Crowdcube is the first UK funding platform to raise £ 200 m ( $ 254 m ) , the company said . The funding portal raised more than $ 69 m for firms in 116 raises in the last 12 months alone , including £ 6.7 m for Crowdcube itself , £ 4 m for pocket money card goHenry and £ 3.5 m for the beer company BrewDog . As 2016 draws to a close, 116 raises have been done on Crowdcube, raising a total £69m for ambitious businesses in the last 12 months alone.” It also predicted more firms will go back to crowdfunding for series B and series C rounds in 2017 .
Crowdcube is the first UK funding platform to raise £ 200 m ( $ 254 m ) , the company said . The funding portal raised more than $ 69 m for firms in 116 raises in the last 12 months alone , including £ 6.7 m for Crowdcube itself , £ 4 m for pocket money card goHenry and £ 3.5 m for the beer company BrewDog . It also predicted more firms will go back to crowdfunding for series B and series C rounds in 2017 .