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Alternative finance

  • What should investors make of the first equity crowdfunding exit?

    July 22, 2015

    Harriet Green asks what equity crowdfunded firm E-Car Club’s buyout means for the growing sector   If you're putting money into equity crowdfunding, the first question at the front of your mind is “will I get a return on my investment?” – and then “will it be decent?”. Last year, equity crowdfunding in the UK [...]

  • Building the next five years in alternative finance: How marketplace lending is becoming part of industry furniture

    July 15, 2015

    When we look back, 2015-16 will be seen as the watershed moment: when peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and crowdfunding made the big time, transitioning from quirky innovation to a respected alternative source of finance and investment opportunities.    The government has clearly been persuaded of the potential benefits of so-called alternative finance – especially as a [...]

  • Sir Clive Sinclair is crowdfunding a new invention: The A-Bike Electric

    July 14, 2015

    Fresh from his victorious fundraising for an updated ZX Spectrum, Sir Clive Sinclair has a new invention seeking crowdfunding – the world's lightest and most compact electric bike.    The A-Bike Electric – an upgrade of the original which launched nearly a decade ago – is about to launch on Kickstarter, where Sinclair's team is [...]

  • How peer-to-peer lending can help wean the UK off artificially cheap credit

    July 13, 2015

    The Budget contained headline-grabbing announcements on banks and pensions. But there’s been little commentary on the chancellor’s declaration that “the government is against unfair subsidies wherever we find them”. This immediately got me thinking about some of the disparities in the financial system and, in particular, the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS).   It’s almost [...]

  • Alternative finance in Asia: Cambridge’s Robert Wardrop on this exciting, untapped market

    July 8, 2015

    Alternative finance is a growing business in the West. In 2014, UK peer-to-peer and crowdfunding platforms made £1.74bn available to firms and individuals, with growth of 168 per cent in Britain and 144 per cent across Europe. But what does the landscape look like on other continents?    Set to be published by the end [...]

  • Former Apple exec Jeff Martin joins London smart city startup Pavegen as crowdfunding reaches £2m

    July 5, 2015

    London-based tech startup Pavegen which creates hi-tech flooring with the potential to power cities has announced that Jeff Martin, formerly a senior executive at Apple, will join its advisory board. The news came as the firm announced it has smashed its crowdfunding target, raising nearly £2m from online investors. Martin worked with iconic Apple founder [...]

  • Greek bailout crowdfunding campaign: Seven amazing numbers about the Indiegogo campaign to save Greece

    July 2, 2015

    A campaign by one Londoner to crowdfund a bailout for Greece, first reported by City A.M on Monday, set the internet alight this week as the country teeters dangerously close to an exit from the Eurozone. The scheme to raise the cash needed to prevent Greece defaulting on its debts has gained astonishing attention – [...]

  • Debt: The alternative lending landscape

    July 1, 2015

    Loan-based alternative finance might be victim to sloppy definitions, but it is too significant to ignore   Alternative finance grew by 168 per cent in the UK last year, according to a report by Cambridge’s Judge Business School. While the oft-vaunted equity crowdfunding saw volumes totalling £83m in 2014, debt-based lending, via crowdfunding and peer-to-peer [...]

  • London coffee chain surges past £600,000 crowdfunding target

    June 30, 2015

    ARTISAN coffee brand Notes smashed through its £600,000 fundraising target yesterday, reaching over £670,000 by last night. The firm chose crowdfunding as its method to raise the funds, and is using the Crowdcube online platform to do so. Over 25 per cent of the target amount was raised within 48 hours of the pitch going [...]

  • Crowdfunding Greece: This Indiegogo Grexit bailout crowdfund has reached a six-figure sum

    June 30, 2015

    Sceptical of the power of people? Us too. But you can't help but be impressed by the fact this crowdfunding campaign to help Greece meet its debts has already reached a six-figure sum.    At 2pm on Tuesday the total raised had reached nearly €125, 000 from donations made by 7,743 people in just one [...]

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