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Founded in 2010, Crowdcube is the next generation of business investment. It is a new way to fund start-ups and business expansion by giving entrepreneurs a platform to connect with ordinary people and raise venture capital.
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“Q1 2013 showed the lowest ever level of use of external finance by SME’s” – SME Finance Monitor, Aug ‘13
“Access to finance is a “major barrier” to growth for more than one in five small companies” – FT, Mar ’12
“Less than one in five SME’s have attempted to raise finance in the last year – with 40 per cent of applications rejected” – RealBusiness, Sept ‘13
The problem
Crowdcube is the world’s first and leading equity and debt crowdfunding platform giving entrepreneurs a new way to raise investment
The solution
The solution – for investors
How it looks
Equity case studies
Growth of the Platform
Source: Beauhurst, UK Equity Investment Review 2013, February 2013
UK’s ‘Most Active Seed Investor’ in 2013Beauhurst report stated Crowdcube has “dominated the UK equity crowdfunding marketing since launch and was responsible for 70% of crowdfunded deals in 2013.”
2012 2013 Growth 2014 (So far)
investment £2.2m £12.2 + 562% £25.6m
deals 22 54 + 145% 64
average investment
£1,800 £2,800 + 56% £3,100
Equity success so far…
£40 millionfunded so far…
£250,000largest single investment
+90,000members
145+£1.9 million
biggest deal
£3,100average investment
Successfully funded deals
£220,000average deal
Stage of Growth
By Category
8% per annum
£2,160,000
749 Investors
Average Investment: £2,600
“We became EBITDA positive at a group-level in our last financial year and would rather finance the business with organic cash plus debt, since we’re able to service the debt obligations,” Eric Partaker Chilango founder.
Rewards offered
Case study: Chilango
8% Fixed return per annum
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