by David Yates | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment, Loan, SEIS
The government is often talking about how it wants to help small business: the good news is there are some very real and practical ways it is offering its support to SMEs. The demands of being a small business can be enormous. You will often find yourself involved...
by David Yates | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment, PE/VC
Venture Capital firms see a constant stream of start-ups telling them that they have developed a unique product that is going to disrupt their chosen market and deliver huge returns. To combat this, they will generally have developed a set of investment criteria that...
by David Yates | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog Post, Crowdfunding, Investment, PE/VC
Crowdcube recently closed a £3.8 million Series B round and topped it up to £5M by raising £1.2M in just 16 minutes using its own crowdfunding platform, a new world record! Balderton Capital, which has previously backed fellow alternative finance...
by David Yates | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment, SEIS
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to regulate crowdfunding and peer-to-peer financing early next year. The FCA is the regulatory authority that oversees financial firms providing services to consumers and is the replacement body to the Financial Services...
by David Yates | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment
Santander is trying to enter the rapidly growing lend to save market and team up with one of its biggest players, Funding Circle, some reports have claimed. The UK arm of the Spanish bank is in discussions with Funding Circle – which lends money from private...
by David Yates | Jun 11, 2013 | Blog Post, business, Crowdfunding, Investment
We all have great ideas from time to time. The difference is that some of us know what to do in order to take it into the next level and some of us don’t. The good news is that help is now at hand if financing is the only problem that is holding you back. Crowdfunding...
