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September 14, 2015 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom recently introduced a new concept to the equity crowdfunding space. “Lift Rounds” are effectively crowdfunding rounds that have already hit their minimum investment funding target and are now being opened up to new investors as an extension to the offer. SyndicateRoom is a platform… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs offered shares to their broader audience as part of a funding round to raise £10 million.  According to the platform, £2.5 million in equity was made available for registered investors on its site.  This is not the first time… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

UK equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has been selected as a finalist for two awards. SyndicateRoom is in the running for Lloyds Bank National Business Awards and the 2015 Growth Investor Awards. The platform will compete in the ‘New Business of the Year’ category at the National… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

New forms of finance are poised to inalterably change the entire finance industry ecosystem we know today.  Investment crowdfunding, and the various iterations of alternative finance, are still in the early stages of its evolution.   The disruptive finance industry is measured in mere billions… Read More

July 3, 2015 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK company Fertility Focus  and its product Ovusense is said to deliver a 99% accuracy in predicting ovulation.  The company states that 30% of women have ovulatary issues – most of which are difficult to discern.  They also state that over 50% of women are… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

  A new British car company has designed a light weight sports car targeting the track and road driving enthusiast.  Their first car, the Elemental RP-1,  is a hot looking, carbon fiber roadster that will definitely turn heads. While you can’t buy one quite yet,… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“The [SyndicateRoom] model was a result of my experience. I was working with business angels when equity crowdfunding appeared. I loved the idea of a wider group getting access to investment in early stage companies, but I didn’t like how it was being done, and… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform, easily funded  their own company to the tune of £1.2 million last week.  The offer was previewed to registered investors on the platform allowing the portal to measure interest prior to the offer launch.  Shares in the company… Read More

May 2, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was widely expected, the self-crowdfunding round of investment platform SyndicateRoom easily hit its £1.2 million funding goal representing a 14.12% equity stake in the young company.  Pre-money valuation was stated at £ 7.3 million with a per share price of £2.88. Existing registered investors… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  SyndicateRoom, a leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform, has been preparing for a self crowdfunding round in the amount of £1.2 million.  Apparently there is a lot of interest in backing the funding portal as company representatives have shared the crowdfunding round is 2X… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom is addressing the challenge of education and awareness in the crowdfunding space by launching the “Investors Academy”.  SyndicateRoom has taken an interesting approach towards crowdfunding by matching established angel investors to each offer on their platform thus allowing the… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Mill Residential not only became the first REIT to raise funding on an equity crowdfunding site but it is claiming the first crowdfunding investment to generate accessible returns for investors with its speedy listing on the London Stock Exchange AIM. Crowdfunding on Syndicate Room, Mill… Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 5:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Surgical imaging technology company Lightpoint Medical has successfully raised £2 million in a Series A round. Investors include Oxford Technology, Cambridge Capital Group, London Business Angels, Envestors, Ruffena Capital and funding via SyndicateRoom.  The offer on crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom initially targeted a raise of £500,000… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 7:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The London Stock Exchange has today seen its first “combined IPO”, after a company successfully floated with investment from both crowdfunding and institutional investors. The Mill Residential REIT invests in buy-to-let property and has listed on AIM with a market capitalization of £3.5million.  According to… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Mill Residential REIT, the very first Real Estate Investment Trust to publicly crowdfund, has fully funded on Syndicate Room.  The offer sought to raise £2.1 million for the funding round. The offer has now closed having raised £2,225,520 from 72 investors.  Investors using the Syndicate… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, an equity crowdfunding platform that pairs professional Angel investors with retail investors to raise equity for startups and small companies has announced they have topped £10 million in total funding raised.  The funding via their platform has been for 18 different UK based businesses…. Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 9:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Birds Patented Shuttlcock Seeks £130,000 on Equity Crowdfunding Platform SyndicateRoom. Designing a better synthetic shuttle is a big deal in the Badminton industry. In the United Kingdom there are over 2000 local clubs and roughly five million players just in the UK. For those of… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Highview Creates Electricity Using Liquid Air. With the World Cup in full swing there comes a very British phenomenon: the “half time kettle effect”. National Grid forecasters say a surge of around 1,300MW – equivalent to 520,000 kettles being switched on at once – occurs… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based Oval Medical Technologies has developed a unique solution: a self-injector that’s small and easy to use, especially by patients suffer from Trypanophobia, a fear of needles and injections or those with limited dexterity A revolutionary needle lock-out system ensures the needle is always hidden and… Read More

June 3, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The makers of the first security scanner able to detect plastic firearms made on a 3D printer have successfully sold £700,000 in shares of their business through the equity crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom. Radio Physics Solutions (RPS), which designs security scanners, bomb and weapons detectors for law… Read More