January 3, 2019 @ 6:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Third time’s proving to be a charm for UK fintech platform CityFALCON.  Having secured £566,488 in 2017 during its second Seedrs round, UK fintech CityFALCON quickly surpassed its initial £150,000 funding target during its third Seedrs’ run in November. The platform has increased the amount of… Read More

January 1, 2019 @ 8:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Happy New Year, Crowdfund Insiders! 2018 was a great year for Small Robots Company. The UK-based agri-tech startup won £565K Innovate UK funding — one of the largest awards given in 2018, signed up 20 farm businesses and received £90K in pre-sales on its services. As… Read More

December 31, 2018 @ 7:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

As the year comes to a close, let’s get the scoop on Cryptocurrency predictions for 2019! Crowdfund Insider reached out to the Fintech and crypto community for its thoughts on how the sector will change during the next year. What disruptions, innovations, regulation, and partnerships can… Read More

December 27, 2018 @ 6:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

‘Tis the season for decking halls, lighting candles, spending time with family and friends, reflecting on 2018 and thinking ahead to 2019 and new trends in the global Fintech market. Crowdfund Insider reached out to the Fintech community members to look into their crystal balls… Read More

December 26, 2018 @ 9:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As 2018 winds down and we review the market’s ups and downs, it only makes sense to predict trends for 2019. This year Blockchain was in the news, daily making leaps and bounds in its advancement, and industry leaders predict that Blockchain’s momentum — and… Read More

December 23, 2018 @ 3:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

During the new few weeks, readers will hopefully have some more time to not only catch up on their own reading but also time to explore some new books. Need some fintech, fiction, or non-fiction recommendations? Not sure how to explain crypto and blockchain in… Read More

December 20, 2018 @ 4:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orca closed its Seedrs equity funding round in late November securing £574,280, which will enable its ambitious development plans come to fruition in 2019, including the launch of a multi-platform ISA early on in the next year. Over 400 investors committed to the P2P investment aggregator’s equity fundraise… Read More

December 20, 2018 @ 4:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The German IoT platform Ameria has secured over 85% of its €5.5M Companisto Series C/Growth Capital goal, raising more than €4,753,990 from over 535 investors. Funding will be utilized to further develop the company’s existing CX Ecosystem and ensure innovation leadership. Pre-Valued at €50,000,000, Ameria plans to… Read More

December 18, 2018 @ 4:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

æternity, a blockchain 3.0 platform with a focus on efficiency, transparent governance and global scalability, has launched two foundations in Liechtenstein and Bulgaria, to provide grants and educational support to innovative blockchain projects. “Through the creation of these two foundations, æternity takes a significant step… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 11:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Gamers ready? Monax, a smart contract and blockchain technology platform, has launched a new blockchain-based game called Marmota Prime, in which players win donations in kind to charitable organizations, including The Salvation Army, Toys for Tots and Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Beginning today, new challenges… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 10:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Having just celebrated its first anniversary, Shojin Property Partners recently opened a new property investment campaign for a purpose built student accommodation block in Nottingham, UK, which contains 124 student apartments. Shojin Property Partners has invested £66,816 and is seeking to raise £1,269,516 investor funding during the campaign;… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 8:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Billion Dollar Fund for Women (TBDF), founded by Shelly Porges, Sarah Chen, Anousheh Ansari, Nadereh Chamlou and Anu Jain, aims to mobilize and connect venture funds with institutional and other investors to create larger pools of capital for investments into women-founded companies. The global venture consortium’s funds… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 7:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Luxembourg based fintech company Tokeny and London/ Shanghai based Security Token Network have partnered to help deliver STOs and promote broader industry adoption. The partnership symbolizes the platforms’ shared belief in the compliant issuance of tokenized securities. “Working with partners such as Security Token Network… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 7:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

IOHK, a blockchain research and development company, has introduced two new tools developed for writing smart contracts for use on the Cardano blockchain. Plutus and Marlowe launched in test format at the first (and currently live) PlutusFest conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. These tools aim to enable… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 6:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Robocash Group and Indian financial company Inditrade Capital have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an independent NBFC business “Inditrade-Robocash” that will provide short-term consumer lending in India. The new company will provide personal financing and issue short-term loans to individuals ranging between USD… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 3:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The German IoT platform Ameria has returned to Companisto for its third crowdfunding raise and this run is surely the most successful to date.  Having already raised €3,941,900+ from more than 127 investors toward its €5.5M goal, Ameria provides Connected Experience®, a worldwide unique, highly scalable cloud platform… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 2:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

HyperSciences, a creator of innovative technology that has the potential to access geothermal energy, speed up infrastructure projects, and make energy drilling safer and faster, is now overfunding on Crowdcube.  The US company has raised over £3,168,950 for 13.87% equity from more than 138 investors… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 7:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

According to Tandem Bank, nearly three quarters of its Journey Card customers are building or rebuilding their lives with credit using the product. 72% of customers for Tandem’s latest card product are either entirely new to credit, re-engaging it, or had trouble in the past… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 2:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Monax, a digital legal infrastructure platform built on an open-source, universal blockchain, has introduced the private beta launch of the Monax Platform, the latest in its line of smart contract products. The Monax Platform is a collaborative workspace for businesses, legal and tech professionals, with… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 9:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Dash, an e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency, has joined forces with the global merchant account and payments processing solutions provider ePaymints. Through the partnership, Dash will work with ePaymints’ clients to integrate Dash as a solution to the current pain points within today’s traditional payments, focusing… Read More