UK’s first VC-backed equity crowdfunding platform to launch

Backed by the likes of E-Synergy and Jon Moulton, InvestingZone, the UK’s first VC-backed equity platform for buying shares in unlisted...

Donald Trump misses the point of crowdfunding

Donald Trump backing crowdfunding is about as appropriate as Attila the Hun inviting us to tea.

Have you satisfied the State today?

In his quest to drive crowdfunding forward, The City Grump visits a "very astute" member of parliament - and suddenly finds himself urgin...

Are UK businesses taking too many funding risks?

In turbulent times for business finance, the words "risk" and "funding" are inevitably connected. David Hing looks at what to watch out f...

Crowdfunding: what it's really all about

Crowdfunding has the potential to become a valuable source of business funding. Can the model break into mainstream finance?

TARA trumps TINA, Mr Cameron

Margaret Thatcher, somehow, got away with it. David Cameron can't. TINA ("there is no alternative") has to make space for TARA ("there ar...

Eight ways to fund your business

How many ways do you know to fund your business?

Crowdfunding vs Nanny

How can crowdfunding drive business growth when the FSA insist that investors need protecting from themselves? The City Grump urges crowd...

Clinging to the wreckage vs building a Big Society

Barry James wrote an open letter to the coalition government, suggesting a real way out of the financial nuclear winter.

Equity investors are back in town

6 months ago the City Grump announced he was buying into a brewery. And now? Share prices are up...