We have been saying this for 7 years – taking a nice little business and scaling it is not always a good idea. Equity Crowdfunding demands scale. QED ECF is not always a good idea. Hummus Bros was a small […]
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/past-six-days/2018-02-18/money/crowdfund-sites-are-not-explaining-the-dangers-wk2z2c0c6
You will soon be able to read our new research – you can read about it here in The Times https://t.co/95DwWuLTv8 today.
So now we have the FCA’s interim report on alternative finance. Will it make any difference? In the 21st century, you would have thought we might have learnt how to engage regulation with a new vibrant form of business […]
Equity Crowdfunding investors are no longer willing to accept the sort of claims that guaranteed investment in the past. The sorts of claims that would have guaranteed you funding, now almost certainly guarantee you nothing. In fact there is evidence that […]
We were contacted recently by an Equity Crowdfunding pitch that was live on Crowdcube. The pitch wasn’t doing very well and it was immediately obvious to see why. They asked us for advice but why would we give them a […]
Crowdfinders hits most of the wrong notes for Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfinders latest event shows Equity Crowdfunding has a long way to go The opening scene was set in the historic auditorium, where almost 100 years earlier, Faraday had begun his […]
We are travelling. Going to London for the Crowdfinders event and to meet with clients. The hope is that the gathering of most of the UKs ECf sector in one space will give everyone a chance to find out what […]
The Crowdcube Rebus debacle keeps rumbling on. Our opinions on Rebus and their Crowdcube campaign have been used to write articles in The Times and the FT today – http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/04/08/2158704/investors-dont-like-your-company-try-crowdfunding/ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/crowdfunders-misled-by-pitch-face-massive-losses-2h2vwdzw6?acs_cjd=true We aim to help companies avoid this kind […]
I had a comment posted by a Chris yesterday, on our other blogsite. Quite aggressive and very rude but it made me think – so why am I doing this? There are various reasons and they keep increasing the more […]