The UK woman crowdfunding to adopt an orphan

Emilie Larter, 25, hopes to legally become Adam's mum and bring him from Uganda to the UK.

Islamic fintech firm becomes first to get UK regulatory approval

Yielders, a property fintech startup whose practices fully comply with Sharia law, is now sanctioned to operate in Britain in a move forward for Islamic finance in the City

A World Tour of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns

Nathan Rose is the Director of Assemble Advisory, an agency which specializes in helping businesses raise equity through crowdfunding. Originally from New Zealand, Nathan constantly crisscrosses the p...

Remember the Canonical Ubuntu Project & Crowdfunding Campaign? They’ve Called it Quits on Smartphone Project

Canonical had an early crowdfunding success of sorts back in 2013. The company that is the guardian of Ubuntu Linux ran a campaign on Indiegogo that raised almost $13 million. At the time, that was t...

ReWalk, First Crowdfunded Company to List on NASDAQ, Receives Order from US Department of Veterans Affair

ReWalk (NASDAQ:RWLK), the first company to crowdfund and subsequently trade shares on NASDAQ, announced last week it had received an initial order of 28 ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton Systems to support...

UK Fintech Envoy Eileen Burbidge’s Credit Card Stolen but Monzo Has Her Back

The UK’s Fintech Ambassador Eileen Burbidge encountered an unfortunate situation that too many people have endured (including yours truly). Burbidge had her credit card number ripped off and bog...

Chairman of Listed P2P Financial Information Service Co Gets Hit with Record 3.47 Billion Yuan Fine

Xian Yan, the Chairman of P2P Financial Information Service Company,  was fined 3.47 billion yuan (about $503 million USD) for stock market manipulation. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (...

Intro Crowd Enlists Rugby Star Chris Robshaw as Brand Ambassador

Intro Crowd, a land investment platform, has signed up Chris Robshaw, the England rugby union player, as its brand ambassador. Robshaw will soon be featured in marketing and promotional material for ...

Lystable Acquires $10m in Series A Funding

The UK-based start-up, Lystable  announced an increase of $10 million in its Series A funding round to $21 million, doubling their valuation. Lystable is a freelancer collaboration app, allowing man...

Games reviews roundup: Persona 5; Yooka-Laylee; Virry VR

Teen rebellion is even better fifth time around, while a crowd-funded platformer revives the 90s and Kenya’s wildlife gets up close and personalPS4, PS3, Sony, cert: 12★★★★★Following the s...

Overfunding: Video Call Service Tellybean Surpasses €375,000 Funding Target on Invesdor

Tellybean, a family video call service company based in Finland, has successfully secured its initial €375,000 Invesdor crowdfunding campaign target. The initiative was launched at the end of Febr...

New Law in Japan Officially Recognizes Bitcoin

Only a few weeks since the SEC denied two separate bitcoin ETF applications, there may be some good news coming out of Japan for supporters of Bitcoin. On April 1, a new law went into effect in Japan ...

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