Tagged: abundance

July 24, 2023 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

This past April, CI held a webinar on Impact Investing – a growing concept within the broader investment ecosystem. Sectors of investment frequently include Green investments and sometimes social issues like housing or underserved communities. If you want to invest via public markets, Fintech Betterment… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s three largest Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) providers in the P2P lending sector that are reportedly open to new investors include Abundance, EasyMoney, Folk2Folk. This, according to a report from Peer2Peer Finance News. As noted in the update, P2P property lender EasyMoney comes… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tech Nation recently welcomed what they claim to be the UK’s 51 “most exciting” Fintech companies to their fifth Fintech growth program, as UK fintech investment “reaches a record high.” As mentioned in the announcement, 51 companies were accepted into Tech Nation’s fifth Fintech growth… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, a tidal turbine went online generating sufficient power to provide enough electricity for 2000 homes. Towed and anchored off the coast of Scotland, the Orbital O2 is predicted to operate for around 15 years. The project came to fruition with the assistance… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 11:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK crowdfunding industry is worried that a recent “Call for Input: The Consumer Investments Market” by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may undermine the viability of the investment crowdfunding industry. Comments on the process closed on December 15, 2020. The consultation was instituted… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Renewable investment platform Abundance recently reflected on its platform success in 2020. As previously reported, Abundance launched its first investment in 2012, allowing anyone to invest in renewable energy projects. Since that time,  Abundance has funded 34 investments raising over £75 million while returning £12.1… Read More

October 15, 2020 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Renewable investment platform Abundance has now raised nearly £620,000 in funding through its latest Seedrs campaign. The funding round, which has so far attracted more than 475 Seedrs investors, launched last month and quickly raised its initial £350,000 funding target.  As previously reported, Abundance… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Less than two years after securing more than £1.5 million through its previous crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, renewable investment platform Abundance has returned to the funding portal and quickly surpassed its £350,000 funding target and is now nearing £535,000.  As previously reported, Abundance launched… Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

In partnership with Abundance Investment, Warrington Borough Council is raising £1 million via a Community Municipal Investment (CMI), as part of an effort to beat the UK government’s 2050 net-zero target by a full 20 years, according to a note from the crowdfunding platform. Abundance… Read More

August 1, 2020 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abundance, which claims to be the UK’s first crowdfunding platform that allows people to earn money by investing in UK renewable energy projects, is asking low-risk investors to look into community municipal investments or CMIs provided through its platform as an alternative to National Savings… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bruce Davis, the co-founder and joint MD at Abundance (previously Abundance Generation), a UK-based online investment platform which aims to offer “ethical” and “socially beneficial” investments that contribute to a green economy, is reportedly supporting the IMF’s argument that the UK government must focus on a… Read More

November 15, 2019 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Mission-driven investment platform Abundance is offering its “greenest ever social and affordable housing investment.” Liverpool Community Homes PLC is raising up to £6,850,000 to finance two green and sustainable developments. The development is for up to 37 new homes on the outskirts of Liverpool. Abundance… Read More

June 12, 2019 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Mission-driven crowdfunding platform Abundance is now offering an “ethical investment project” offering a 7% return over a 19 month term. The new project is helping build a new social housing project in Liverpool. This is Abundance’s second investment in the social and affordable housing sector,… Read More

December 20, 2018 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Abundance, an investment crowdfunding platform and leading “peer-to-peer ethical investment platform,” has closed its equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs. Abundance states that it originally looked to raise £1.2 million from investors but ended the offer overfunded at £1,575,586. The share offering valued Abundance at £16.6 million pre-money. Abundance… Read More

December 16, 2018 @ 11:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Abundance, a renewable crowdfunding platform that allows investors the opportunity to earn money while making the world a better place, has successfully secured more than £1.5 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The round was launched in October, originally seeking £1.2 million, with the platform reporting… Read More

November 11, 2018 @ 9:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Abundance, a renewable crowdfunding platform that allows investors the opportunity to earn money while making the world a better place, has surpassed £1.3 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The round, which recently launched, quickly raised its initial £1.2 million funding target and has attracted… Read More

November 5, 2018 @ 9:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Abundance, a crowdfunding platform that allows investors the opportunity to earn money while making the world a better place, has hit their £1.2 million goal on Seedrs.  Abundance launched their equity offering for a 6.76 stake in the firm in October. Abundance reported that pre-registered investors… Read More

October 25, 2018 @ 3:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Abundance, a peer-to-peer “ethical investment platform,” is looking to raise growth capital on crowdfunding platform Seedrs. According to a note from Abundance, the equity raise aims to “increase customer ownership and boost positive impact.” Pre-registered investors have already committed to 50% of the target of… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week, HMRC released numbers on the relatively new Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) that enables savers to invest in debt based crowdfunding offerings. The UK government indicated that IFISA participation had topped £290 million during the 2017/18 tax year, or 8 times more than… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the leading global research institute for all things Fintech, has published its fourth annual survey on UK alternative finance. According to the report, entitled Entrenching Innovation: The 4th UK Alternative Finance Industry Report, the sector of emerging financial… Read More