ISQ Blog

Welcome to our blog where we share our knowledge and top tips around crowdfunding, raising equity investment, clientsā€™ success stories and industry news.

Make your fundraise a grand slam: how to court angel investors Jul 16, 2019

The following article has been written for IdeaSquares by Scott Haughton, COO at Envestors.

Sophisticated investors are just that –...

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June's success stories: Koy Clothing, Hayche, MarketOrders and Save Your Wardrobe Jun 27, 2019

We were delighted to add four more clients to our crowdfunding hall of fame in June.

Brothers Alastair and Jimmy set up Koy Clothing, an African...

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10 tips for being more productive at work Jun 20, 2019

At ISQ, we take our work/life balance seriously so we’ve asked Desklodge if they could share their top productivity tips with us. Desklodge...

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How do you talk about money with your friends? Jun 10, 2019

Talking about money can be uncomfortable...

but even more so when it’s with the people you are close to. Yet to succeed at crowdfunding you...

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May's success stories: Hippo May 31, 2019

In May, Hippo joined our long list of successfully funded clients.

Hippo is a specialist transport service for disabled and non-emergency...

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15 stats from 15 funded clients May 20, 2019

Preparation of a crowdfunding campaign requires focus on two key elements:

  1. Lead investment

  2. The wider crowd

We’ve analysed the...

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The importance of investor communication May 10, 2019

The following article has been written for ISQ by Crowdcube.

We’re often asked what we think makes a really successful crowdfunding...

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How to avoid product paralysis when fundraising for your startup Apr 10, 2019

If you’re a founder in the throes of creating your first product to go to market, you’re probably keen for it to be as close as...

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March's success stories: savvy navvy, The Funky Iron Company, Holly & Beau and Hyper Poland Mar 29, 2019

We had four more successful campaigns in March to add to our ever-growing list of success stories.

You may have missed savvy navvy’s...

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A guide to being in front of the camera in your crowdfunding video Mar 21, 2019

The following article has been written for IdeaSquares by Torstein Jacobsen, Producer at Speeding Films.

Are you about to shoot your pitch video?

...

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February's success stories: WeGaw and The Jackal Mar 01, 2019

We had two more clients joining our successful bunch in February.

WeGaw is a Swiss company supported by the European Space Agency (ESA). It has...

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Top crowdfunding tips from the class of 2018 Feb 13, 2019

Last year, 30 clients hit their crowdfunding target with our support. We asked some of them to share their top crowdfunding tip and this is what...

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