Capital Cell has launched in the UK, with value adding angel network partnerships, strong life science start-up links, and a new investment platform.  As Europe’s first equity investment platform specialising in life science, Capital Cell’s triumph in Spain during the past 2 years has fuelled their expansion into the UK market.

The National Australia Bank (NAB) today announced an innovative collaboration with Israeli company OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform that will provide NAB clients with direct access to exclusive OurCrowd startup investments together with domestic and global networks and events.

SyndicateRoom today announces that independent UK film, Kat and the Band, has been fully funded at its target of £400,000 on the platform. The SEIS (Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme) investment is led by Boudica Indigo, a UK-based production company aimed at supporting female-centric films. 

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, today announced that it will invest $2.5m in Scopio Labs, a developer of an advanced digital microscopy and diagnostics platform. This is OurCrowd’s 23rd healthtech investment for a total of $80m, making it the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform for healthcare investments.

WiseAlpha has raised £626,760 on Crowdcube, the UK’s biggest crowd investment platform, in just 7 days, 125% over its original target.  430 investors have invested so far in return for 8.92% equity. The highest amount from a single investor was £150,000. WiseAlpha’s pitch remains open for investment for another 17 days.

Sugru, the world’s first mouldable glue, closed its second successful crowdfunding campaign at the weekend after raising £2m from 2740 investors with leading equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

World number one tennis champion Andy Murray continues to back early-stage businesses in 2017 as part of his strategic relationship with Seedrs, today investing undisclosed amounts into ambitious British companies Den and Morpher as well as exercising preemptive rights in Landbay’s latest equity round.

The announcement that Monzo raised money from 6,500 investors on Crowdcube may not strictly be an angel deal, but as a record-breaking funding round deserves profiling. 

May 2017 

The news yesterday that Seedrs will be commencing Trading Tuesdays with a limited secondary market opportunity for Seedrs funded businesses, following hot on the heels of Crowdcube’s buyers led secondary market, is the latest piece of activity in the obvious development of the next stage in the private investor equity market. Meanwhile, established secondary markets like AIM, Asset Match, NEX Exchange and JPJ Jenkins are seeing an upsurge of interest as more and more investors look to deal with the challenge of taking up the right to sell something they were previously given the right to buy.

• In response to huge investor demand, the Neil Woodford-backed equity crowdfunding platform announces the launch of a secondary market.
• Investors will have the opportunity to sell shares of companies they invested in through Seedrs, thereby realising early returns. Meanwhile, investors who want to add to their position in a Seedrs company will be able to buy shares through this market.
• Entrepreneurs will benefit from the flexibility this provides their investors, reducing pressure to exit the business prematurely.
• Businesses considering raising money through Seedrs are likely to find that the prospect of secondary sales makes it easier for them to attract capital.

Okappy, has announced the launch of its investment pitch on the AngelsDen equity crowdfunding platform. Aiming to raise £500,000 from the crowd, the pitch is open to anyone interested in supporting Okappy’s innovative new communications platform.

Crowdcube enabled 29 fast growing business to raise over £23 million, 2.7 times the nearest competitor according to the latest figures from Beauhurst (full report to be announced this week). The Q1 figures put the business on a trajectory to beat last year’s investment record of over £80 million raised.