Crowdcube

Crowdcube was established by Darren Westlake and Luke Lang and is based at the Innovation Centre at Exeter University. Westlake stated in an article that he was inspired by "seeing great ideas fall by the way side" on Dragons’ Den. As an equity crowdfunding platform it allows people the opportunity to purchase equity in unlisted, UK registered, businesses. As of June 2014 Crowdcube offers investors two types of investment opportunities, equity (a stake in a company) and mini-bonds (lending money).