Search Results for: crowdfunding

September 16, 2024 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, and France Fintech merged in June of this year. Last month, EuroCrowd, the pan-European advocacy group for online capital formation, posted an Op-Ed questioning the impact of this move on the emerging securities crowdfunding industry. EuroCrowd has long… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Darren Westlake, co-founder of one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in Europe, Crowdcube, has joined a new startup. According to a report by CityAM, Westlake is shifting gears away from Fintech and into the world of music. Westlake exited Crowdcube in early 2023 after… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

bettervest GmbH, a mission-driven online capital formation platform, is raising money on Crowdcube. Based in Germany, bettervest focuses on funding projects in the sustainability sector. According to the offering page, bettervest is looking to raise €200,000 at a pre-money valuation of €6 million. To date,… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai (MOH Nippon) (LSE: MOH)has joined the London Stock Exchange (LSE) via a reverse  merger. According to a note from the company, Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai is the first Japanese firm to trade on the main market of the LSE in over 20 years. The company has changed… Read More

August 11, 2024 @ 2:10 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Kuwait has officially launched securities-based crowdfunding platforms, marking a significant milestone in the country’s financial technology landscape nearly two years after the initial draft for Fintech regulation was introduced. The announcement, made by Minister of Commerce and Industry Omar Al-Omar, represents a strategic move aimed… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Birchal, the leading investment crowdfunding platform (crowd-sourced funding) in Australia has published its half year report reviewing industry activity. According to the platform, investment crowdfunding is displaying “sustained stability” and growth in platform activity. Birchal shares in its Crowd-Sourced Funding (CSF) FY24 Industry Report ‘Funded’… Read More

July 11, 2024 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) has distributed its new “Crowdfunding Genome,” an ecosystem report and visualization of the crowdfunding industry. The report includes the hot spots in the US, and the Phoenix/Scottsdale region is in the top spot, beating out the traditional startup ecosystem of the… Read More

July 8, 2024 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Join Crowdfund Insider and several experts to review the evolving world of alternative assets and investment crowdfunding. While JOBS Act crowdfunding exemptions were crafted to support early stage, private firms, innovators in the securities crowdfunding sector have leveraged these new securities exemptions to provide a… Read More

July 1, 2024 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech has long been a hot sector of online capital formation and Currensea raising money on Seedrs is emblematic of a popular firm able to raise money quickly in a crowdfunded securities offering. According to multiple reports, Currensea has cruised past its £1 million funding… Read More

June 21, 2024 @ 12:25 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana (SEC) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) unveiled comprehensive guidelines for equity and investment-based crowdfunding. This landmark initiative, crafted in partnership with key stakeholders and with substantial technical support from Lelapa African FinTech Advisory, represents a… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The securities crowdfunding industry needs to do a better job of highlighting successes for investors as well as embracing the failures. Entrepreneurship generates enormous benefits for society, but investors backing these early-stage firms are taking on a lot of risk. Most startups fail, and some… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF) – the French crowdfunding association, and France Fintech (FFT) have announced a merger of the two organizations. According to a note from the two groups, FTF currently represents over 350 members and 100 partners operating in the Fintech sector. FPF represents… Read More

June 12, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, WSJ.com published an article that criticized investment crowdfunding, specifically Regulation A (Reg A+). Reg A+ is a securities exemption that enables early-stage or smaller firms to raise up to $75 million. The security exemption requires an issuer to submit documents to the… Read More

June 4, 2024 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded by Nick Perrett of digital bank Tandem, Ricky Knox of Tandem and Azimo, and Phil Bungey of Nutmeg, new WealthTech platform Prosper is offering an alternative to how people save and invest. Where other FinTechs have transformed payments, currency exchange and banking, Prosper is… Read More

May 30, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

P2PMarketData and EUROCROWD are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to strengthen services and benefits for our members, particularly crowdfunding platforms operating within the sector. The collaboration reportedly marks “a significant milestone in the crowdfunding ecosystem, as it brings together two prominent entities dedicated to… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the US Congress has a pending ban on China-owned TikTok (ByteDance), if the company is sold to a US entity, it may still operate in the country. The fear is the tendrils of the Chinese Communist Party are utilizing TikTok to garner data from… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcheck is one of the foundational firms that entered the securities crowdfunding sector, supporting issuers and platforms that enable online capital formation. Crowdcheck is probably the top legal services firm preparing Reg A+ documents for issuers, which the Securities and Exchange Commission must qualify for… Read More

May 25, 2024 @ 12:06 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC) announced that its subsidiary, f(dev) Digital Innovations and Ventures Inc., along with partner Investree Singapore Pte. Ltd., have agreed to wind down the operations of Investree PH Inc., the Philippines’ first crowdfunding platform. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, FDC… Read More

May 21, 2024 @ 9:48 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has officially licensed Hala Financing to provide debt-based crowdfunding solutions in Saudi Arabia, a significant step in broadening the financial services available within the kingdom. This recent authorization increases the total number of companies licensed to offer these services to… Read More

May 21, 2024 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Synapse, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) provider labeled in 2023 as one of the World’s Best Fintech Companies by CNBC, is in the throes of bankruptcy. In just a few short months, things have changed dramatically at Synapse it seems. It has been reported… Read More