Funding Tree Explained
Funding Tree is an FCA regulated online crowdfunding platform headquartered in London, UK.[1] The website officially launched in August 2014,[2] becoming the world’s first fully regulated loan and equity-based crowdfunding and peer-to-peer business lending platform.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
History
Funding Tree was founded in January 2013 by three South London entrepreneurs George Anastasi, Meb Ali and Dillen Iyavoo.
Funding Tree is part of the alternative finance industry which is helping to supply SMEs with the monetary means to begin or develop business without the need for a bank.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: World’s first debt and equity crowdfunding platform launches in UK. Business-money.com.
- Web site: Funding Tree Launches Crowdfunding Platform. Crowdfundinsider.com.
- Web site: Why alternative forms of finance are becoming popular among small firms. Theguardian.com.
- Web site: Dunsby. Megan. New FCA-regulated crowdfunding platform launches for UK small and medium businesses. Startups.co.uk.
- Web site: Debt and equity crowdfunding platform launches. Einnews.com.
- Web site: Acknowledge Xc Looks to Funding Tree For New Student Social Media Platform. Crowdfundinsider.com.
- Web site: Humble Yorkshire farm ticks all the right boxes on Funding Tree. UK Business Angels Association. 2015-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150719064733/http://www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk/news/humble-yorkshire-farm-ticks-all-right-boxes-funding-tree. 2015-07-19. dead.
- Web site: Funding Tree to support small community-based businesses. Bmmagazine.co.uk. Business Matters.
