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The lowdown on equity crowdfunding and some common misconceptions care of upSTART 2018 Major Sponsors, Seedrs.  "Equity crowdfunding can often be a shrewd way to fund a business. Yet there are certain misconceptions that could lead to an entrepreneur mistakenly discounting it as a viable funding option: 1. A capital injection is the sole benefit from equity crowdfunding Not so. Although fu...
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Win 1 of 10 free general admission tickets to attend Digital DNA Belfast, care of upSTART 2018 Major Sponsor, Seedrs, Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform.  We recently announced Seedrs, Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, partnered with upSTART 18 as Major Sponsor to support the startup pitch competition that takes place at Digital DNA, Belfast on the 19th an...
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Seedrs, the leading UK-based equity crowdfunding platform that lets anyone invest in startups, has today been announced as Major Sponsor to upSTART 18 the startup pitch competition that takes place at Digital DNA, Belfast on the 19th and 20th June. Seedrs allows all types of investors to invest in businesses and thereby enables all types of growth-focused businesses to raise capital and business ...
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My Swft - The startup that's using instant messaging to become your free travel concierge where technology and the human touch are combined.Travel agents used to be all over the place, tempting you with pictures of tropical beaches and sun-washed villas. Now, they are fading into obscurity as people become more frugal with their time and money, and so more determined to do everything themselves. W...
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Micro art investments in shares, for as little as a fiver, is now a real possibility thanks to Feral Horses, a marketplace startup that acts as an art stock exchange to buy and trade shares of contemporary artworks directly from artists and art galleries. London-based startup, Feral Horses is a operating in the art business that gives the possibility to anyone to invest in contemporary artwo...
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Home or startup brewers take note - Brewbroker - the marketplace for brewing, packaging and logistics is for you The UK brewing industry is bigger than anywhere else in the world. We like beer, apparently. Breweries have taken to contracting out production of beer, maximising the use of their unused capacity, much like Airbnb for beer. It is one thing to come up with a good beer that people want ...
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An innovation by British organic tampon company DAME, D a reusable tampon applicator, aims to gives women more opportunity to have an environmentally friendly period and launches to immediate acclaim passing it's Kickstarter crowdfunding target within days.  Founded by Celia Pool and Alec Mills, DAME is on a mission to to reduce waste from everyday products, without compromising on perf...
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iContract, a unique online platform connecting professional contractors with recruiters and employers for job matching and professional networking, is looking to raise £300k via crowdfunding platform Seedrs and currently (at time of publication) sits at 200k+ in investment funded. iContract is a platform built by contractors, for contractors. With its data matching capability, interact...
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Homelessness is a sad, frightening, and important topic. With 8000 people sleeping on UK streets and a further 200,000 ‘hidden homeless’ - those with only temporary accommodation, like hostels or even the backseat of their car - it is strangely easy to forget that these absurdly large numbers represent actual people. That’s 280,000 individual human beings. We have written before ...
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FavourUp, an influencer-generated content aggregator that helps brands & their agencies extend the impact of social media influencers, reaches it's 90k Crowdcube crowdfunding target in two weeks.  Many fashion brands are investing up to £50k in one-off influencer posts on social media, but these posts quickly disappear from view, being pushed down users feeds by new posts. This mak...
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