November 4, 2014 @ 11:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abundance offers Europe’s largest crowdfunded solar energy project paying an effective return of 7.5% while slashing energy costs for Housing Association tenants  Abundance, the UK’s largest ethical investment platform, launched its latest and largest crowdfunding project for investors who want positive and ecological returns, investing… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Money360, Inc, the peer-to-peer (P2P) real estate lending platform, announced that the platform has accomplished another “industry first” by closing the first tranche loan to be originated by a U.S. P2P platform. Proplend staked its claim in the UK market in May, reported Crowdfund Insider’s Samantha Hurst.  Money360’s… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Adding to $1.5M in previously secured funding, GoCoin has publicly secured more than $1.2M in crowdfunding in its Crowdfunder campaign. The campaign goal is set at $2M, with a minimum investment of $20,000.  Capitalizing on its belief that the future of currency is digital and… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In less than a day, Wayv Technologies raised £150,000 and hit its goal on its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign.  29 investors quickly grubstaked the company for the 10% equity offered.  According to the campaign, Wayv Technologies developed a small, lightweight and highly portable handheld microwave…. Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

World Class Driving has been on my mind again this week: I met someone who was taking his clients out to Las Vegas solely for the unique experience of driving World Class Driving’s Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches. World Class Driving listed its equity crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 12:31 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Amiko, a unique wearable activity tracker that wraps around medicine packaging, aims to tackle non-adherent behavior as it happens. Amiko is launching today on IndieGoGo to crowdfund $50,000, the final manufacturing costs of its wearable, trackable device for inhalers typically used for asthma and COPD. Units will… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois, Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant will be the keynote speakers at this year’s Post Seed Conference, a one-day event that gathers investors, entrepreneurs and the startup press to discuss early-stage financing. Hosted by Bullpen Capital, Venture51 and Vator, Post Seed, (formerly known as… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 11:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The SaaS company Clinked.com, which develops and produces a white-label file sharing, project management and client portal App for SMEs and Enterprise businesses both nationally and internationally, is seeking to attract a broader audience and ultimately showcase its business model as the number one collaboration platform…. Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 9:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Peerform, a P2P lending platform,  targets those “who really need a loan, the best chance to get the money they need to help improve their lives.” By utilizing a variety of technologies, such as Peerform’s unique algorithm, Peerform is able to ascertain “creditworthiness” and lend to… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 2:41 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

LendInvest, the world’s largest peer-to-peer marketplace for real estate mortgages has released an interactive Buy-to-Let Index for UK property. According to LendInvest, the LendInvest Buy-To-Let Index will be published monthly with a report featuring Buy-To-Let (BTL) performance indicators, rental demands, Buy-To-Let industry news and information on… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The saying, “You are what you eat,” may need some tweaking.  To date, over $44K has been invested by more than 37 investors into Insect Europe’s belief that edible insects are the food of the future. The campaign seeks to raise $253,100 for 15% equity offered. … Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With the help of over 2,000 backers, the Joan Didian Documentary, We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live,  easily exceeded its modest $80K goal with over $121,800 in pledges.  Live on Kickstarter, the film’s campaign is led by director, Griffin Dunne, who has known… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 7:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

New Bond Facilitates Developing World’s Students’ Financial Access to Higher Education Prodigy Finance, the leader in international student lending, announced the launch of a $25 million Education Note in partnership with the Credit Suisse Impact Investing and Microfinance team, led by Patrick Elmer, Philanthropy Services & Responsible… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Prime Meridian Capital Management, specializing in online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, launched its new fund, Prime Meridian Small Business Lending Fund on 7/1/14, giving investors the opportunity to invest in the growing sector of P2P small business lending. PMCP states, “Prime Meridian’s Income Fund was one of the first… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 12:25 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Ringside at the 3rd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp GCCB2014 today, event organizer Ruth Hedges of Pinnacle Crowdfunding Group and Ray Garza announced that the Oscar de la Hoya, the gold Olympic medalist and retired champion professional boxer, will head back into the ring… for a film… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Imperative is an early-stage platform in the B2B industry that helps users “find purpose.” The company not only already has revenue, users, paying customers, clients, and strategic partners, but also has secured $750,000 during its Onevest crowdfunding campaign. Eight investors helped Imperative reach its initial goal for… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 10:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

World OutGames Miami has launched a global crowdfunding campaign in anticipation of the sports, human rights and cultural event taking place in Miami and Miami Beach May 26 to June 4, 2017. “The goal of the crowdfunding campaign is $200,000,” said Bruce Townsend, chair of the World OutGames host committee, the… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Pocket Protein KIDZ, a new protein drink for children, is joining the fight against childhood hunger and obesity and seeks the crowd to help fund its initiative. Pocket Protein has launched a crowdfunding campaign powered by Tilt to land Pocket Protein KIDZ on grocery shelves,… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 12:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

New Fund to Continue Carmel Strategy of Backing Visionary Israeli Entrepreneurs Focused on Building Leading Global Technology Companies Carmel Ventures, a leading Israeli venture capital firm and a member of the Viola Group, today announced the final closing of its latest investment fund, Carmel Ventures… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 12:13 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Atlas Wearables, a wearable device that tracks the user’s body on the x-, y- and z- axes as well as detects and logs exercises performed by users, has closed its campaigns on SeedInvest, Fundable  and Crowdfunder.  After successfully raising over $629K on its pretail Indiegogo campaign,… Read More