Newly elected UK Crowdfunding Association Directors, from left to right: Frank Mukahanana, QuidCycle; Bruce Davis, Abundance Generation; Martin Smulian, Funding Knight; Jonathan May, Hubbub; Paul Massey, Crowdcube; Seema Paterson, Lending Crowd; Julia Groves (Chair) Trillion; Karen Kerrigan, Seedrs. On 16th June 2015, the UK Crowdfunding Association...
Continue ReadingInvesting in startups through crowdfunding in a unique first for a public figure 8 June 2015 – Tennis champion Andy Murray announced today that he has entered a long-term partnership arrangement with Seedrs, the London-based equity crowdfunding platform. The arrangement will see Andy joining the Seedrs Advisory Board to...
Continue ReadingThe UK Crowdfunding Association represents members that crowdfund responsibly, supporting a proportionate balance between access to finance and investor protection. We have actively participated in the Financial Conduct Authority’s development of regulations relating to crowdfunding platforms, and all members that raise equity finance are...
Continue ReadingEcology Building Society has made a ground-breaking £250,000 investment via Abundance to extend its support of UK Renewable Energy Projects and marking the start of an on-going collaboration between the leaders of ethical saving and investment in the UK. London, 29th April 2015 – Ethical investment...
Continue ReadingCrowd Funding London Crowd Funding London will bring together all of those concerned with Crowd Funding: the funding platforms, the leading specialist lawyers, the accountants, brokers and introducers. It’s not simply a lot of very bright people in very grey suits, you will also hear from...
Continue ReadingToday the first comprehensive pan-European benchmarking of alternative finance has been published by the new Centre for Alternative Finance at University of Cambridge Judge Business School and professional services organisation EY. It shows that the European online alternative finance market grew by 144% last year to nearly...
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http://www.businessagent.com , the UK's first debt and equity crowdfunding aggregator has announced the appointment ofStephen Hazell-Smith as Chairman, an appointment that founder Sacha Bright sees as a major landmark in the company's evolution. 'We're very proud and excited to welcome Stephen on board. As well as bringing his immense experience and insight to the...
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has published its Green Paper on "Building a Capital Markets Union" with a deadline for consultation responses of 13th May 2015. The main areas that the Green Paper seeks to address are: improving access to financing for all businesses across Europe and investment...
Continue ReadingUK Crowdfunding Association publishes ‘The Millionaire’s Club’ list The UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA), the trade association representing more than 40 crowdfunding platforms in the UK, operating across equity, loans and donations, has today announced the list of those equity crowdfunds which have raised £1million or more...
Continue Reading04.02.15 We welcome the FCA’s review of the crowdfunding and their conclusion that they see no need to change their regulatory approach to crowdfunding, either to strengthen consumer protections or to relax the requirements that apply to firms. Investment based crowdfunders have been working under FCA regulations,...
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