September 7, 2017 @ 12:10 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Money transfer without borders. Smart Transfer officially launched it P2P mobile payment platform that enables international social payments across multiple currencies at no charge to users.  Aside from bank accounts, Smart Transfer allows international money transactions to be made to any phone number, email address… Read More

September 6, 2017 @ 6:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Americans and expats will soon be able to send free international money transfers, exchange currencies with the real exchange rate and spend without fees anywhere in the world, according to London-based Revolut, who announced that its pre-registration for American customers is now live. “America is… Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 1:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Payza, the Montreal-based payments technology company, has introduced a new cryptocurrency feature, Cryptocurrency Address Manager. This new feature enables Payza members to generate and manage cryptocurrency addresses from within their Payza accounts. With this launch, Payza members will be able to generate their own Bitcoin… Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 1:05 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The fourth batch of companies for the NYC’s Starta Accelerator includes 13 technological startups that will participate in the acceleration program and receive seed investment, bringing the gap between Eastern European and American tech. The program will start in mid-September and last for 3.5 months…. Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 12:35 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Berlin Insurtech company Friendsurance has now expanded its business to Australia, launching the “Cashback Bike Insurance,” the platform’s first P2P insurance solution outside of Germany. “In Germany, we have well over 100,000 customers, but that’s only the beginning. Friendsurance was from the outset was envisioned… Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 12:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Service Octopus, a UK’s price comparison and online booking platform for professional cleaning services, recently launched an equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube to fast track its growth, sales and marketing plans. The Service Octopus team has set its initial crowdfunding goal at £125,000 in exchange for… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 2:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

BitClave has marked the official start date for its crowdfunding event for September 15, 2017. Since its successful presale in July, the BitClave team has been actively developing their public Alpha release, will be launching the full sale of their token, the Consumer Activity Token… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cringle, a smartphone app for users who want to quickly send money to friends across Europe, has returned Companisto for its second equity crowdfunding round, aiming to raise 600,000€ for 9.09% equity offered. The fintech equity crowdfunding campaign has raised over 135K€ with more than… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Downoak Pub Bond Two offers an opportunity to lend to a trading company that owns and operates four freehold pub restaurants located in the Home Counties. The Bond, currently live in Downing Crowd, will offer investors a chance to earn up to 5.50% p.a. interest… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

New York-based Starta Accelerator has launched Token Rockets, an accelerator program targeting startups working with blockchain technology. The training will culminate in a new crowdsale of cryptographic tokens for each of the startups. “One of the options for developing such startups will be the introduction of… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 9:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Credibly, a leading findata small and medium-sized business lending platform founded in 2010, has crossed the $500 million milestone in capital deployed to tens of thousands of SMBs across the U.S. In addition, Credibly also announced that it is now servicing BizFi’s $250 million portfolio and 5,200… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 2:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Blockchain platform TenX has become the latest member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance – the world’s largest open-source blockchain initiative. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum subject matter experts. Building upon the leading smart contract supporting blockchain… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Burger King Russia’s adoption of Waves Platform for its loyalty program shows that Distributed Ledger Technology could one day become as mainstream as burgers and fries. Fast food giant Burger King Russia has announced its new blockchain loyalty program, hosted on the Waves platform. Whoppercoin –… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced two entrants into its regulatory sandbox:  Tramonex, a London-based forex cash management solution for businesses and NOW Money, the Dubai-based account and remittance service for low-income workers in the GCC. “We are pleased to welcome the first… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Agency 2.0, a leading LA-based crowdfunding marketing agency and Platform88, a Shanghai-based distribution, engineering, manufacturing and prototyping company announced a new strategic partnership to deliver end-to-end crowdfunding services to clients across the globe. This collaboration will enable clients access to a broad portfolio of solutions… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 11:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Berlin-based dental-tech company Natural Dental Implants AG focusing on manufacturing replicates of lost teeth consisting of the root and the crown. Its Replicate System aims to make drill a thing of the past. After four years of testing in Germany and internationally, NDI AG has… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 9:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Houston-based mobile grocer Grit Grocery has tapped into the Wefunder crowd for funds needed to assemble a fleet of mobile Grit Grocery markets that will make eating healthy easier for people across the US. Seeking to raise a minimum of $150K toward a $1M goal, $5M… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 1:23 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS), a blockchain technology focused company, has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to merge with Blockchain Global Limited (formally Bitcoin Group), an Australian blockchain company, subject to a number of conditions . “As early movers in a rapidly developing industry, we’ve assembled… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 12:11 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cringle has returned to Companisto for its second equity crowdfunding round, aiming to raise 600,000€ for 9.09% equity offered.  The campaign has quickly raised over 61,000€ from more than 83 investors in the first day of its campaign for the company now valued at 6M€…. Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 8:46 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Scollar is offering securities under both Reg D and Reg CF on SeedInvest, seeking to raise $1M for its seed round. With the minimum investment set at $500, the modular smart collar for pets company has already exceeded $125K since launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on 13… Read More