Here’s another excerpt from the recent, wide-ranging afternoon debate at the London conference, Alternative Finance: New Solutions To Old Problems. The event was sponsored by Cubism Law and a host of leading players in the alternative finance sector, including Money&Co., equity platform VentureFounders, P2P platform Archover, data gatherers Crowdnetic, British Influence, and crowdfunding intelligence platform, […]
David Prosser, regular blogger and columnist in The Independent and Forbes (where recently he profiled Money&Co.’s CEO, Nicola Horlick, after attending a lenders’ breakfast at Bruton Place) writes with his customary vigour and accuracy about UK crowdfunding and its increasingly mainstream status. The piece, in today’s Independent, is especially good – without delving into detail […]
At Money&Co., we really like and respect the coverage of CityA.M. Already a fine nespaper and website, it has risen to new heights under the stewardship of editor, David Hellier. But no-one’s perfect (least of all us). Below, Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick picks a bone (or two, or more than two, actually) with a recently […]
Today, we start with a look at the crowdfunding deals on the other side of the fence – equity investment. Investment in shares offered via crowdfunding accounted for “almost a fifth of all the visible equity deals in the UK during the first half of last year,” according to a Telegraph news report. “The funding […]
Equity deals – especially start-ups – concern the FCA Financial trade press outlet Money Marketing reports that the Financial Conduct Authority is “concerned potential investors do not fully understand the risks of crowdfunding”. Money&Co. shares that concern. When you lend money, your capital – despite the rigorous credit analysis to which all our borrowing companies […]
Equity crowdfunding volume is growing and growing The flip side of the crowdfunding coin from loan funding – the kind that Money&Co. does, always taking a charge on borrower assets – is equity funding. When money is committed to equity funding, there’s quite often no income in the early stages (or at all), but the […]