Could peer-to-peer lending plug finance gaps?
Peer-to-peer lending models are filling the gap left by banks, suggests a new report from innovation charity, NESTA. ‘Banking on Each Other’ looks at the emerging field of peer-to-peer lending to...
View ArticleAngel Investing Revisited: Notes from the NESTA / BBAA Report
Recently equity portal Crowdcube re-visited the NESTA – BBAA report on Angel investing in the United Kingdom. While the research document was produced several years ago (2009 is the publish date) the...
View ArticleNew Academic Study Seeks Input From UK Crowdfunding Platforms
The University of California, Berkeley, Nesta and the University of Cambridge have teamed up and plan to execute a benchmarking survey to capture the size, transaction volume and growth of the...
View ArticleNesta Publishes Report on UK Alternative Finance, Crowdfunding
UK Alternative Finance Said to Hit £1.6 Billion in 2014. Nesta, a UK based charity which strives to support the best and brightest ideas by providing grants and doing research, has published a report...
View ArticleMembers of Parliament Set to Debate Crowdfunding at Westminister
Debate Takes Place as Consultation Period Nears End. Members of Parliament (MPs) will be debating the future of crowdfunding at Westminster tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18, 2013. The Westminster...
View ArticleCrowdfunder Gets £150,000 From NESTA via Crowdcube Campaign
Only a few days before UK’s leading crowdfunding network Crowdfunder launched its own £500,000 campaign on Crowdcube, the website announced that charity NESTA is the first to pledge towards the equity...
View ArticleMarshall Wace Buys Eaglewood P2P Firm
According to reports, the British hedge fund Marshall Wace is purchasing Eaglewood Capital Management described as a P2P specialist. Marshall Wace manages approximately $15.5 billion in assets. The...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Innovators Gather in Scotland
Crowdfunding innovators are gathering today in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Innovation Foundation event to share their insight into how Scotland may maximize the potential of this new form of finance....
View ArticleNesta: UK Crowdfunding Platforms Up by 50% in 2013
Nesta Estimates 87 Crowdfunding Platforms Live in the United Kingdom today. According to London based charity / research entity Nesta, the number of crowdfunding platforms operating in the UK rose by...
View ArticleCommunity-Owned Football Club United of Manchester Raises Funds on Crowdfunder
FC United of Manchester has smashed through their ambitious £46k fundraising target on the crowdfunding website Crowdfunder. All the funds will go towards the cost of their function room and kitchen at...
View ArticleNesta Conducts “Largest Crowdfunding Survey Ever”
Innovation charity Nesta has partnered with Cambridge University to launch the largest study ever on crowdfunding and other new forms of alternative finance. Their research also includes the rewards...
View ArticleNesta Reports on the Collaborative Economy
Nesta, an “innovation charity” that also produces some pretty interesting research reports, recently published a document addressing the UK collaborative economy. Of course the document encompasses a...
View ArticleNesta: Crowdfunder Named As One of the 2014 New Radicals in UK
The UK’s rewards-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder, is one of 50 people or projects that are being celebrated for helping to change Britain for the better and named in the 2014 New Radicals list...
View ArticleNesta: Alternative Finance More than Doubles for 2014
Nesta, a UK based innovation charity and staunch proponent of entrepreneurship and creativity, has published an update on the alternative finance industry in the United Kingdom. The report is a joint...
View ArticleThe Big Boys Say Crowdfunding is a Drop in the Ocean: And They’re Right
Crowdfunding is ‘hot & happening’. So ‘hot & happening’ in fact, that a lot of valid criticism, however badly formulated at times, is discarded. One of the points made that is taken as an...
View ArticleCambridge’s Dr. Mia Gray Clarifies Collaborative Nesta Report: UK Economic...
Dr. Mia Gray opines about the recent Nesta and University of Cambridge report. To recap, Nesta, a UK based innovation charity and staunch proponent of entrepreneurship and creativity, recently...
View ArticleNesta: 44 Facts About Alternative Finance (Infographic)
Nesta and Cambridge University recently published an update on crowdfunding, peer to peer lending and all forms of alternative finance in the United Kingdom. Crowdfund Insider reported on the complete...
View ArticleCreative England & Crowdfunder UK Join Forces to Transform Alternatie Funding
Furthering their commitment to offering alternative finance and supporting the creative industries, Creative England has invested £150k in the UK’s crowdfunding network, Crowdfunder UK. Caroline...
View ArticleCrowdfundingHub Founder Ronald Kleverlaan: Dutch Thought Leader on...
As reported last week in Crowdfund Insider, The University of Cambridge has teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking...
View ArticleBack to the Future: The Early Days of Online Trading Revisit FinTech and...
After reading Orchard Platform’s Bill Ullman elegantly deliberated “Is Fin-Tech History Rhyming Again?” on the platform’s blog last week and prepared for Thanksgiving, I wondered how the early days of...
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