Can you gain from ethically conscious investments?
Investors, bankers, and the finance community at large are not known for thinking of others when going about their business. After all, much of traditional economic theory is based on the concept of homo economicus, an individual who shows rational self-interest, attempting to maximise their own utility as a consumer and profit as a producer. […]
Our due diligence – going one step beyond
Here at Crowd for Angels we often get asked by investors what due diligence we carry out on the companies that raise funds on our platform. As a company that is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), we have to comply with strict rules on how we conduct our business. But as […]
Small Investments and Beyond: Ways to Invest 10k
With interest rates so low it’s important to start investing your cash to attack higher returns. Once you’ve built up a solid foundation of savings, it’s time to start directing them towards investments which will provide for you during your retirement. But there are a number of options for making small investments. Here are a […]
Four Strong Bets for Small Business Investment
Privately traded companies which are growing strongly, or hot new start-ups which have just come on the scene, all have enormous room for expansion. So investors with a high appetite for risk should capitalise on that potential to target above average returns – there’s no point ignoring a whole swathe of businesses just because they’re […]
How to Spot Potential in a Business Opportunity
Crowd for Angels At Crowd for Angels we carefully vet every company that appears on our platform – indeed, only 7 out of every 100 businesses to apply to pitch for funding via Crowd for Angels have been given the sign off by us. We want every pitch you see on our platform to have […]
Invest Money, Don’t Donate It – Why We Support Regulation in Crowdfunding
By Andrew Adcock Crowdfunding still has a poor reputation among many serious investors. I don’t think that’s necessarily something for which investors should be faulted. Frankly, I think that crowdfunding ought to do much more to make it clear that it is a serious and viable alternative way to invest money, which can accord with […]
£500 to Invest? Here’s How to Target Big Returns
With interest rates remaining at historic lows and struggling to keep up with inflation many investors are moving away from savings accounts and starting to invest for themselves. But if you don’t have an enormous amount of capital to begin with, it can be hard to see how to get started – building a strong […]
Age-Old Advice for the First Time Investor
Taking the plunge as an investor is intimidating for everyone. It’s not just all the jargon that gets thrown at you, or trying to figure out the arcane technical details of investing – it’s the idea that you’re competing against top fund managers, who have access to more information and more sophisticated analysis than you. […]
Opportunity and When to Grab it: Lessons from the Best
As angel investors or entrepreneurs, taking advantage of opportunities is essential to the job. But it’s easy to give advice like “seize your opportunities” – it’s harder to see how to actually use that advice in any practical way. It’s only when we see what making the most of opportunities actually means in practice that […]
In a Market of Low Returns, Why It’s Time to Be Bold
After the events of 2016, it’s starting to look like the near future will not offer the same high returns on investments we’ve been used to. Although at the moment the stock market is doing well – the FTSE 100 is currently at an all-time high, and we’re in a bull market – signs are […]