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Description

The UK Crowdfunding Association, was formed in 2012 by fourteen crowdfunding businesses.
Our aims are to:
Promote crowdfunding as a valuable and viable way for UK businesses, projects or ventures to raise funds.
Be the voice of all crowdfunding businesses in the UK (donations, loans and equity) to the public, press and policymakers.
Publish a code of practice that is adopted by UK crowd funding businesses.

Founders UK Crowdfunding Association

Founding Chair, Julia Groves

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Description: Julia is an experienced founder and director of early-stage digital and renewable energy businesses. She joined Trillion Fund from Engensa, a leading UK domestic solar installer. Prior to Engensa, Julia spent five years building a wind turbine business (www.quietrevolution.co.uk), which designed and built turbines for the Olympic Park. Her interest in digital business began in 1994, when she co-founded www.ba.com. Julia is an investor in and non-executive director of a small portfolio of early-stage businesses including Move Your Money. She gained an MBA from Nottingham University in the same year as coxing its Lightweight VIII to victory at the National Championships and is a whole-hearted YIMBY.