Crowdfunding

Having reaped huge success with crowdfunding in the past, Brickowner has now returned to Seedrs for an additional cash injection.

Lendahand, which is a crowdfunding platform for impact investing, has hit the target ?1m of its own crowdfunding campaign.

Freetrade has crushed its ?1m target in a new crowdfunding round for 4.41% of equity at a ?140m pre-money valuation.

As the coronavirus is continuously making the situation more dire for businesses, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has offered them a potential lifeline by providing temporary, conditional relief by easing the US’ crowdfunding rules.

Singaporean P2P lending platform Funding Societies has allegedly secured $40m in its Series C, despite the coronavirus forcing it to downsize.

Stripe's whooping $600m Series G expansion wasn't the only investment round completed by a FinTech company over the last week.

UK-based startup honcho has closed another successful round by combining crowdfunding and the backing of established investors such as Insurtech Gateway, Business Durham and the North East Development Capital Fund.

India-based crowdfunding platform CrowdPouch has closed an angel investment round after a successful first year of operations.

Investment crowdfunding company Wefunder has announced a Coronavirus Crisis Loan programme to provide businesses with a strong cashflow through the COVID-19 crisis.

Envestors, a platform connecting investors and companies, has found its own backers to support its £2m financing round.