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Darren Westlake Creat ive Innovation Workshop

Darren Westlake Creat ive Innovation Workshop. The Status Quo. A wealth of entrepreneurial talent. UK has lots of great ideas Need to cultivate ideas into the next Google/Twitter/ GroupOn Often stifled by access to.

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Darren Westlake Creat ive Innovation Workshop

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  1. Darren Westlake Creative Innovation Workshop

  2. The Status Quo A wealth of entrepreneurial talent • UK has lots of great ideas • Need to cultivate ideas into the next Google/Twitter/GroupOn • Often stifled by access to Google says searches for "business plan UK" have increased by 60% over the past year and searches for "small business loan" are up by 34% Money

  3. The Status Quo The Status Quo • Venture capital difficult to find for smaller requirements • Debt finance hard to come by • Business angels – limited investments • Typically a syndicate each investing £10k - £100k • What if there was a way to have say 5000 angels each investing £10? • What if anyone could become a business angel?

  4. Crowdcube and Crowdfunding What is Crowdcube? • Crowdcube provides a web-based central hub for entrepreneurs to meet micro-investors. It uses the power of Crowdfunding to provide a unique service to two types of people: • for entrepreneurs to source funding more accessibly than conventional routes • for smaller investors to have the opportunity to invest in exciting high-potential businesses “$100 invested in Microsoft at their IPO would now be worth approximately $35k.”

  5. Crowdfunding Crowdfunding • Crowdfunding is an approach to raising the capital required for a new project or enterprise by appealing to large numbers of ordinary people for small donations • Social Media • Crowdfundingexamples • Kiva.org - $325m funding raised, >777,000 lenders, ~800,000 entrepreneurs • Kickstarter.com – >24,000 projects funded, > $250m pledged to-date, 2m people have pledged

  6. Crowdfunding

  7. How it works

  8. How it works

  9. How it works

  10. Benefits Benefits

  11. Business model Success so far… Deals successfully funded 21 £3.7 millionfunded so far… 18,000members £100,000largest single investment £1,291av. investment £1 millionbiggest deal

  12. Funding growth Our funding growth

  13. Thanks Questions? www.crowdcube.com

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