15 February

SyndicateRoom Research out today reveals EIS trends for 2017 and identifies knowledge gap among retail investors.

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9 February

Crowdcube has seen a strong upswing in investment through the platform since the decision to leave European Union (EU) last June. Crowdcube finished 2016 on a high with its best quarter since the platform launched in 2011 and investment up 20 per cent in the six months following the Brexit vote.

31 January  

Smart technology company Camfridge have overfunded to £640,254.78 on online investment platform SyndicateRoom. This equals 128% of the original target, £499,990. Camfridge is developing energy-efficient, gas-free, lower-cost technology for refrigeration appliances.

25 January 

Global Alternatives, an independent owner-operator of cross-border marketplaces for alternative investments, has announced the first deal open for crowdfunding on its re-launched Property Crowd platform.  The platform is offering professional investors and HNWIs an 11.2% IRR via investment in a Bond issue with pass-through exposure to a short-term senior loan. 

26 January

Working with the management of Rentivo, MyVAN has helped fund Rentivo’s recent fundraise on Crowdcube, which overfunded by 30%.

16 January

Crowd finance data intelligence specialist, Crowdsurfer, is celebrating overfunding its latest funding round, which saw the company secure over £1m from leading angel investors. 

11 January

SyndicateRoom has released a study revealing that the UK’s young investors, despite more than half of which voted to Remain, are more committed than ever to invest in Britain’s economic future as the nation gears up to leave the European Union.

10 January

• More than £85 million invested into campaigns, and 159 deals funded,on Seedrs in 2016
• Seedrs Investors from 65 countries made 45,000 investments in 2016drs Alumnus FreeAgent became the first British equity crowdfunded business to IPO, giving Seedrs shareholders liquidity on a public stock exchange
• Sir Andy Murray, Tennis World Men’s No. 1, completed 18 investments into British businesses on Seedrs in 2016

January 2017 

Tom Britton, Co-founder of SyndicateRoom looks back over 2016 as a year of radical change, politically, economically and socially.