Equipped with an impressive arsenal of global industry firsts, the P2P platform last year announced that it had surpassed a staggering £130m in global currency traded since its inception.

Halma, a global group of life-saving technology companies, and OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, today announced a new business partnership, which will help to catalyze life protection technologies focused on hazard detection and digital health. 

The Amberside ALP team were delighted to sponsor the Great British Private Investor Summit run by Angel News.  The level interest in their ISA qualifying bonds was overwhelming.

BrainQ, developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered technologies to treat neurodisorders in innovative ways, today announced the completion of a financing round, making the total investment in the Company to date stand at $8.8M. The financing included Qure Ventures, OurCrowd.com, Norma Investments, IT-Farm, and other strategic angel investors such as Founder and CEO of Valtech Cardio Amir Gross, acquired by Edwards in a $990M deal in November 2016.

BriefCam, the industry’s leading provider of Video Synopsis® and Deep Learning solutions, today announced its acquisition by Canon Inc., a world leader in digital imaging solutions. The addition of BriefCam to Canon’s market leading Network Video Solutions products portfolio complements the Canon Group’s previous acquisitions of AXIS Communications and Milestone Systems with a breakthrough, innovative video content analytics solution.

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, has announced its further expansion in Asia, with an innovative partnership with Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (“BBL”), one of Thailand and Southeast Asia’s premier commercial banks.

OurCrowd and BBL have already launched their cooperation in support of Thailand’s tech ecosystem which will create key relationships for Thailand’s major corporations seeking next generation technology. The collaboration empowers OurCrowd to deliver deeper exposure for BBL’s SME and major corporate clients to Israeli and global technologies.

Have you ever wondered what investors are looking for when deciding whether to invest in an equity crowdfunding campaign? What makes the difference in their decision to invest or not? The answers to these questions depend a lot on their motivations behind investing via crowdfunding.

Crowdcube, the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform, has had its most successful Q1 since its launch seven years ago.

Technology business Intelligence Fusion, IF, is set to scale after successfully raising £487,000 to further develop its online global intelligence and risk management platform.

Mike Bristow, business strategy consultant, formerly of strategy consultancies OC&C, Roland Berger and Hambalt, has been appointed CEO of leading specialist property development peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty.

He co-founded CrowdProperty and has been on the Board as a Non-Executive Director since it was established in 2013 and he takes up management of the company from fellow co-founder, Simon Zutshi, who now becomes Chairman.

As one of the keynote speakers at The Great British Private Investor Summit on 24 May, we talk to OurCrowd's Andy Kaye about why the firm recently opened an office in London and the opportunities they see in the UK early stage investment market.

Revolut, which raised on Crowdcube in 2016 just one year after they launched, has confirmed its meteoric rise as a global fintech heavyweight following investment from DST Global that values the company at $1.7 billion (£1.2bn), following a new $250m fundraising.