The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is a piece of government legislation that was designed to help kick start the British economic resurgence following the global financial crisis of 2009. One of the key principles of a nation’s economic growth is entrepreneurship and enterprise, and yet as British banks cautiously tightened the purse strings, it […]
Amazon Launchpad is new marketplace for startups
Amazon has lit the touch paper for Amazon Launchpad – a new online marketplace for startup companies to sell their products worldwide. Joining Amazon Launchpad gives entrepreneurs access to the global store’s marketing and fulfilment power to supercharge the launch of their new products. Although signing up for the program comes at a price, a […]
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is a government-backed tax incentive aiming to help small startup companies raise finance from investors in return for an equity stake in the business. Chancellor George Osborne introduced SEIS in his Budget 2012. SEIS started on April 6, 2012 and by the end of the 2012-13 tax year, 1,120 […]
Kickstarter Releases Stats
Popular US-based crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, has made its funding stats available on its website, and the results show just how far a good idea and a strong web-community can take a project. The mission of Kickstarter to “bring creative projects to life” is certainly being accomplished if the stats are anything to go by, and […]
Indiegogo Preparing for Equity Crowdfunding
Investing in return for an equity stake in the company is a particular avenue that has never been open to the crowdfunding community. This method of potentially profitable investment has previously been reserved for accredited investors only. Despite this, Indiegogo has still managed to successfully launch over 200,000 funding campaigns, sourcing investment in return for […]
The Sky’s The Limit For Space Investment
Investing in space can offer stellar opportunities as companies push back the frontiers with out-of-this-world ideas. Space investment is not just about asteroid mining and tourism. Many companies firmly rooted on Earth offer equity stakes to investors in commercial technology deployment now NASA has turned developing and funding space missions over to the private sector. […]