Is Property Crowdfunding A Good Investment?
Not everyone has the cash to sink into buy to let property investment, buy many savers like to grab a piece of the action through
How To Beat The Dragons To Better Venture Capital Returns
Investors can gain better returns than TV’s dragons or most professional venture capitalists by randomly staking their money on start-ups, according to a new study.
How Does Crowdfunded Peer-To-Peer Lending Work For Investors?
Peer-to-peer lending comes as two models – lending or investment. Lending is to businesses, to ease cashflow or finance stock or capital spending, or to
Watchdog Tightens Rules To Safeguard P2P Loan Investors
Investors and borrowers face dealing with new rules for peer-to-peer crowdfunded loans. The industry regulator has stepped in with proposals to update rules for lenders
Tech Start-Ups Have A 100/1 Chance Of Success
Only one out of every 100 technology start-up companies will survive more than a year because their products may be clever but are ‘utterly pointless’,
Crowdfunding Enters New Phase With Secondary Market
Crowdfunding platform Seedrs is launching a ‘trading Tuesday’ for investors to buy and sell shares in start-ups. The trading day is listed as the first
Crowdfunder Reveals The Odds Of A Successful Investment
Investors have a 28% chance of making a profit from a crowdfunded deal, according to new statistics. Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has published details of 375
Bad Debts Trigger Online Lender To Stop Dealing
Ripples of fear are spreading across online peer to peer lending and crowdfunding platforms as more signs of failing investments become public. The latest victim
Secrets Of How Crowdfunded Firms Perform Revealed
The first analysis of how crowdfunding investments are performing shows deals are giving investors an average 14.44% annual return. But close to one in five
Do Crowdfunding Investors Need Better Protection?
Crowdfunding watchdogs want to tighten up the rules to protect peer-to-peer lenders and equity investors. As the value of crowdfunding investments increases with more than
Crowdfunders Make Snap Decisions About Investing
Crowdfunding investors make choose where to stake their cash based on people and products rather than financial performance, claims a new report. CrowdRating, an independent
Look At SEIS If You’ve Maxed Out Your Tax Reliefs
The stampede is on to invest to max out this financial year’s tax allowances – and some of the most generous tax breaks are offered
Platform Alternative Finance Leaps 84% To £3.2Bn
More than a million British investors staked some cash to crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending platforms during the past 12 months, according to a new study.
Crowdfunders Urged To Protect Investor Cash
Crowdfunding has raised more than £140 million for 300 businesses through online platform Syndicate Room – but the founder is warning that more has to
Crowdfunders Get Dubious Deal From Many Startups
Business angels and investors have serious doubts about the financial strength of many of the companies pitching for crowdfunding deals. Valuing a startup business is
Law Firm Crash Is UK’s Biggest Crowdfund Failure
British crowdfunding investors have suffered the biggest loss in the market place to date as legal advice firm rebus called in administrators. Rebus raised £816,000
Tax Break Pledge Sees Investment Funding Dry Up
Funding for start-ups in Australia has almost dried up as investors hold back their cash in the hope of gaining from new tax reliefs. Entrepreneurs
Picking The Right Crowdfunding Platform
Crowdfunding platforms are flooding the market with niche fundraisers seemingly open every day – so how do you choose the right one for raising money
US Opens Floodgates For Equity Crowdfunding
Equity crowdfunding is about to lift off in the US as regulators have removed the final hurdles that stopped investors buying a stake in start-up
Investors Warned Of Crowdfunding Crooks
US investigators have issued an alert about reward based crowdfunding that has been infiltrated by suspected scammers and crooks. Reward based crowdfunding is when a