Life Science Equity Crowdfunding Site, Capital Cell, Makes Short List for Prestigious UK Business Angels Association’Best International Growth Business’ Award

The UKBAA’s Black-Tie Investment Awards 2017 Dinner will take place on July 6th, at the Dorchester Hotel, London, with over 300 leading innovators and investors assembled to celebrate

By Robert Hoskins, Crowdfunding PR

London, United Kingdom – Capital Cell, Europe’s first equity crowdfunding platform specialized in life science, has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Best International Growth Business‘ award at the UK Business Angels Association Investment Awards 2017.

Life Science Equity Crowdfunding Site, Capital Cell, Makes Short List for Prestigious UK Business Angels Association Best International Growth Business Award

Capital Cell is Europe’s first equity crowdfunding platform specialized in life science. Capital Cell opens life science investment to everyone by sourcing the most innovative early-stage life science companies, and presenting them on a regulated online investment platform. In recognition of their contribution to the European life science ecosystem, the company has now been shortlisted for the Best International Growth Business award at the UK Business Angels Association Investment Awards 2017.

“We are absolutely thrilled that Capital Cell has been recognized so early on in it’s expansion into the UK,” says Laura Ferguson, UK Director. “The reception to our arrival has been overwhelmingly positive from players throughout the life science ecosystem, including specialized investors such as Angels in MedCity, with whom we are collaborating closely, as well as the NHS innovation, science parks and startup incubators. It’s wonderful to have that traction formally recognized.”

“Capital Cell has proven itself as a platform for early stage investment in a very challenging environment,” Chairman Ian Tomlinson added. “We are extremely excited about scaling up in the UK, which is a global leader not only in life science innovation but also in equity crowdfunding. As an investment area, life science has the potential for both huge social impact and significant financial returns and the companies listed on Capital Cell are all trying to solve a major unmet medical need. By opening up these investment opportunities to more people we hope to be able to help the UK remain at the cutting edge of life science commercialization.”

Capital Cell has been trading in Spain for just over two years, and has successfully closed 14 life science crowdfunding campaigns, including the country’s largest life science crowdfunding campaign of over €1.2M, for a potential therapeutic cure for MS.

Scaling-up from this Spanish platform, Capital Cell UK has just launched at www.capitalcell.co.uk, with a range of companies solving unmet needs from malaria control to female fertility enhancement and autoimmune disease.

The UKBAA black-tie awards dinner will take place on July 6th, at the Dorchester Hotel, London, with 300 leading innovators and investors assembled to celebrate the best of UK business.

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OnFarm, an AgTech Big Data Company, Raises $800K on AgFunder, the First Equity Crowdfunding Platform for Agriculture and Farming

This raise not only provides capital for OnFarm’s growth as a farm data management system, but also establishes AgFunder as a disruptive capital provider in the agriculture and agtech space

By Robert Hoskins

Fresno, CA – OnFarm, an agriculture technology (agtech) company that is part of a growing wave of new technologies that are  revolutionizing the farming industry, and AgFunder, an online equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture and agtech opportunities, announce the successful close of OnFarm’s $800,000 equity crowdfunding raise. The raise, which closed at the top of its range, is AgFunder’s first crowdfunding campaign, and will help OnFarm expand its distributor network.

AgFunder, a New York and San Francisco-based online equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture and agtech opportunities,

Lance Donny, CEO of OnFarm said, “This has been a great opportunity to demonstrate the strength of investor interest in the OnFarm platform as well as the potential for crowdfunding to transform ag finance. The AgFunder team has done a great job of working with us to close this round in only 5 weeks, which lets us stay focused on our customers and business.”

OnFarm provides information to farmers that allows them to calibrate their water or fertilizer inputs for precise growing conditions. This translates into higher margins and less resource depletion, something the ag sector is keenly watching in an era of tight water supply and higher costs.

“We’ve been following OnFarm since we first built the AgFunder platform and see them as a leader in integrating technologies that will generate real returns for farmers and accredited investors who have registered on the Agfunder platform. They’re a solid team, and their campaign generated strong interest with investors that allowed us to close at the top of their targeted fundraising. We look forward to working with more entrepreneurs of Lance’s calibre and think we have an exciting pipeline of opportunities ahead, “ said Rob Leclerc, AgFunder’s CEO.

AgFunder is one of a number of crowdfunding platforms that have launched since the passage of the JOBS Act, which expands the opportunities for companies to market to accredited investors, and is the only platform dedicated to the ag vertical. Launched in beta only 9 months ago, AgFunder has accumulated over $1bn in dealflow.

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