Today, we're feeling comforted by the new issue of DIY Investor magazine. Prepared before the EU Referendum was result was known, the editors have managed to produce a highly useful set of articles on the twin themes of 'Opportunity' and 'Uncertainty'.

The Social Enterprise Investment Scheme offers generous terms to investors who support risk-taking early stage companies. But now, financial advisers are encouraging high net worth individuals (HNWIs) to consider using EIS and SEIS investments to top up their pension funds.

money looking for a tax effective home.

MarketInvoice has raised £7.2 million in an equity funding round led by MCI.TechVentures Fund of MCI Capital, a listed Polish private equity group. Full details on MarketInvoice's company blog. This is UK crowdfunding's first sizeable equity round since the UK voted to the leave the EU. (Crowdcube will be next.)

KissKissBankBank is a highly successful French crowdfunding platform. It has raised over 50m Euros from 9,000 backers. But the French see crowdfunding differently than the British.  Another Crowd summarises Friday's interview in Les Echos with the platform's founder, Vincent Ricordeau.