the founder of Napster, once the internet’s...
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November 25, 2013
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SUBSET are here! Crowdfunding on Zequs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLUIu7EPRsw http://www.zequs.com/campaign/subset Hi guys, SUBSET here! We are working hard on this campaign and reaching out to family friends fans supporters and backers and...
November 25, 2013
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Wearable Technology Show: 18th & 19th March 2014, Olympia Conference Centre, London
The Wearable Technology Show 2014 will be the first and largest show of its kind in the UK to bring together wearable innovators, thought leaders,...
November 25, 2013
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UC Berkeley, Nesta and the University of Cambridge jointly launch the UK Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey
Berkeley, London and Cambridge. The world’s leading entrepreneurial and social finance research centre at the University of California, Berkeley is partnering with Nesta and the University of...
November 25, 2013
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SME owners dip into their own pockets for funding
A quarter of small business directors have used their own personal finances such as mortgages, credit cards and savings to support their business, according to...
November 25, 2013
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Crowdfunding: Community Sourced Capital
What better way to strengthen communities, while empowering regular people to support nearby small businesses, than by helping individuals fund local entrepreneurs? This movement—coined locavesting...
November 25, 2013
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Seedrs becomes first equity crowdfunding platform to operate across Europe
The British platform will have some immediate advantages over local rivals as it leaps across the English Channel, namely cross-border scale and a higher funding...
November 22, 2013
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Crowdfunding in action: future calls
With crowdfunding experiencing phenomenal growth IFA Magazine is looking into the nitty gritty of this fast developing industry, with a special focus on young British...
November 22, 2013
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300 days to go: Yes Scotland launches community crowdfunding campaign
By Stan Blackley, Deputy Director of Communities Today marks 300 days to go until the independence referendum on Thursday 18September 2014 and today we launch...