Crowdcube has won a national competition at the Conservative Party Conference to find Britain’s top start-ups. During the conference this week, Crowdcube was voted by the delegates as the winner of the 2013 Start-up Initiative and was rewarded with a Fujitsu M532 tablet.
Crowdcube is one of a dozen British start-up businesses that showcased their businesses at the Start-up Hub in front of thousands of delegates, the nation’s media and business leaders from across the country.
Crowdcube is the world’s first equity-based crowd-funding platform, and enables everyday investors to fund British businesses in return for a share in the company. Since February 2011, over 46,000 savvy investors have registered with Crowdcube, helping to raise more than £13.5m for over 70 UK businesses. The ground breaking model lets entrepreneurs showcase their investment opportunity online and bypass the traditional business angel, venture capital or bank route, giving them more control and access to more investors.
Mike Royston (the good looking one) from Crowdcube picking up the award from Lord Feldman, Chairman of the Conservative Party, Simon Blagden, Chairman of Fujitsu and Tim Hames, Director General of the BVCA.
The national competition, launched two years ago, is a chance for 12 new businesses to demonstrate their ideas or designs during the four day conference running from Sunday, September 29th to Wednesday, October 2nd.
Welcoming the news, Damian Collins, MP and Chairman of the Start-Up Hub competition said:
“I am thrilled that Crowdcube has been chosen to exhibit at Conference. This is a unique opportunity for the winning entrepreneurs and a fantastic chance to show off their work to thousands of delegates, the nation’s media and business leaders from across the country.”
Darren Westlake, CEO and co-founder of Crowdcube said:
“Improving the finance options available to British businesses is top of the Conservative Party agenda and we’re delighted that it voted Crowdcube winner for such a prestigious award. The opportunity to showcase the impact that Crowdcube has had raising over £13.5m for more than 70 British businesses over the past two years was a great opportunity. The support of the Conservative Party has been a real boost.”
Mike Royston talking to Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about Crowdcube
Click here to find out more about the Conservative Party Startup Hub.
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