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Cauli Rice smashes funding target

4 March 20154 March 2015 Deal focus, News Business Matters 0 Comments

London based Cauli Rice has far exceeded it’s target for second round funding on the crowdfunding site Crowdcube.

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Worth Capital & Channel 5’s The Gadget Show join hunt for UK’s next great gadget

3 March 201519 April 2018 Deal focus, News Business Matters 0 Comments

Future Gadget 2015 is a business competition worth nearly half a million pounds, launched by Worth Capital, looking to attract hundreds of bright entrepreneurs with a great gadget idea, who are seeking funding and mentoring in order to bring their products to market.

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Pi Labs launches crowdfunding campaign

23 February 2015 Deal focus, News Business Matters 0 Comments

Five start-ups join programme as Seedrs fund opens to public

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Uber seeks further $1 Billion in latest funding round

19 February 201519 February 2015 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

Uber has expanded it’s current fundraising round by $1 billion as investor appetite for the mobile car-booking application grows.

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Inn Style online booking system exceeds funding target

12 February 201512 February 2015 Deal focus, Success stories Business Matters 0 Comments

Investors have backed an innovative online booking business venture in its first external funding attempt.

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Camden Town Brewery seeks £1.5m million investment

9 February 2015 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

The rapidly growing brewery set up by Jasper Cuppaidge aims to fuel further growth and international expansion plans and create hundreds of new jobs for Londoners with a new brewery in the capital

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Laundrapp expands into five UK cities

6 February 20155 February 2015 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

Laundrapp, the recently launched on-demand laundry & dry cleaning app, is cleaning up across Britain as it prepares for rapid expansion into five cities including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester.

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Taylor St Baristas Secures £1.8m Mini-Bond on Crowdcube

2 February 20159 September 2018 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

The London-based, speciality coffee house chain, Taylor St Baristas is the latest company to raise money from the crowd using a Crowdcube Mini-Bond. The Coffee Bond beat its £1.5m target, topping out at £1,864,000 and attracting 504 investors from Taylor St’s own customers as well as Crowdcube’s registered members.

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Andreessen Horowitz backs London start-up TransferWise with $58m

27 January 2015 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

Fast-growing financial technology start-up rolls out global expansion plans

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It’s all about transparency! Where Great Design and Business Ethics Collide

15 December 20141 March 2023 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

A new product, just launched on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform is leading the way in transparent business practices.

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UBREW launches funding campaign on Crowdcube

15 December 201415 December 2014 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

UBREW is an open brewery,where you brew the beer. Simply put, that means you join as a member, turn up, and brew your own beers with our professional equipment and a community of like-minded beer lovers.

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London start-up launches the world’s first all-glass green home on Crowdcube

8 December 2014 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

The Photon SpaceTM provides a new hospitality and well-being experience combining the latest in all-glass technology with sophisticated design; to let the benefits of natural light in.

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Keanu Reeves-modelled Maple Jeans Smashes Kickstarter Target in Hours

5 December 2014 Deal focus Business Matters 1 Comment

Maple Jeans, a UK-based manufacturer of premium selvedge denim jeans, including a popular range of Kevlar® lined jeans for motorcyclists, today announced it has smashed its initial £30,000 target on the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, in just 36 hours.

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Sadie Frost Partners with Angels Den to Crowdfund £150k For New Film Production Company

2 December 201412 August 2022 Angels Advice, Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

Actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost is teaming up with a leading equity crowdfunding platform to raise £150,000 for the progression of her new film production company, Blonde to Black Pictures.

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Terence Woodgate lighting launches crowdfunding campaign

1 December 20141 December 2014 Deal focus Business Matters 0 Comments

Founded by renowned Royal Designer for Industry Terence Woodgate, the first range is already available from UK retailers such as Heal’s and The Conran Shop. Terence’s previous lighting designs have already achieved £61.7 million in worldwide sales.

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