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Avoid the reboot Britain campaign - there has been no interest payments for a year and your capital goes into crowd2fund equity which is worthless - you can’t sell it. I have lost thousands and it is... See more
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Think before you invest So I have been on the platform since 2021 and invested a bit in the first couple of years. Just £100 here and there diversified across many companies. I have not inv... See more
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Crowd2Fund were incredibly supportive from the beginning. They understood what we wanted to achieve and helped us to get that across in our pitch to potential investors. There were some slight miss... See more
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Company details
- Alternative Financial Service
- Department of Finance
- Investment Bank
- Investment Company
- Loan Agency
- Non-Bank Financial Service
Information provided by various external sources
We believe that finance needs to be fast, fair and flexible to meet today’s demands. Crowd2Fund is an alternative solution to an out-of-date financial system, and the only FCA regulated crowdfunding platform to offer 5 models of finance, across debt and equity investments. We provide great investment opportunities and simple finance, ensuring businesses get access to funds at competitive rates and investors get generous returns on their investments.
Contact info
Westbourne Studios 242 Acklam Road, W105JJ, London
- +44(0)203 507 0073
- info@crowd2fund.com
- www.crowd2fund.com
3.3
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Positive experience
So far has been a positive experience and straightforward..
March 22, 2017
Unprompted review
User-friendly for small investers.
I find this the easiest crowd funding company for small investors such as me, because I get immediate notification of campaigns starting, payments received etc. and can then choose what to invest my money in next. One omission is listing the interest received separately in the transactions page - after all, the investment is in order to make a profit from worthy investments!
I am concerned about the future of Crowd Funding as all the financial pundits predict these could crash once there is a down-turn in the economy. I don't know how we can be reassured about this?
March 21, 2017
Unprompted review
Site easy to use
The site is easy to use but more information about individual loans would be appreciated
March 20, 2017
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Good so far
I only recently started investing via Crowd2Fund but I'm satisfied so far.
March 19, 2017
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Good investment platform accessible to simple investors
I found the Crowd2Fund platform very easy to use and with a good variety of investment type. The information on the company seeking founding through this platform are somewhat limited but in line with other providers. The ISA option is great and not commonly available from other peer-2-peer. The only area that should be improved is the number of opportunity and the minimum investment. For smaller investors it may be difficult to spread the risk without investing sizeable amount of money.
March 19, 2017
Unprompted review
High yield and careful management
Crowd2fund must be doing something right. They select their funding applicants carefully and have an eye for creditworthiness. I have had returns in the 9% area and no losses so far with crowd2fund.
March 18, 2017
Unprompted review
Slow Processing
Good service but there can be considerable time between pledging funds and actually receiving interest on those funds.
Also the secondary exchange market works very slowly. Time lag between requesting to sell an investment until the request is actually approved and made available to potential buyers.
So the APR profits listed on the site are pre charges and also lowered again by the time lag when money pledged/invested isn't earning interest.
March 16, 2017
Unprompted review
Reply from Crowd2Fund
- Processing time: We have set-up an alert so investors who want to start earning sooner are alerted about campaigns closing soon - rather than needing to wait for the campaign to close. The actual impact on the overall interest rate is nominal if you need to wait 30 days to start earning interest.
- Secondary market: We have the delay for compliance reasons to ensure that there is some moderation with listings. This is an FCA requirement. We have however formalised listing time to 24 hours so things will be automatically listed after then.
Thanks for the feedback - we are committed to improving our service to ensure we are the best platform in the marketplace.
Crowd 2 Fund
I've been impressed with ease of investing, a good rate of return and that an IFISA is available. Only reason for 4 stars rather than 5 is that I haven't had money invested for long enough to assess the number of missed payments and ultimately defaults - although I am aware that no defaults have been recorded so far. Only slight issue I've noticed is that a number of opportunities have been tagged as "coming soon" and then don't materialise.
March 15, 2017
Unprompted review
No better crowdfunding site for my money
I have now been investing via the crowd2fund website for 9 months and have been 100% satisfied with every aspect of the transactions.
March 13, 2017
Unprompted review
New user - very impressed
Very easy to set up and start investing. I love the fact that as your money is invested you are notified. Excellent website and members portal.
March 13, 2017
Unprompted review
I think its great, but I wonder what will happen when/if more companies default in the future?
SO far, I have found Crowd2Fund very easy to use and lending my money has been easy. However, there have been no defaults on Crowd2Fund so far, and I'm interested to see how this will be handled in the future - especially if more UK companies may go bankrupt following the implementation of Brexit in the future. I would also like to receive company updates of the companies I have lended to so that I can track their progress and the safety of my loan.
March 13, 2017
Unprompted review
Opportunities
New Opportunities pop up without having been shown as coming soon. This is confusing as suddenly an opportunity is shown which has not been seen before, and opportunities that have been shown as coming soon disappear.
Other than that a good site.
Rupert Pryce
Since had a reply from crowd2fund, with explanation which was comprehensive and more than satisfactory. As a conciquence I would like to amend my rating up from three stars to four.
Rupert Pryce
March 12, 2017
Unprompted review
Reply from Crowd2Fund
We often list opportunities as coming soon prior to completing the full due diligence however sometimes campaigns might not meet the strict criteria. Also, it is highly unlikely, however a campaign may fail after going live or up until execution of the legal documentation.
We have modified our internal process to ensure this happens as infrequently as possible and will be much more careful when listing campaigns as coming soon but please note the loan is not completed and is always at risk of falling through until the funds are released to the borrower.
Brilliant...but could be excellent!
I opened an account because they seem to be one of the very few to offer IFISAs. Really good service, easy transfer process and helpful staff.
The website is pretty good but it would be excellent if it had a couple of extra features
March 11, 2017
Unprompted review
Mostly Very Good
I've been using Crowd2Fund since July '16 and have had a very good experience. There are a few things I would like to see however, such as:-
- An Android app.
- A list of upcoming repayments for my account.
- The ability to convert my existing investments into a 'Smart Invest' plan. I don't know if this is possible and, if it is, the documentation on the site doesn't explain the process.
Apart from that I can't complain, it's been a really positive experience so far.
March 10, 2017
Unprompted review
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