Channel 4 Ventures invests in Crowdcube, the equity crowdfunding leader
Crowdcube enables individuals to invest in small companies in return for equity or an annual return.
Crowdcube enables individuals to invest in small companies in return for equity or an annual return.
Crowdcube is an equity crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs of startups and growing businesses. It enables individuals to invest in or loan to small companies in return for equity or an annual return.
As an investment crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube enables entrepreneurs to raise finance with the added benefit of being backed by the crowd. For investors, Crowdcube provides a way to handpick a stake in an innovative business that traditionally would have been restricted to corporate investors(
Since Crowdcube first pioneered equity crowdfunding in 2011, a total of £300mn has been invested through the platform from a crowd of over 390,000 investors, with more than £230mn successfully invested in 520 raises. Businesses like challenger bank Monzo, which raised £1mn in a record-breaking 96 seconds — as well as household brand names such as River Cottage and the Eden Project, along with venture capital-backed businesses such as JustPark, eMoov, Sugru, and Chip — have all successfully raised growth funding from the crowd.
Channel 4 Ventures involvement helped Crowdcube increase brand awareness and accelerate growth across the UK through its Commercial Growth Fund.
