Crowdcube

Untrustworthy. Started investing in 2016 and since then they have, illegally, rewritten the initial contract terms two or three times against FCA rules and general consumer act rules. Currently in communication with the FCA and Financial Ombudsman with approx 60 other investors on this one deal alone! They claimed they wanted to cover admin costs of a share sale by introducing a % based fee. Examples of exactly this and its illegality are provided in the FCA/ Ombudsman website. They claimed they introduced the costs to cover crowdcube’s investment in their own business. They claimed they introduced the fees because other similar companies charged them but cc charges slightly less so it’s ok. They claimed I have made a good return so it’s fair that they charge fees even when contracted they would not. They claimed they had to charge a fee for doing the legwork on finding a buyer for my shares, they did nothing, they were approached. Not to mention probably 99% of investors never see a return on cc investments. This industry is designed to take advantage of the unwitting amateur investor and crowdcube go a step further. FCA - Failure to act in good faith FCA - Breach of customer outcome principle Consumer rights breach 2015 Breach of historical commitments and precedents

I wouldn't trust this company for legitimate investment opportunities. 2 companies I have invested through Crowdcube went bust. I have had to give one star but really I give zero stars!

I have invested in 4 companies 3 years a go the updates with regards to these companies are poor to say the least, your forgotten about once invested on reflection I wouldn’t touch crowdcube with a single penny.

Wow. Terrible customer service and the people I had exchanges with had very little clue what they were talking about. As for evaluating opportunities, they seem to only want slam dunks in which they can change crazy fees for. The only people who win in this model are Crowdcube. Maybe someone should come up with a better model and submit to their platform for crowdfunding?

In the small print from this year, they decided to charge a success fee of 5% on top of the transaction fee. There was no proper communication about this 5% and quite frankly outrageous greed showed here. I wonder what their charge model is for companies probably none existent and lumping all on the investor. No more investment's from me now this has been implemented. Disgraceful.