Crowdfunding

Puresport has launched a £1 million crowdfunding campaign as it targets expansion in retail and overseas markets. The Scottish wellness brand, founded in 2018 by rugby player Grayson Hart, has passed £3.5m in online sales this year. Puresport's business focuses on brain function-boosting

Colin Millar, corporate partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), highlights some of the potential pitfalls and shortcomings of crowdfunding that can often be overlooked. Rock band Marillion, fronted by Dalkeith’s own Derek Dick aka Fish, is often somewhat unexpectedly c

Lochcarron-based textile designer Iseabal Hendry is set to benefit from a new funding scheme launched by Creative Scotland. Next week, Ms Hendry will launch her first collection of sustainable handwoven leather bags and accessories.

Independent Scottish craft brewer Broughton Ales has launched a £100,000 crowdfunding campaign to secure the business amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The funding will be used to help secure the business in the long term and help prevent any potential closures after the brewery lost a subs

Fife Council has invested £20,000 to support crowdfunding campaigns aimed at establishing new community projects. Any local voluntary group can use "Crowdfund Fife" to unlock funding and can also attract additional funds from the council if the project fits certain criteria.

Fife buffalo farmer and star of the BBC’s ‘This Farming Life’, Steve Mitchell, has reached his £800,000 buffalo mozzarella crowdfunding goal, meaning that Scotland will soon taste its first-ever buffalo mozzarella.

Edinburgh-based baby care brand Cheeky Chompers has secured an oversubscribed crowdfund as it attempts to scale the business “to the next level”. Founded by Julie Wilson and Amy Livingstone when they were on maternity leave has obtained investment of £472,000, having sought £

Royal Bank of Scotland is bringing its new initiative to support female entrepreneurship across Scotland to Edinburgh next week. The bank has developed a crowdfunding programme called "Back Her Business" in partnership with established provider Crowdfunder, as part of its wider ambition to reduce th

Paula Skinner Equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, has joined forces with Harper Macleod to target the huge potential for growth in the sector in Scotland.

BrewDog founders James Watt and Martin Dickie Scots craft beer company BrewDog has come under fire after LGBT activists said a video promoting its latest equity finance initiative is transphobic.

Reminova chief executive Dr Jeff Wright A Perth-based company which has developed a new dental device has launched an online crowdfunding campaign to raise £1 million in capital to take it to market.

A 400-metre-long pedestrian bridge described as the "world's first crowdfunded public infrastructure project" has opened in Rotterdam.