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London bubble football startup launches crowd investment campaign

Bubblekickz, a bubble football event company, is the first British business to seek investment on Eureeca, a global equity crowdfunding platform with offices in Dubai and London.

The London-based startup will have a total of 90 days to hit its funding target; this campaign marks the first time that a business from outside of the Middle East has looked to leverage the Eureeca investor network to expand into Dubai and other international markets.

Bubble football, which is a game of football in which players wear an inflatable zorb bubble as a protective shield, the result is an action-packed game of football “in which the rules of physics don’t apply,” said Bubblekickz founder and CEO Harry Thomas,

The startup is aiming to raise $135k from the crowd to help his company become the premier bubble football organiser in the UK, and if all goes to plan, the world.

Thomas said: “Bubble football is becoming very popular all over the place, especially for corporate events, stag and hen parties, birthdays, and other social gatherings, and there is definitely massive potential in this space,

“To capture this potential, I want to first solidify my presence in the UK and iron out my franchise model, and then I plan to aggressively expand internationally.

“If I can successfully raise capital on Eureeca I can develop my management systems and continue to build my team, all while establishing contacts with international investors who can help facilitate my future expansion to the Middle East and other international markets.”

Bubblekickz is taking advantage of Eureeca’s recent regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which allows the equity crowdfunding platform to actively host and market British early-stage businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on its platform.

Sam Quawasmi, co-founder and managing director of Eureeca said: “We see a lot of potential in the UK early-stage business and SME ecosystem and our regulatory approval from the FCA now allows us to tap into that market,

“Bubblekickz is the first of what we expect to be many UK businesses raising funds on our platform and benefiting from the wealth and expertise of our network of investors.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .