About the
UK Crowdfunding Association
Join the UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) as we advocate for the advancement of the crowdfunding and alternative finance industry, providing support, guidance, and representation for our members, while empowering businesses and entrepreneurs to access diverse funding opportunities.
The UK Crowdfunding Association was formed in 2013 with the purpose of promoting the interests of crowdfunding and alternative finance platforms, their investors, and clients. By working together and speaking with one voice we are successfully cooperating with regulators and lawmakers to take the industry forward as a force for positive change in the UK’s financial sector.
We uphold certain standards, requiring our members to agree the UKCFA code of conduct, and champion alternative finance with various promotional and lobbying activities. Our members also agree to support calls for a strong regulatory framework, which will protect platforms, businesses, and investors without stifling the industry’s capacity for growth.
The following are members of the UKCFA and represent a wide range of businesses that are helping to revolutionise the way businesses can connect with individual investors to finance their businesses, projects and ventures.
The UKCFA is open to new members and supporters who are willing to sign up to our code of conduct.
Abundance Investment Ltd
The first FCA-regulated community finance platform allowing investors to invest directly in UK renewable energy projects...
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Dacxi Chain
Dacxi Chain is the pioneer of a decentralised global equity crowdfunding solution that will solve...
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Rebuilding Society
Rebuildingsociety.com is a peer-to-business lending platform that connects creditworthy UK businesses looking for a loan...
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SIMPLE CROWDFUNDING
Simple Crowdfunding, is a property finance platform that enables people to invest directly into UK...
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Sourced Capital
Sourced Capital is a property backed P2P lending platform. The Sourced platform is fee free...
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Axiafunder
AxiaFunder is an online litigation funding platform that connects investors with carefully vetted commercial litigation...
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CapitalRise
CapitalRise is a specialist prime property development investment platform, giving a range of investors access...
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Crowd for Angels
Crowd for Angels is a UK crowdfunding platform that offers companies and investors opportunities to...
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Crowdcube
Crowdcube helps startups and growing businesses to raise business finance by letting people invest via...
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Downing Crowd
We design and manage investment products that help investors look after their financial wellbeing, while...
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Money & Co.
Money & Co will operate its business through its website. Lenders will be able to...
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Property Partner
Property Partner is a property crowdfunding platform and trading exchange. We enable people to invest...
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Seedrs
Seedrs is a leading online platform for investing in startups and is open throughout Europe....
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ShareIn
ShareIn works with it’s partners to deliver market leading direct investment channels. Our investment websites...
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Tifosy Limited
Tifosy helps clubs raise funds online by connecting them with their global fanbase. Our mission...
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Triodos Crowdfunding
Triodos Bank is the first UK bank to launch a crowdfunding platform and offer the...
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WiseAlpha
WiseAlpha is an online investment platform offering its members access to senior secured loan or...
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The Wealth Harbour
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Shojin
Shojin is an FCA-regulated fractional investing platform enabling global investors to build their wealth from...
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Eureeca
Eureeca is building a new digital financial world. Our global platform matches individual and institutional...
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Kuflink
Kuflink is FCA-Regulated, and an award-winning online property P2P Marketplace platform launched in 2016. We...
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Prosper Capital LLP
Prosper Capital provides regulatory services to young and growing businesses. We help new crowdfunders to...
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Bruce Davis
Co-Founder and Director of Abundance Generation
Bruce Davis is cofounder and joint managing director of Abundance Investment. He was a founding...
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Atuksha Poonwassie
MD and Co-Founder, Simple Crowdfunding
Atuksha is the managing director and co-founder of Simple Crowdfunding, a property crowdfunding and peer...
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Frank Mukahanana
Director at Wealth Harbour
An investment banking professional turned financial adviser, with over 13 years experience in the financial...
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Andrew Adcock
Operations Manager, DRFQ
Andrew is the CEO and a founding team member at Crowd for Angels, an FCA...
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Andrea Blackie
Head of Risk
Andrea is Head of Risk at ShareIn, one of the founding members of the UKCFA....
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Daniel Rajkumar
Founder rebuildingsociety.com
Daniel is a fintech entrepreneur, passionate about financial innovation. His frustration with traditional funding channels...
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Siobhan Whitehouse
Head of Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime, Seedrs
After graduating from Law School and spending some time in private practice, Siobhan went on...
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Sam Robinson
Partner at CMS
Sam is a partner in the Financial Services Regulatory practice CMS and joins the UK...
Know More...The following are Supporters of the UKCFA mission and advocate for the advancement of the crowdfunding and alternative finance industry.
Please contact info@ukcfa.org.uk for further information about how to join as a supporter.
Adempi Associates
Adempi is a boutique regulatory consultancy, offering hands-on support and compliance advice to innovative financial...
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP is a full service international law firm. Our FinTech...
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Legal Alternative
Legal Alternative provides legal advice on financial services regulation with a specialism in alternative investment...
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Bates Wells
Bates Well’s Corporate & Commercial team specialises in advising innovative financial, technology and media businesses...
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Bovill
Bovill provides advice and support to UK financial services firms in relation to the regulations that...
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MBM Commercial
MBM Commercial is an award-winning commercial law firm that helps entrepreneurial businesses to start-up, scale...
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National Crowdfunding Association of Canada
NCFA Canada is a community-based, membership-driven non-profit organisation representing the Canadian crowdfunding industry for portals,...
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ENVESTORS® (private investor network) and ENVESTRY™ (white-label crowdfunding platform)
The Network for Sophisticated Investors www.envestors.co.uk is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Envestors...
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36H Group
In 2022, the UKCFA created a sub-group to separate peer-to-peer lending platform members from equity platform members, who have different needs and interests. Why 36h? That’s the amendment to the Finacial Services Act that pertains to the inclusion of peer-to-peer lending.
The group meets monthly to discuss, responses to consultation papers, lobbying, training, best practice and more.
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Lobby to:
- HMT – for support, especially with non-bank lending support initiatives
- FCA – to have certain p2p agreements recognised as Readily Realisable Securities instead of Restricted Mass Market Investments
- BBB – to better engage the sector.
- Promote peer-to-peer lending / regulated defi (decentralised finance) as a proven asset class
- Standardised performance reporting to facilitate performance benchmarking
- Prepare and update an investment paper, aimed at Family Offices, DFMs, IFA and other FS professionals presenting the 36h group members
Founder Group Members Include
Founder Supporters Include
Become a member or supporter of the UKCFA to join the 36h Group.
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