ShareIn brings equity crowdfunding to all UK citizens

Crowdfunding platform for health and technology now open to any individual looking to invest; signs up Flexpansion for new crowdfunding campaign

 ShareIn, a crowdfunding company, today announced that it has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate its equity based crowdfunding platform into the wider UK private investor market. The company also announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign on ShareIn for Flexpansion, a predictive touchscreen typing solution.

With its own FCA authorisation, the ShareIn platform, designed exclusively for British technology and health focussed companies, is now open for anyone to become an investor. This sets ShareIn apart from seed equity crowdfunding sites that operate Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes, which are only allowed to deal with professional clients, high net worth individuals and sophisticated investors.

LOVESPACE hits £1.6m on Crowdcube as Shazam venture capital firm adds £250K to funding pot

DN Capital invests alongside the crowd to raise second largest amount on site

LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, has attracted major venture capital firm, DN Capital, alongside the crowd to help raise £1.6m on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube - the second largest amount raised on the site behind Hab Housing.

LOVESPACE, which was named one of the UK's top-50 most disruptive companies, is the first storage-by-the-box company in the UK, helping customers to 'live a bigger life, one box at a time'.

Raising an additional £1m over its original target of £600,000 in just 12 days, the company saw its largest single investment of £250K come from one of Europe's leading venture capital firms and major Shazam investor, DN Capital.

Convertible Equity proves popular with the crowds as they rush to back Future Ad Labs

Award-winning Future Ad Labs, one of the most prominent adtech startups in the UK, is offering people the chance to invest in their business at a discount to the price set in their next round of funding

• Convertibles are commonly used in Silicon Valley, and increasingly in Europe, to attract investment into fast-growing startups seeking to raise capital, usually before a large venture capital raise

• Seedrs is the first crowdfunding platform in the world to offer convertibles, which can also be eligible for SEIS/EIS tax reliefs

Seedrs, the leading pan-European equity crowdfunding platform, has launched the first ever 'convertible' equity crowd investment round. The round is for Future Ad Labs, a fast-growing advertising technology startup that is already backed by some of Europe's leading venture capital firms.

The convertible allows investors to invest in Future Ad Labs today, with their investment converting into shares in the future at a discount to the future valuation. This means that Seedrs investors will receive more shares for their money than future investors. Future Ad Labs has so far exceeded their minimum target of £300,000 in their first two days from 227 investors ranging from £10 investors up to £90,000 from Passion Capital. They are looking to raise up to £600,000.

SyndicateRoom named the UK's fastest growing equity crowdfunding platform, say experts

SyndicateRoom has been named the UK's fastest growing equity crowdfunding platform. • Knowledge Peers reports a 200% increase in equity raised on SyndicateRoom, compared with the market's growth of 95% • SyndicateRoom has successfully funded 90% of the deals listed on its platform in the past six months, far outperforming the industry average of 31% • SyndicateRoom has already helped to close over £6m worth of deals in the past six months, bringing its funding creation in line with major players in the market

 Less than a year after its launch, SyndicateRoom has been named the fastest growing equity crowdfunding platform in the UK, and is increasingly being considered a major player in the market.

According to Tania Ziegler, Programme Manager at Knowledge Peers:

"Since the end of 2013, the cumulative growth of funding executed by equity crowdfunding platforms in the UK has just about double, showing an increase of 97%. One player, SyndicateRoom, has proven that the industry standard is just not fast enough for them! As a quickly, growing platform, SyndicateRoom has increased by a staggering 203% against the same time-frame. This makes this equity platform the fastest growing platform in the space and within the top five platforms in terms of scale, according to our data."