Here is a breakdown of the scene as we see it today
Established platforms
Name Model |
Crowdcube Retail |
Seedrs Retail |
Syndicate Room Investor |
Angels Den Investor |
Newcomers
Name Model |
Venturefounders Investor |
GrowthDeck Investor |
InvestDen Retail |
Angel List Investor |
On the Edge
Name Model |
Bnktothefuture Off shore |
Cadia SE Off shore |
Square Knot Now Growthdeck |
Crowdrating Advisory |
EIS Intelligent TV Advisory |
P2P Lenders
Name |
Trillion Fund |
Zopa |
Funding Circle |
Lendinvest |
Thincats |
Crowdfunding
Name |
Indiegogo |
Buzzbank |
Fundme |
Crowdfunder |
Unbound |
BloomVC |
Kickstarter |
We are not commenting on the platforms - if you want to know what we think you will have to pay! We run a new equity crowdfunding consultancy that helps businesses break down this noise and make sense of this funding channel. For more see here ecfsolutions.co.uk
We see the growth of the off shore (ie unregulated) platforms as the most worrying aspect. Different UK platforms use very different models and achieve very different results for the vast variety of business sectors that approach them. Clearly knowing which is best for what, greatly increases the chances of the ECf campaign being a success. Our advice is totally independent.
Just when we thought we had them all corralled, we have a new entrant. At some stage soon they are going to have to come up with some better names but Angels Cube is just out - a tech based start up ECf platform. The guys are French so maybe that explains the name?
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