Helping build a modern economy and delivering financial fairness.
Posted: 11th February 2021
Decentralisation of financial services now recognised as an inevitable evolution of capitalism.
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Crowd2Fund crowned ‘Most Innovative P2P Platform'
Posted: 11th January 2021
Innovation and compliance have been at the heart of our platform since day one.
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The Cost of Credit
Posted: 11th January 2021
Analysis on the price of credit within the UK SME lending market.
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Improving Our Credit Model for a Post-Lockdown Economy
Posted: 22nd June 2020
Reinforcing our credit model methodology to help keep investor returns maximised and losses to a min...
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How Businesses Can Plan For A Post Brexit World
Posted: 10th November 2017
Brexit has been a hot topic for businesses around the world lately and recently the haze has started...
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Coming Soon – Reboot Britain
Posted: 1st June 2020
We will be launching the Reboot Britain campaign soon to help get British Businesses going again and...
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Government Guaranteed Loans
Posted: 1st June 2020
Dramatically scaling platform liquidity via the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
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Compliance Has Been at Our Core Since We Started in 2014
Posted: 22nd June 2020
Reinforced compliance helps protect investors, the platform and the leading UK FinTech industry.
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Managing Distressed Entrepreneurs During COVID19
Posted: 22nd June 2020
Read about the impact of Crowd2Funds support for small businesses
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New Array of Financial Tools for Entrepreneurs
Posted: 22nd June 2020
Building new Crowd2Fund capabilities to help Reboot Britain. Capital at risk.
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Ground-Breaking Technology Fighting COVID-19
Posted: 18th May 2020
Power on Demand has officially been approved to use their TiO2 lights to help combat COVID-19
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Rebooting Britain
Posted: 13th May 2020
We are preparing our team, reinforcing our regulatory obligations, developing new features and a rev...
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Impact On The Front Line
Posted: 13th May 2020
Providing staffing solutions during COVID-19
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Emergency Credit for SMEs with Bounce Back Loans
Posted: 6th May 2020
Relief Loans for Small Businesses, 100% Guaranteed
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Preparing for the economic recovery effort
Posted: 22nd April 2020
Since the start of the COVID19 outbreak, Crowd2Fund has been focused on managing potential economic...
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Our small businesses helping to fight COVID-19
Posted: 14th April 2020
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, a great deal of our Crowd2Fund businesses have responded t...
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Our Silver Bullet Revenue Loan
Posted: 15th April 2020
Our revenue loan is a completely unique financial product, perfectly suited to small businesses that...
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FinTech is the foundation of our future
Posted: 7th April 2020
In these unprecedented times, we must all pull together and do our bit to support the global effort...
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Rebooting Britain.
Posted: 14th May 2020
We are preparing our team, reinforcing our regulatory obligations, developing new features and a rev...
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Supporting the effort against COVID-19
Posted: 27th March 2020
At Crowd2Fund we have implemented an emergency support plan to protect your businesses and investmen...
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COVID - 19 Contingency Planning
Posted: 17th March 2020
The Crowd2Fund COVID-19 plan covers two areas: A) Business Continuity and B) Economic Impact. We wil...
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Growing your team
Posted: 6th November 2019
To hire effectively your business needs a robust hiring practice.
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Finding Investors
Posted: 22nd August 2019
How to find the right investors to help your business grow?
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Direct investment or pooled-fund IFISAs
Posted: 25th February 2020
If you’re an investor looking for choice, Direct Investment offers the most freedom, and therefore t...
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How to get the best returns on your ISA
Posted: 10th December 2018
When looking for a place to invest your savings it’s not just the interest rate you have to pay atte...
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The Innovative Finance ISA Guide
Posted: 7th February 2020
Everything you need to know about the IFISA, backing entrepreneurs and potentially making great retu...
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Be fee-free for life
Posted: 5th February 2020
0% fees if you transfer £10,000 or more from existing ISAs by the 5th of April 2020. Capital at risk...
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Invest on the go
Posted: 16th January 2020
How you can use our iOS app to grow your portfolio from anywhere.
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The Exchange Demonstrates Strong Performance
Posted: 31st December 2019
Crowd2Fund’s Exchange, a secondary market for trading crowdfunded investments, has shown very strong...
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The EIS explained
Posted: 20th November 2019
Everything you need to know about the generous tax-relief offering. Capital at risk.
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Crowd2Fund becomes EIS-Approved
Posted: 19th September 2019
Crowd2Fund has been formally granted Advanced Assurance from HMRC for the Enterprise Investment Sche...
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Applying Moderation to your Business
Posted: 29th August 2019
Find the perfect balance in your workplace to maximise long-term growth and stability.
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Internal Operations Overload
Posted: 29th August 2019
Sustainable expansion requires the establishment of consistent processes, roles, and responsibilitie...
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The road less travelled
Posted: 15th August 2019
Understanding the peer-to-peer market today
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Growing Your Business With Intent
Posted: 30th July 2019
How to transition from a start-up to a high-growth company.
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Can your employees thrive in your workplace?
Posted: 30th July 2019
Workplaces need to recognise our basic biological and psychological needs in order to foster a happy...
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Pioneering with Passion: NEU Hair 4 Men
Posted: 25th July 2019
An interview with the founder, Stuart Mundy, on developing a solution to a sensitive problem.
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Scaling Up Barefoot Conservation
Posted: 20th March 2019
An interview with the founder, Simon Barden, on growing the social enterprise with crowdfunding
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Building Corporate Athletes
Posted: 27th June 2019
Treat employees like professional athletes to facilitate their top performance.
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Future-proofing Ignite Sport UK
Posted: 20th June 2019
An interview with founder, Justin Merritt, on combining sport with digital development and fundraisi...
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What Does The Current Economic Outlook Mean For Businesses and Investors?
Posted: 31st May 2019
Translating the macroeconomic trends for the everyday investors and companies who just want to grow...
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Amplifying Success: Rockpool Tour Catering
Posted: 9th May 2019
An interview with founder, Pete Bailey, on international expansion and crowdfunding.
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Growing Giffords Hall Vineyard
Posted: 18th April 2019
An interview with founder, Linda Howard, on hitting business milestones and fundraising
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Left out of Pension Schemes? Consider IFISAs as the Solution for your Financial Future
Posted: 9th April 2019
With an ageing population and economic uncertainty, saving for the future has never been more import...
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A New Era of Trade: Crowd2Fund Target the Participating 11 GFIN Markets
Posted: 4th March 2019
In 2018, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposed the creation of the Global Financial Inno...
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How to Prepare your Business and Benefit from a Hard Brexit
Posted: 22nd February 2019
Amidst the talk of Brexit, one word is constantly mentioned: ‘uncertainty’. To cut through what may...
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Practical sustainability in the workplace
Posted: 18th February 2019
Incorporating sustainability into your business can reap rewards beyond the obvious societal benefit...
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Are all Innovative Finance ISAs the same?
Posted: 6th February 2019
They're regarded as a brilliant way to support entrepreneurs growing UK businesses while earning gre...
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Get your Business into Shape for 2019
Posted: 24th January 2019
The New Year presents an opportunity to set and track your business goals. Brexit and the year ahead...
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How can High Street retailers compete with their online rivals?
Posted: 14th January 2019
High Street retailers are struggling to compete with their online counterparts and Mike Ashley, CEO...
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The Crowd and the IPO
Posted: 12th November 2018
With the introduction of legislation and new players in the market, this innovative form of finance...
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What Does The 2018 Budget Mean For Investors & Businesses?
Posted: 31st October 2018
The Chancellor of the Exchequer highlighted the importance of enterprise to the economy but what doe...
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Crowd2Fund Reveals Investor Performance
Posted: 23rd October 2018
In line with our ethos of transparency, Crowd2Fund has released data on how the funds of our investo...
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Crowd2Fund Releases Loan Data and Actual Fund Performance
Posted: 17th September 2018
After five years, we are now able to publish our comprehensive loan book data set and calculate actu...
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Compare ISAs And See Their Benefits
Posted: 29th August 2018
The tax benefits of ISAs are compelling. Being able to grow investments tax-free is a no-brainer and...
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Supplement Your IFISA Returns With 'Refer & Earn'
Posted: 16th August 2018
At Crowd2Fund, we want to reward existing investors and encourage you to share your success from usi...
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Smart-Invest: The Intelligent Tool To Grow Your Investments Automatically
Posted: 17th July 2018
Enter Smart-Invest; an AI-powered feature that allows you to automatically invest your funds into li...
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Crowd2Fund iOS App Now Includes IFISA Management Tools
Posted: 15th June 2018
The refreshed version allows investors to track and manage their investment portfolio from the palm...
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How an IFISA Can Act As A Pension For The Self-Employed
Posted: 18th May 2018
Those who are self-employed do not benefit from auto-enrolment workplace pensions. An IFISA can be t...
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Financial Resolutions For The New Tax Year
Posted: 24th April 2018
While it can be tempting to put off using it until the end of the tax year, there are many benefits...
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Crowd2Fund Target Australian Market Through FinTech Bridge Launch
Posted: 18th April 2018
Crowd2Fund are launching an Australian office by becoming one the first UK-based companies to utilis...
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Crowd2Fund wins 2018 MoneyNet Highly Commended Award for Best IFISA Provider
Posted: 17th April 2018
Earlier this year, Crowd2Fund was recognised for the quality, performance, and functionality of its...
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Crowd2Fund Continues Exponential Growth
Posted: 13th April 2018
As the first IFISA regulated platform, and now having completed its second full year of operating th...
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Advantages of Open Banking
Posted: 13th March 2018
How Open Banking will allow SMEs to access finance more easily and with more choice
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What Makes Our IFISA Stand Out
Posted: 6th February 2018
With the end of the tax year fast approaching (5th April), there is a limited time frame with which...
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your IFISA
Posted: 21st February 2018
The time has come for savers to think smartly about their money; to think, in other words, like inve...
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IFISA: The FCA Has Investors Best Interests At Heart
Posted: 12th April 2016
When we launched our Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) on Wednesday 6 April, only seven other platforms...
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The Autumn Budget
Posted: 24th November 2017
In the first autumn budget (an annual replacement of the event traditional held in April), the Chanc...
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Increased Probability for Interest Rate Rises in 2018
Posted: 19th January 2018
In October 2017 interest rates rose for the first time in more than a decade, increasing from 0.25%...
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What is the rapidly expanding Innovative Finance ISA landscape looking like?
Posted: 26th October 2017
Earlier in the month, HMRC released data showing that a total of 2,000 IFISA’s were opened during th...
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Innovative Finance ISA Crowdfunding Exchange Booms
Posted: 11th July 2017
Crowd2Fund’s Exchange, a secondary market for trading crowdfunded investments, was first launched 18...
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Introducing Crowd2Fund’s Venture Debt
Posted: 9th May 2017
In the latest sign of an ever more developed alternative finance market, Crowd2Fund have announced a...
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Crowd2Fund is accredited by the UK Crowdfunding Association
Posted: 5th August 2014
The UK Crowdfunding Association, was formed in 2012 by fourteen crowdfunding businesses. They all se...
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Most common crowdfunding myths
Posted: 5th August 2014
There are a lot of misconceptions about crowdfunding so we thought we'd clear up a few. Here are the...
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Top tips for Crowdfunding on Crowd2Fund
Posted: 4th August 2014
Crowdfunding your business or project can be a daunting process so here are some top tips to help wi...
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Crowd2Fund becomes a CAPS authorised crowdfunding platform
Posted: 25th July 2014
Crowd2Fund are delighted that their membership of The Crowdfunding Accreditation for Platform Standa...
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Innovative Finance ISA Rules (IFISA)
Posted: 3rd March 2016
The UK will shortly see a new law introduced for an exciting Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), which w...
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The Spring Budget - Crowd2Fund’s Response
Posted: 9th March 2017
In what the Chancellor is calling the last Spring Budget, with the default event now set to take pla...
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Crowd2Fund approved as ISA Manager by HMRC - Get ready
Posted: 24th March 2016
Finally, The Innovative Finance ISA is here and Crowd2Fund is one of the only platforms to receive I...
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Crowd2Fund Plans to Continue to Propel Growth and Innovation Throughout 2017
Posted: 6th February 2017
2016 was Crowd2Fund's most successful year to date, further establishing its presence as one of the...
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A Dummy's Guide To P2P Crowdfunding And The IFISA
Posted: 7th October 2016
The peer-to-peer(P2P) industry, which first gained niche prominence shortly after the financial cris...
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Kickstart the New Year by investing your 2015/2016 IFISA allowance in the next 2 months
Posted: 3rd January 2017
The New Year is a great time to review your personal finances. Something we are all guilty of is bei...
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The Autumn Statement: Investment Into Digital Holds The Key To A Post Brexit Economy
Posted: 24th November 2016
On Thursday in his first autumn statement, new chancellor Philip Hammond announced a number of diffe...
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How To Beat Inflation With The IFISA
Posted: 17th November 2016
After the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a surprise dip in October, the beginning of...
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Crowdfunding Can Enable A Shift To A More Accountable And Sustainable Stakeholder Economy
Posted: 14th September 2016
During her launch campaign, new Prime Minister Theresa May highlighted the need for creating an econ...
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Relax while we transfer your old ISA, we make it easy, and manage all the hassle for you.
Posted: 17th August 2016
Savers have had a torrid time since the financial crisis. From March 2009 through to July 2016, nine...
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Artificial Intelligence comes to Crowd2Fund with Smart-Invest
Posted: 21st July 2016
Crowd2Fund, one of the UK's leading peer-to-peer lending platforms and only one with the investor Ex...
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Crowd2Fund and the FinTech sector are critical for stablising the UK economy and managing a smooth Brexit
Posted: 27th June 2016
The electorate has voted for Brexit, therefore we must focus on embracing the circumstances and what...
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Mankind's next great achievement? A Perspective on AI from Crowd2Fund
Posted: 1st June 2016
In a few weeks, Crowd2Fund will be taking the leap into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) wi...
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How the Innovative Finance ISA or IF ISA works
Posted: 17th June 2016
Orcamoney is a Fintech company providing support services to the financial service industry, and is...
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IFISA: It's mission critical that a controlled launch is maintained
Posted: 4th May 2016
Recently, questions have been asked about the way the government and regulators have brought the new...
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The Budget 2016: Crowd2Fund's Response
Posted: 17th March 2016
Yesterday Chancellor George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as Chancellor. Whilst this resulted...
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Crowd2Fund goes global
Posted: 16th March 2016
Crowd2Fund, one of the UK's leading peer-to-peer business lending platforms and SME investor exchang...
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Best and worst of crowdfunding
Posted: 10th February 2016
Crowdfunding has moved quickly from a trend towards a mainstream model for many innovative and growi...
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Happy Chinese New Year: Put your financial house in order with crowdfunding and P2P lending
Posted: 8th February 2016
The Chinese believe that the start of a new year is a time to put your financial house in order by s...
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Innovative Finance ISA or IFISA is launching on 6th April 2016, Are you ready?
Posted: 5th February 2016
Good news for Crowd2Fund Investors, from 6th April 2016, investors can set up an Innovative Finance...
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«Banking is necessary; banks are not» - Bill Gates.
Posted: 14th January 2016
At the very beginning of the AltFi revolution it was unclear of exactly what impact it would have on...
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Press Release: thesqua.re secures multi million dollar investment from Crowd2Fund alongside specialist bank Oaknorth Bank
Posted: 12th January 2016
Serviced Apartments Provider thesqua.re has closed an investment round of $2 million from London-ba...
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Want to become a savvy crowdlending investor? We've compiled a checklist to help you assess investment opportunities online
Posted: 29th January 2016
How safe is your P2P investment? With even more P2P investment opportunities available online, do yo...
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An alternative gift this Christmas
Posted: 15th December 2015
Buying presents for friends and loved ones is always 'fulfilling' but can be costly too, and the tho...
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The revenue loan: “Flexibility is everything in a seasonal business such as oursâ€
Posted: 30th November 2015
The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the Autumn statement that there has been a growth in busin...
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Why focusing on finding safer investment opportunities for the masses is important.
Posted: 25th November 2015
Following lots of recent news about the initial results on the performance of equity crowdfunding we...
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Paving the way for alternative finance and crowdfunding
Posted: 20th November 2015
There needs to be a line that separates the genuine campaigns from the not achievable. It is up to t...
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The alternative finance sector set to become less 'alternative'.
Posted: 13th November 2015
The crowdfunding sector is fuelling the innovative drive in the transformation of relationships betw...
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The Revenue Loan: Attractive return on investments with added rewards from the brands you love
Posted: 11th November 2015
Here we pose a new idea, one in which you can invest in established and exciting brands, receive hig...
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Why crowdfunding should embrace the UK's gaming market
Posted: 9th November 2015
It's not surprising the Expo is so popular, the UK games market grew by over 10% in 2014 reaching £3...
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Press release: A Crowdfunding Exchange - Ready to take this bold leap?
Posted: 27th October 2015
Whilst the P2P and crowdfunding industries are comparatively nascent in finance, many billions of po...
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Press release: First UK marketplace for trading crowdfunded investment launches
Posted: 23rd October 2015
Crowdfunding platform provides investors with an opportunity to sell their investments and gain earl...
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Crowdfunding regulation : What it means for you
Posted: 14th October 2015
Historically, regulators have been viewed as being a burden to smaller businesses and new markets by...
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Why innovative brands should harness crowdfunding to engage customers
Posted: 30th July 2015
Crowdfunding is not just about money for startups and crazy projects. Now much more sophisticated f...
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The Summer Budget: Encouraging News For P2P Platforms But Investors Must Become More Savvy
Posted: 9th July 2015
During this week's Emergency Summer Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a series of changes...
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£millions up for grabs for small business
Posted: 19th June 2015
To show just how healthy the funding market is when it comes to small businesses accessing capital,...
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What is P2P? Crowdfunding? Marketplace Lending?
Posted: 2nd June 2015
With all the opportunities in crowdfunding these days, it can be interesting and rewarding to unders...
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Part 2/2: Why Marketplace Investing Could Improve Your Overall Returns
Posted: 28th May 2015
No well-informed advisor would suggest placing 100% of your investable cash into marketplace investm...
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Part 1/2: Why Every Portfolio Should Consider Peer to Peer Investments in 2015
Posted: 22nd May 2015
Peer to peer (or “marketplace investing†as it is coming to be known) has been gathering a lot o...
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Restaurants and Crowdfunding Platforms Are Perfectly Matched
Posted: 18th May 2015
Over the last year restaurants have established themselves as a successful vertical category within...
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Launch of the Crowd2Fund Revenue Loan
Posted: 6th January 2015
A game-changing way for early-stage businesses to access funding without selling equity.
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The Future of Finance - Crowdfunding
Posted: 6th October 2014
Chris, our CEO, explores the future of finance that is Crowd2Fund.
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Main benefits of crowdfunding for businesses
Posted: 2nd October 2014
Crowdfunding brings benefits to both investors and businesses. Below are a few key benefits which sh...
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Confidence in SMEs reach a new high
Posted: 19th September 2014
UK's small businesses have had a knock in confidence for a long time but it appears this perception...
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Crowd2Fund pre-launch discussions at Prime Minister's Office
Posted: 10th September 2014
CEO, Chris Hancock, made his way to 10 Downing Street yesterday to discuss the future of Crowd2Fund.
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Why are SMEs missing out on business finance?
Posted: 10th September 2014
The answer is simple, it is because not enough companies are aware of their finance options.
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Crowd2Fund Launch!
Posted: 10th September 2014
On Thursday the 21st of August, Crowd2Fund had a double celebration on our Soft Launch and also our...
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Crowd2Fund attends George Osbourne launch of Innovate Finance in Canary Wharf
Posted: 6th August 2014
Today Crowd2Fund attended Chancellor George Osbourne launch Innovate Finance, an industry body backe...
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New WorkSpace!
Posted: 29th May 2014
Crowd2Fund sign for new offices on Chancery Lane with the WorkSpace group.
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Crowd2Fund becomes founding UK representative of the European CrowdFunding Association
Posted: 23rd May 2014
Crowd2Fund attended European Crowdfunding Association hosted in Paris. The event today was attended...
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Moving from savers to investors - Channel 4's Dispatches
Posted: 11th June 2015
Channel 4's Dispatches, Where To Save Your Money Should Have Been A Champion Of Alt Finance
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What Effect Will Pension Freedoms Day Have On Crowdfunding?
Posted: 6th April 2015
On the 6th of April, the pension industry will undergo its largest reforms in a generation. It will...
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Press Release - Chinese investors help boost Crowd2Fund valuation to £10M
Posted: 25th March 2015
Crowd2Fund, the world's only directly FCA regulated five-model crowdfunding platform, has raised £2m...
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Funding Your Business: Securing Loan Funding
Posted: 25th February 2015
Borrowing money is always attractive to the entrepreneur, because money today is particularly valuab...
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Funding Your Business: Considering An Equity Sale
Posted: 11th February 2015
So you've done the sums, looked at your credit card bills, and realised that you're going to need to...
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Funding Your Business: Choosing And Attracting Debt Or Equity Investors
Posted: 3rd February 2015
In an ideal world every entrepreneur would start off with the savings they need to get their busines...
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Enterprise Nation's StartUp 2015 event at Somerset House: HSBC and Crowd2Fund in the Funding zone
Posted: 20th January 2015
On Saturday 17th January, Enterprise Nation organised StartUp2015, a free event for entrepreneurs....
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The Shift From Debt Based To Equity Based Investing
Posted: 9th October 2014
In this article we examine the shift from debt based to equity based investing, and why this change...
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The Autumn Statement: George Osborne Indicates That SMEs And Peer-To-Peer Platforms Are Key In Britain's Economic Recovery
Posted: 4th December 2014
Today George Osborne unveiled his autumn statement for 2014. Overall, the news was generally positiv...
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Alternative Finance Grows Over 100% In 2014
Posted: 24th November 2014
Nesta, an independent UK based charity that is tasked to increase innovation, recently published a r...
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Is crowdfunding one of the answers to economic growth in the Eurozone?
Posted: 6th November 2014
Some optimistic analysts and hopeful forecasts were about to make the world believe that a long-term...
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Crowd2Fund becomes directly authorised by the FCA, the first platform of its kind globally
Posted: 28th October 2014
The Crowd2Fund team have reached a significant milestone today by becoming what they believe is the...
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SEIS : overview of the process for crowdfunding
Posted: 18th October 2014
This is a guest post from Wesley Rashid. He is a Chartered Accountant, and is the founder of The Acc...
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