London’s Employee & Customer Engagement Provider Perkbox Quickly Secures 1.5M Funding Goal on Seedrs

Perkbox, an employee and customer engagement provider, recently launched its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £1.5 million as it prepares to expand. Within a matter of days, the...

Bruce Davis, MD of Abundance, Shares Insight & Perspective on FCA Regulatory Review

Bruce Davis is a founder and Joint Managing Director at Abundance, a peer to peer investing platform focused on renewable energy projects. He is also part of the original team that launched Zopa ̵...

Small Business UK Announces Winners of the British Small Business Awards 2016

Last week, the winners of the 2016 British Small Business Awards were announced. Held at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms, the event is organized by Small Business UK and celebrated the small busi...

Brief: LendingCrowd Announces P2P Investor Deal With Joining Bonus

Last week, UK-based alternative finance lender for SMEs, LendingCrowd, announced the launch of its new P2P deal to investors. The platform stated that by investing £5000, investors will get a 2.5% jo...

Dorothy's Wizard of Oz slippers to be saved after campaign hits $300,000

The famous ruby red slippers worn by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz film will be preserved thanks to a $300,000 Kickstarter campaign.

KPMG & H2 Ventures Announce Third Annual Fintech 100 List

On Monday, H2Ventures and KPMG Fintech teamed up to announce the third annual Fintech 100 list, which notably includes 50 “established” fintech companies from across the global and 50 “emerging ...

SEC REGULATORY ALERT: COMMISSION POISED TO ADOPT EXPANDED INTRASTATE CROWDFUNDING RULES

By Samuel S. Guzik, CrowdFundBeat special guest editor,  Guzik & Associate The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it will be meeting on October 26, 2016 to consider and adopt ...

OnDeck, Kabbage & CAN Capital Launch Loan Comparison Tool Smart Box

OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK), CAN Capital and Kabbage, have joined together to launch a loan comparison tool to help small businesses better compare finance options. As part of their participation in the Innova...

Overfunding: Smithsonian’s Ruby Slippers Kickstarter Surpasses $300,000 Funding Target

The Smithsonian Institute has successfully surpassed the $300,000 funding target for its Ruby Slippers Kickstarter. The organization launched the campaign just one week ago to secure the funds to help...

EIS Has Been a Great Success in Funding Growth & Creating Jobs

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) has been a standout driver of both economic growth and job creation. A recent paper published (PDF download) by Hardman & Co – a firm that provides re...

Pet Tech Brand PitPat Seeks £500,000 on Crowdcube to Accelerate Growth & Develop Internet-Based Cloud Platform

PitPat, a UK-based pet-tech company, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £500,000 as it prepares to develop its new internet-based cloud platform.  Founded in 2014, Pi...

Singapore Signs Fintech Cooperation Agreement with South Korea

The Korean Financial Services Commission (KFSC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a “cooperation agreement” to provide a framework to work together on Fintech initi...

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