Darren Westlake and Birchal Chair, Adam Vice
People

Crowdcube founder Darren Westlake joins Birchal to supercharge Australian equity crowdfunding

- November 26, 2024 2 MIN READ

Birchal, Australia’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, has announced the appointment of two industry heavyweights to its leadership team. Darren Westlake, the founder and former CEO of Crowdcube, joins Birchal as a Strategic Advisor, while Rod Bristow, former CEO of Investible, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director. Westlake, a pioneer in the global equity crowdfunding… Read more »

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Funding

VentureCrowd walks the talk, raising $3.9 million on its own crowdfunding platform in $10m Series A

- February 11, 2022 2 MIN READ

Equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd has raised $10 million in a Series A. As well as $6.6 million from existing investors, the company used its own platform to raise an additional $3.9 million from new investors. The funds are earmarked to further develop VentureCrowd’s technology platform, scale its retail product offering in venture capital, property, private credit… Read more »

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Opinion

ONE YEAR ON: PledgeMe boss Anna Guenther reviews 12 months of equity crowdfunding for startups in Australia

- October 14, 2019 3 MIN READ

A lot can change in 12 months. In September 2017 new laws came into effect legalising equity crowdfunding. It allowed publicly unlisted companies to harness the power of their crowd. But this wasn’t for the many. Just 1% of businesses were able to access the fundraising approach. The 99% that were registered proprietary companies were… Read more »