October 31, 2017 @ 12:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Nothing grabs one’s attention like a sweet ride. And Engenie goes further, captivating with electric. The electric vehicle (EV) charging company just secured £1.5 million through the UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom; 65 investors helped overfund the campaign by 50 percent of its original target of £1… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fillippo Loreti has returned to Kickstarter for its third campaign. Founded in 2014, when brothers Danielius and Matas Jakutis were researching the luxury watch market with the goal of revolutionizing the luxury industry by offering high-quality luxury products at affordable prices. The believe that a luxury watch… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 10:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FaceOff, a social gaming site which allows players to make P2P social challenges and win cash prizes based on the outcome of skill-based contests, has announced its upcoming launch. Players may visit gofaceoff.com to register and learn more about social gaming. In December, consumers will… Read More

October 26, 2017 @ 12:07 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

NaPoleon Crypto has reached an agreement with Chaineum, reportedly the first fully regulatory compliant French ICO boutique for conducting ICOs. The NaPoleonX platform will allow the selling of crypto investment vehicles (DAF – Decentralized Autonomous Funds) managed by algorithmic trading models and will regularly propose… Read More

October 26, 2017 @ 10:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Potential Unicorn Qtum, a blockchain application platform that combines the advantages of Bitcoin Core, an Account Abstraction Layer allowing for multiple virtual machines, and a proof-of-stake consensus protocol aimed at tackling industry use cases, has added veteran investor Jeffrey Wernick to its advisory board. Warwick’s… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 1:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Wirecard, a Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions, launched a US mobile wallet integration with Apple Pay®, Android Pay® and Samsung Pay®. This new functionality responds to the global trend of the digitalization of payments at the POS, and facilitates a convenient… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 1:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Token Report, a large, transparent database of ICO verified information, today released data on the number of cryptocurrencies actively in use. Of the 226 ICOs in Token Report’s database that have completed, 20 of those tokens, or just under 1 in 10, are actively in use, excluding… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Kabbage Inc., a global financial services, tech and data platform serving small businesses, and ING, a leading global bank, are expanding their strategic partnership into France and Italy to provide small businesses with real-time access to working capital. Building on ING’s successful launch in… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 12:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fifteen filmmakers advanced today to the finals of Seed&Spark’s Hometown Heroes Crowdfunding Rally, moving on to pitch their local feature film to Mark and Jay Duplass, who will executive produce up to five of the movies as well as provide up to $25,000 in no-interest… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 11:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and Al Ansari Exchange, a leading foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company in the UAE, have established a new partnership to promote and support the growth of FinTech industry in Abu Dhabi… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 10:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

PayKey, a fintech startup which aims to bridge the gap between banking and social, officially closed a $10 million Series B funding round, led by MizMaa, and joined by SBI Group, Digital Ventures – the fintech subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank, SixThirty, Fintech71, The FinLab,… Read More

October 18, 2017 @ 10:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Fausto Zanetton, the founder and CEO of Tifosy, is living a sports fan’s dream. He helps athletic clubs raise funds online by connecting them with their global fanbase.  He works with the some of the most revered clubs in the most celebrated stadiums in… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 3:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Tifosy, reportedly the world’s first and only fully licensed sports crowdfunding business, has successfully raised £1m equity through its own platform. Co-founded by former player and manager Gianluca Vialli and former investment banker Fausto Zanetton, Tifosy is spearheading a sports finance revolution by allowing supporters to… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 2:49 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“We simply don’t understand why civilians need military-grade weapons, and we prefer not to insure them.” Discussing guns has become a polarizing topic, which is why most companies avoid gun discussion. Period. But Lemonade, the insurance tech company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, was founded… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Several leading Spanish banking, energy and telecommunications companies have established Alastria, a new regulated national network based on blockchain. The non-profit consortium was presented simultaneously in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Malaga with the aim to develop the Distributed Ledger Technology (DTL),… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

BitClave, a blockchain startup developing a decentralized search ecosystem, shared that it has completed a successful private and public pre-sale token event raising almost $15 million and receiving commitments for another $24 million. BitClave is also excited to announce the start date for the highly… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 1:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Private investors may now participate in a new equity crowdfunding real estate round for a mortgage of residential buildings in Darmstadt / Frankfurt area of Germany.  “Wohnen Im Village 11” on zinsbaustein.de features ten semi-detached houses and one detached house.  Private investors can participate in the… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this year Crowdfund Insider spoke to CEO Pete Martin about Votem and its own securing public, private and proxy global election systems, which builds on a blockchain-based solution giving democracy back to the people with a swift, safe and secure electoral process. As expected, other platforms… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 12:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom has supported Warwick Audio in a £2.2M funding round, as part of a larger financing activity bringing in more than £3M to the company. The funds will support Warwick Audio as it prepares to push its patented technology into the… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Orca, an independent whole of market research service for UK P2P lending, has created a comprehensive guide for investors evaluating P2P lending. “Peer-to-Peer Lending Investor Guide: Innovating an Ancient Credit Model” was created by the Orca team and published on their website today, free to… Read More