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Private investors often like to focus on smaller companies, so as the guest for this week's smaller companies slot is Sean Keyes, Managing Editor of the Penny Share letter, who speaks with Investment Perspectives guest presenter, Ed Bowsher.

This is our regular small-cap investor slot, and this week we're talking to David Stredder, director of the Share Soc and keen private investor.

This is 'crowdfunders' the show that covers the fastest growing sector in finance. This week, host Ed Bowsher talks to a company called Positiveitea, we have a platform profile of crowdcube, major news about LendingClub & also Ed is joined by a co-founder of Zopa, Bruce Davis. Zopa is the world's first peer-to-peer marketplace lending site.

This is 'Crowdfunders', the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance and we've got a very busy show for you today. The big news this week is over the pond in the US. The CEO of one of the big peer-to-peer sites in the US, Lending Club, has left the company under a cloud. Apparently one investor was buying loans on the platform that were riskier than he realised. Some commentators argue that this story is a major blow to the alternative finance industry. We'll find out more. We'll also be looking at a equity crowdfunding campaign for a company called ET Index - it provides information on companies' carbon emissions for investors. And we'll also find out about a big new source of funding for the peer-to-peer site, Lendinvest. Beginning with the Lending Club story, Ed Bowsher begins by talking to Ryan Weeks from the Altfi website.

This week Ed Bowsher finds out about a new peer-to-peer lending platform called Octopus Choice, talks to the CEO of a medical device business raising money on the VentureFounders platform' and takes a quick look at a business called Loopeze that offers an innovative way to dispose of female sanitary products.

This is Crowdfunders on Share Radio, the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance, hosted by Share Radio’s Senior Analyst, Ed Bowsher. In today's show, Ed speaks to the founder of a company that's making pink gin using raspberries. The gin is called Pinkster and you can invest in the company on the Growthdeck platform. Also in the spotlight is an equity crowdfunding campaign for a company that is now in administration. The company is called Rebus, and the question is: did this crowdfunding campaign give investors all the relevant information? And over in the world of peer to peer lending, today's crowdfunders takes a look at the issue of tax. It's especially topical now that the innovative finance isa has been launched - it's supposed to protect any interest you earn on peer to peer sites from income tax.

This is Crowdfunders on Share Radio, the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance, hosted by Share Radio’s Senior Analyst, Ed Bowsher. In today's show: A new innovative finance ISA that is launching this week, and Ed talks to the bosses of the Abundance and Thincats platforms. We also have a 'platform profile' on Lendinvest. Starting with the innovative finance isa - the idea is that you can lend money on the well-known peer to peer platforms - people like Zopa and Ratesetter - and you won't have to pay any income tax on the interest you earn. Trouble is, the isa is launching this week, but loans on the big platforms aren't eligible for an isa. So to find out more, Ed spoke yesterday to a real alternative finance expert, Bruce Davis, who's been on Share Radio many times. He also runs the Abundance platform. He started by asking Bruce: 'why on earth aren't most platforms eligible for the ISA, what's going on?'

This is Share Radio's regular focus on investing in smaller companies. Our man with enthusiasm for the sector and a wide portfolio himself is David Stredder, CEO of Sharesoc. This time around he talks Lakehouse, technology group accesso and much more

This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance. In today's show, Ed Bowsher speaks to a new debt crowdfunding platform which plans to raise money for renewable energy projects and a range of other businesses too, plus much more.

This is 'Crowdfunders', the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance with Share Radio Analyst Ed Bowsher. In today's show, he looks at a move by crowdfunding site, Syndicate Room, into conventional stock market investing. The idea is that you'll be able to invest via Syndicate Room in companies that are about to list on the stock market, as well as the normal crowdfunding investments that are already on Syndicate Room. Plus he will be talking to Zopa to get more detail about their new product line-up which, for the first time, includes higher risk loans on Zopa. Plus more…