8 Tips for Investing in a Crowdfunding Deal during COVID-19
Every investment comes with a certain degree of risk. However, during a global pandemic the degree of risk could be higher. With this article, we are going to dive into 8 tips for investing in a Crowdfunding Deal during COVID-19. TIP #1 – It is advisable that you restrict all your speculative investments to no […]
Final vote on EU rules for crowdfunding platforms
Original article featured on the European Union, check here (Monday, 5 October) On Monday evening, the plenary approved the deal struck with the Council last December on common rules to boost EU crowdfunding platforms and protect investors. The new rules aim to help crowdfunding services to function smoothly in the internal market and to foster […]
Funding for businesses impacted by COVID-19
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, business is far from “running as usual”, which is why we are writing this blog with the aim of summarising the raft of measures that have been announced by the government regarding financial support and to ensure you are aware of the latest schemes put in motion to help your venture. […]
Crowd for Angels Brochure
Crowd for Angels is an FCA authorised and regulated crowdfunding platform that funds companies through the issue of shares, crowd bonds and digitalised assets to investors. Below you can view a link to the Crowd for Angels Brochure. Today, we welcome over 32,000 ‘Angels’ on our platform who regularly invest, participate and support great companies. […]
How to Create a Winning Crowdfunding Pitch
If you’re trying to gain investment, a crowdfunding pitch is essential. If you write it well, you’ll be more likely to gain money for your startup. Conversely, a crowdfunding pitch that doesn’t work well could mean that you don’t attract investors, even when your idea is truly amazing. For this reason, we’ve decided to compile together a […]
CBD – not just an investment fad
Along with blockchain, one of the recent investment booms has been in the area of cannabis. While the recreational use of cannabis remains largely illegal around the world (but not in countries including Canada), the global trend is now firmly towards the liberalisation of regulations, especially in the areas of medicinal cannabis. Cannabinoids Cannabis itself […]
Raise a glass to investing in whisky
Alternative investments is an interesting area of the market which is all about putting money into non-traditional assets – by non-traditional we mean anything that isn’t a share or a bond such as investing in whisky. This covers a range of things including art, commodities, wine, stamps, coins and even classic cars. Many investors consider […]
Tokenised Securities: Is 24 hour trading a good idea?
One of the benefits often discussed with regards to tokenised securities, is that by putting them on the blockchain they will be able to be traded at any time of the day. This is in contrast to most traditional financial markets, like the London Stock Exchange, where trading in equities is only permitted between certain […]
How long would it take to become an Innovative Finance ISA Millionaire?
“…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”, so wrote Benjamin Franklin. The late great comedian Ken Dodd did his best to avoid both, unfortunately succumbing to death last year aged 90. Fortunately, while both are inevitable, there are many ways that UK investors can legally reduce their tax […]
How to diversify your crowdfunding investments
UPDATED: 20th November 2018 The idea behind the common saying, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, has been around in some form or another for thousands of years. To take one example, in Ecclesiastes 11:2 the Old Testament highlights the benefits of diversifying your assets – “Divide your portion to seven, or even […]
