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Crowdcube

Crowdfunding platform

Crowdcube logo
101-200 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2B
  • Marketplace
  • Fundraising
  • Community
Exeter, UK

Company mission

Crowdcube, is on a mission to make investing easy and rewarding for anyone, anywhere.

B Corporation
Top investors

38% female employees

-18% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

The number of startups looking for funding in Europe has grown dramatically over the last decade. Crowdfunding provides a solution to this, allowing companies to tap into the public rather than rely on institutional investors. The European crowdfunding market is predicted to be $5BN by 2025 and the amount of money pledged on crowdfunding platforms is now starting to rival traditional VC funding.

The company's best known competitor is Seedrs, and they both consistently compete to take on the most exciting startups as customers. For example, Revolut has hosted crowdfunding rounds on both Crowdcube and Seedrs. What set both companies apart though, has been their reach.

Crowdcube has worked hard to secure the first license to raise funding across European borders - not a measly feat by any chance. This gives them more than a leg up as the company can now expand its startup portfolio and present its users with a wider range of interesting companies to choose from.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • £1,000 budget for learning and development
  • Share Options
  • Volunteer Hours
  • Additional Holiday for Tenure
  • Flexible Working Policy
  • 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Succeed together - We achieve more as a team. We improve, fail, succeed and celebrate together
  • Empower - We trust and empower ourselves, each other and our customers to achieve more
  • Focus on impact - We make a difference to our customers, colleagues and our company by focusing on delivering the right things with passion, empathy, and purpose
  • Innovate and improve - We think differently; we strive for more; and seek to improve ourselves, Crowdcube and our customers’ experience

Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)

Nov 2021

$12.8m

LATE VC

Nov 2018

$10.9m

SERIES E

Total funding: $57.2m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Darren

(CEO)

Serial entrepreneur. Launched and exited two companies before starting Crowdcube

Additional info

  • Crowdcube experienced year on year growth since 2011 with over 750,000 registered investors
  • Over 800 British businesses successfully funded on the platform, including Brewdog, Monzo, Eden Project and many more