Crowdcube
company on 2 shows · 14 statements across 4 episodes · said 45 times in 5 episodes since 2015
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Balderton Capital invested around £4 million in Crowdcube
“As we did on CrowdCube, we invested four million or so pounds”
Crowdcube Raised Over £67M for 207 Companies by March 2015
“Crowdcube have raised over sixty-seven million for 207 companies and have an incredible 150,000 registered investors.”
Crowdcube Was the World's First Equity Crowdfunding Platform in 2011
“Equity crowdfunding, you know, when Crowdcube launched in February, 2011 Crowdcube was the first equity crowdfunding platform, not just here in the UK or Europe, but anywhere in the world.”
Escape the City Rejected Index Ventures to Raise on Crowdcube
“A company called Escape the City, you know, they had two term sheets from VCs, one of them index ventures on the table, and they turned them down and elected to use Crowdcube to raise the money that they were after, you know, that was back in 2012”
Crowdfunding Campaigns Often Create Post-Raise Sales Boosts for Startups
“We often see, you know, businesses that, that, that raise money on the platform through that heightened exposure and see a real bounce in, in sales after a crowdfunding race.”
Crowdcube Funded a Startup Raising £400K With Only a Business Plan
“We funded businesses that have been purely business plans. You know you know, a company raised 400,000 pounds last year, and it was, yeah, it was purely a business plan. It was a bloody good business plan but a business plan nonetheless.”
Crowdcube Secured £5M From the UK Government for London Tech Startups
“We recently won some investments from the government, where the, you know, the UK government will be investing five million pounds into businesses through, through Crowdcube for, you know, tech startups in London.”
Crowdcube Funds 10 to 15 Businesses Per Month as of 2015
“We're, you know, we're funding, you know, 10 to 15 businesses per month, which is, you know, just.”
Crowdcube Raised £1.2M on Its Own Platform Alongside Balderton's £3.8M Round
“On three, three occasions. Yeah, the first time was, you know, 300,000 pounds, then it was 1.5 million, and then most recently where we did it, did a raise with Boulderton Capital, we raised 1.2 million, which topped up the 3.8 from Boulderton and we did that …”
Wise: Crowdcube raised £1 million in 16 minutes on its platform
“The fastest crowdfunding campaign, I think, was done on Crowdcube itself for Crowdcube. I think they did a million pounds in 16 minutes.”
JustPark saw a 3x increase in app downloads during Crowdcube campaign
“Just Park, who did their crowdfunding campaign recently on Crowdcube, they actually saw a three X increase in the number of downloads of the Just Park app.”
Chilango raised £1.5 million using Crowdcube mini-bonds
“Chalango, for example, obviously raised, I think, one and a half through the mini bond.”
Wise: Mini-bonds expand crowdfunding by offering immediate interest returns
“But the great thing about mini bonds is it attracts into the market people who have a different type, or they want a different type of asset, and they want a different type of risk, and it allows them to be involved in businesses which they really, really care…”