What are the top crowdfunding sites?

Crowdfunding allows pretty much anyone to give you money for a stake in your business. You publish details of your business or product and ask for a set amount. Investors then can usually inject anything from £10 upwards.

Eight ways to bag a crowdfunding investor

Equity crowdfunding can give ecommerce businesses a direct way of securing the capital they need to start up or grow; by showcasing their business online to ‘armchair investors’.

Focus on funding: Tips for crowdfunding

When you’re getting your new business off the ground and looking for funding, crowdfunding is probably one of the options that people will recommend. It might be a fairly new concept but it’s one that has truly taken off.