It is sometimes easy to forget just how global crowdfunding is becoming. With the dominant position the UK holds as a centre for crowdfunding and the sheer volume of activity coming out of the USA, the chatter on the topic can tend to become very localised and
Read more →Using our framework will help the UK Government grow crowdfunding in line with its industrial strategy. In January of this year the UK Government published a green paper called Building our Industrial Strategy with the stated aim to: “build on our strengths and extend excellence into the
Read more →Will the UK’s dominant position in Alternative Finance be threatened by Brexit?
I don’t believe it will be significantly so and here is why.
The Scottish Crowdfunding Report 2016 was published this month and provides a fascinating update on the benchmarks established in the 2013 report and demonstrates Scotland’s rapid advance in UK crowdfunding. twintangibles was pleased to be commissioned to research and write both of these important reports on the
Read more →The more we use old world capital market terminology the more we undersell, betray and erode crowdfunding and the more we mis set the expectations of new entrants. When I hear about things like Lending Club working with Goldman Sachs to “Securitise” $150m worth of loans I
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