London Restaurant Ben’s Canteen Quickly Nears £400,000 Through Crowdcube Intiative

London-based Ben’s Canteen launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube last week. The company secured £150,000 from friends, family and a small group of Canteen customers before publicly...

Singapore & Japan to Cooperate on Fintech Innovation

Less than a week after Japan inked an agreement to partner with the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan has announced a cooperation framework with the M...

Medtech Company Active Need Technology Overfunds On SyndicateRoom

Active Needle Technology, a medtech company that has claimed to develop a device designed to help doctors perform needle-based procedures with greater accuracy and reliability, has successfully secure...

PwC: UK Fintech Market Matures. Focus Turns to AI & Putting Customers First

A new report by the Startupbootcamp FinTech London program and PwC states that Fintech startups are increasingly focusing on building artificial intelligence and its potential to solve customer probl...

Businessagent Partners with Crowdrating on Equity Crowdfunding Risk Ratings

Businessagent and Crowdrating have partnered join forces to provide UK equity crowdfunding risk ratings. The new joint venture was said to represent a “significant step forward” in transpa...

Autobooks, an Integrated Payment & Accounting Software Company, Raises $5 Million in Venture Funding

Michigan-based startup Autobooks has raised $5.5 million in venture funding. This follows an earlier $2 million seed funding round. Draper Triangle Ventures led the funding joined by strategic investo...

Spring Budget Response: Innovate Finance Says UK Government Must Do More to Create Funding Ecosystem

Innovate Finance, the group that champion’s Fintech innovation in the UK and around the world, has shared the opinion of their Policy and Research Team on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phill...

Lawsuits & Delays: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus Console Delivers Drama but No Perks

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus Console crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo may win the award for most melodramatic campaign ever. From the delays to lawsuits and the inevitable demands for refunds ...

Absolutely Vital: Improving Entrepreneurs Access to Capital

Entrepreneurship and the creation of small business is vital to the economic growth of the country and the welfare of the nation. This is a simple, indisputable fact. Yet too frequently, small busines...

British volunteer crowdfunds third 'tour' fighting Isis in Syria

Former soldier who also served time in prison wants to return to Raqqa to help Kurds

Swiss Fintech Startup Incubator & Accelerator F10 Adds New Members

  F10, a Switzerland-based Fintech incubator and accelerator, has added three new corporate members: Baloise Group, Generali Group Switzerland and eny Finance. The three new members specialize in...

Denied: Here is the SEC Order Denying the Winkelvoss Bitcoin Trust

The Bats BZX Exchange filed a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust. Yesterday, the SEC issued an order denying the request thus halting what could have been th...

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