Matt Hicks, Crowdcube

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Matt Hicks is an alternative finance specialist at Crowdcube with over five years experience in innovative equity and debt financing solutions for businesses.

Crowdcube has helped dozens of clean-tech businesses raise funds from institutional and retail investors via its platform. Industry innovators like POD Points, Pavegen, E-Car Club, Witt Energy and Powervault have all successfully raised millions of pounds from thousands of investors via the platform helping them to build the clean energy business of the future.

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