OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform, is announcing further expansion of its tech bridge between Israel and Australia/New Zealand.

Bolt Mobility, the ‘Tesla on two wheels’, has today closed it’s oversubscribed (by over 200%) fundraising campaign, which raised over €3 million on equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. The European startup is on a mission to take petrol-guzzling, environmentally harmful scooters off the road, permanently. 

The Law Society, the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales, has partnered with Seedrs, the most active investor into UK private companies, to connect its members with innovative legaltech startups looking for investment

Tifosy, the world’s first and only fully licensed sports crowdfunding business, has successfully raised £1m equity through its own platform. More than 10,000 fans have already invested through the platform and Tifosy has worked with more than 15 clubs in England and Italy. Now, it is now scaling up to extend its operations across other European markets and into other sports, including rugby and cricket.

Crowdcube announces another strong quarter of performance in 2017, with over £1 million generated in company revenue.

• 70 pitches launched in Q3, with 42 launching in September alone - three times as many that were launched over the same period in 2016
• Over £5m raised through the iOS App since launch

Capital Cell, the first pan-European equity crowdfunding platform dedicated to life sciences, has announced the launch of its first active UK campaign. The platform is raising seed finance for companies across biotechnology and healthcare, with products varying from cancer therapeutics to fertility monitoring devices.

Britbots, the mentoring organisation devoted to supporting British-based robotics start-ups, has launched Britbots CROWD, the world's first dedicated equity crowd-funding platform for high potential companies in field of robotics and associated technologies.

Crowdcube announces that Enertor, the innovative insole company endorsed and worn by Usain Bolt, has completed its crowdfunding round.

Crowdcube announces that it is partnering with SeedInvest – America’s leading equity crowdfunding platform – in order to give UK investors access to American companies being funded on the SeedInvest platform. The collaboration is the first time a UK crowdfunding platform has partnered up with an American counterpart in this way.

Seedrs, the UK’s most active equity crowdfunding platform, has announced a £4 million investment by Woodford Investment Management (Woodford). The investment will be made through two Woodford-managed funds, Woodford Patient Capital Trust plc (WPCT) and Omnis Income and Growth Fund (Omnis).

Kickstart Accelerator - one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators - an initiative of digitalswitzerland and operated by Impact Hub Zurich - has today announced its shortlist of 30 startups for its second cohort in the four verticals in Zurich.

Crowdcube’s Q2 2017 update reveals the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform has hit several key milestones as well as delivering further returns for investors. The quarter has also seen us accelerate our European expansion to consolidate our position as Europe’s most active equity crowdfunding platform.