October 10, 2017 @ 1:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

OpenInvest, an online investment advisor empowering individuals to drive social change with their dollars, today launched its first iPhone app that features “the world’s first digital democracy,” the ability to vote in the shareholder resolutions with a simple swipe. The Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz-backed socially responsible investing… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 12:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 55 days remaining on its second Companisto campaign — the first raised € 7.5 million— the Weissenhaus Grand Village Resort & Spa By The Sea, a luxury resort situated directly by the Baltic Sea is aiming to raise €2 million.  Just days into the campaign the posh resort… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 11:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Business finance company MarketInvoice observed record quarterly demand for invoice finance from UK businesses in Q3 2017. £196.2m worth of invoices were funded in the quarter, of which £74.1m was funded in August alone – a record month for MarketInvoice, providing UK businesses with critical… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 11:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Since launching CES in early 2017, Bodytrak, a copyrighted in-ear, multi-parameter body monitor and cloud analytics platform, has already secured 70% of its next funding milestone, and is launching on Capital Cell, a dedicated life sciences equity crowdfunding platform based in the UK and Spain… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 10:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has set out in Guidance its approach to Initial Coin/Token Offerings (ICOs) and virtual currencies under the Financial Services and Markets Regulations (FSMR). The FSRA’s full approach to ICOs and virtual currencies is clarified here…. Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 10:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

WiseAlpha, a UK fixed income platform which gives everyday investors access to corporate bonds issued in the institutional debt market, has launched an innovative retail bond product called Smart Interest enables investors to customize their rate of interest between 3% and 8% per annum with investment… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 9:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The NEM.io Foundation, creators of the P2P NEM blockchain platform, shared that ShapeShift will integrate NEM’s XEM token, aiming to provide greater liquidity options to token holders. ShapeShifts exchange plays an important role in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, and its API is used by many third… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 11:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“There are five times fewer small scale developers today than in the last housebuilding boom and not a single one of today’s top ten housebuilders was created before 1990. There is a clear monopoly in the sector,” clarified LendInvest Co-Founder & CEO Christian Faes. “What was clear… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 11:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Two years ago, Companisto celebrated the record-breaking €7.5 million campaign for Weissenhaus Grand Village & Spa. The German platform claimed Europe’s largest crowdfunding campaign as approximately 1600 investors participated in the public offer. Weissenhaus, a 5 star resort and village located on the North Sea approximately 100… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 8:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Desktop Genetics Ltd (DTG), a software company revolutionising the way biologists use CRISPR genome editing technology, and online investment platform SyndicateRoom have just opened a £1.5 million investment round. DTG plans to use the funds to commercialise products and support its expansion into the… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lendy, the UK P2P property platform, has increased its pretax profits by 164% over the last year, rising from £1.04m to £2.74m, while turnover increased 104% over the same period, going from £13.5m to £27.5m. Lendy is now one of Europe’s leading P2P secured property platforms,… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Co-founded by CEO James Egan and COO Adrian Murphy in 2014, Shaw Academy is a UK-based online education provider which teaches a variety of subjects live through their bespoke software platform. Having taught over 4,000,000 students from all over the world, the platform is currently growing… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

CrowdStreet, a commercial real estate investment platform for investor acquisition and relationship management, now offers several new “enhancements” to its flagship Sponsor Direct white-label software platform which was designed to address the needs of modern investment firms. With these new features, Sponsor Direct’s software combines… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 8:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Robo.cash, an automated P2P lending platform that includes a buyback guarantee, recently celebrated its own steady growth during 2017 Q2, noting that its total amount of investments now exceeds €1.8 million. In addition, nearly €400,000 in loans were added in August alone, while the  average invested… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 11:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In celebration of its first anniversary, Insurtech platform Lemonade launched a freshly squeezed product, Zero Deductible. Zero Deductible offers new and existing Lemonade members a ‘zero deductible’ upgrade, so that customers may make up to two claims each year with neither deductible payments nor rate hikes. Powered by AI… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 11:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

MoneyOnMobile, Inc. (OTCQX: MOMT) announced an agreement with ShopClues, one of India’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, to enable the in-store purchase of ShopClues products using the MoneyOnMobile platform at any of its participating 335,000 retailers. “The alliance with MoneyOnMobile is in sync with ShopClues’ vision of… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Stockpile, a brokerage popular with millennials focusing on fractional share stock investing, has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Fidelity backed Eight Roads Ventures, with participation by Mayfield, Arbor Ventures, Hanna Ventures, Wang Ventures and others. Stockpile will use the new funds to… Read More

September 28, 2017 @ 8:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Houston-based mobile grocer Grit Grocery’s  equity crowdfunding campaign went live on Wefunder just before Hurricane Harvey.  As one may expect, the campaign has been at at standstill as the city cleans up after the wrath of Harvey. Funding will be used to assemble a fleet of mobile… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, has launched a new product called Zero Deductible which offers new and existing Lemonade members a ‘zero deductible’ upgrade, so they can make up to two claims each year with no deductible payments, and no rate hikes. The launch… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 1:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, partnered with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading financial institution in the UAE with more than AED 122 billion in assets, to seek opportunities to collaborate and consult on initiatives to promote… Read More