February 15, 2017 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Texas Zebo completed its crowdfunding round on Indiegogo’s equity platform. The Texas-based restaurant notably manages two restaurant concepts, Halcyon Coffee + Bar + Lounge and Stella Public House According to Texas Zebo, the Halcyon concept combines the comfort and convenience of a coffeehouse… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 1:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs success DatePlay launched its dating app on Tuesday, just in time for the romantic holiday, Valentine’s Day. The company was founded by The Apprentice runner-up Vana Koutsomitis. As previously reported, DatePlay’s free app users will notably have all benefits of the dating and gaming concept while premium… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple weeks after launching its fourth equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, London-based rice brand, Cauli Rice, also known as Fullgreen Ltd., has successfully secured more than £1.1 million from nearly 750 investors. Cauli Rice notably offers a low calorie and low GI rice replacement, with 80%… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pieni Piiri, a Finland-based digital elderly care organization, is currently seeking €100,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor to expand on its “granny-proof” tablet app. While sharing details about the organization, the Pieni Piire team stated that founder Matti Kari noticed that while his grandmother was… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Royal Bank of Scotland’s NatWest announced it is set to launch its very own digital SME lending platform called Esme. The new platform is notably set to offer new and existing NatWest customers with unsecured loans that are worth up to £150,000 for a maximum… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with a mission to raise $6,500 for his new music video, which he will be directing alongside with film student Josh Ovalle. The music video’s description reads: “A Western of sorts set in modern… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crossflow Payments, a tech-driven alternative finance platform delivering supply chain finance solutions, announced on Wednesday it has signed a deal with UK electronics retailer, Maplin Electronics. The company reports that the three-year deal will give it the opportunity to fund £360 million of SME payables. … Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one week until the Apocalypse Now Kickstarter was set to close, Francis Ford Coppola and his team announced plans to move funding efforts to their own website. Last month, Coppola and his team launched Kickstarter seeking $900,000 for the game, which will be developed by creators,… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one month into the new year, Snowball Effect announced that 2016 was a recording breaking year for the Kiwi equity crowdfunding platform and is looking to expand its team. The funding portal revealed: “2016 was a record year for Snowball Effect with increasing investment… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one month after securing more than $11 million on Kickstarter for his new project Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, creator of the highly anticipated board game, Adam Poots, sat down with the platform to discuss his crowdfunding experience. As previously reported, Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 is… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing company Arab Financial Services is set to host the first annual Middle East and Africa Fintech Forum. This year’s theme is “Fintech Disruption in the Financial Industry.” According to Trade Arabia, the event is being sponsored by Bank ABC and Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)…. Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube announced on Tuesday three new funding opportunities that launched on its equity crowdfunding platform within the past week. The initiatives were dedicated to Tec Avenue, Lightvert, and #FundedClub member Iolight. Lightvert Lightvert is seeking £670,000 for the development of its new patented digital out… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered announced last week it has launched its Open Banking Application Programming Interface (API) Developer Portal. The company stated that the launch of the portal will enable the Bank to further its digitization agenda and increase collaboration with a wide spectrum of partners including corporates,… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InsurTech startup Hippo announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with virtual insurance agency provider, Elafris. According to Hippo, the new partnership agreement will allow the company to create its own virtual agent chatbot infrastructure. Hippo describes itself as revolutionizing home insurance by making it… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and fintech companies, announced on Tuesday it appointed former Microsoft executive Mark Rowe its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). According to Xignite,  Rowe was notably Interim CFO and Vice President, Finance and Operations at 3D Robotics… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace for small business loans, Lendio, announced on Tuesday the results of its latest survey, which showed that small business owners’ perception of Trump’s presidency three weeks in is split. According to the survey, 56% of small business owners stated they believe the economy will… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

VPAR, a UK-based golf technology platform, has launched an equity crowdfunding platform on Seedrs to raise £1 million as it prepares to expand. The company, which was founded in 2007, is seeking to change the golf experience for amateur golf players through its technology platform. VPAR… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Andrew Kojima, a finalist on the hit tv series MasterChef, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise £50,000 for the permanent Cheltenham location for his pop-up Japanese restaurant, Koj Cheltenham. While sharing details about the pop-up restaurant, Kojima stated: “Last October we converted the ground floor of… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360 announced on Monday its commercial real estate fund affiliate, M360 Advisors, successfully registered with the South Korea Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). According to the marketplace lending platform, the FSS registration allows South Korean hedge funds, corporations, pension funds, insurance companies, and other institutional investors to participate… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong’s peer-to-peer lending platform Monexo announced on Monday it now has an undisclosed strategic partner. Founder and CEO of the online lender, Mukesh Bubna, reportedly stated that the new partner may be a domestic private equity fund. Bubna shared: “In 2017, our aspiration is… Read More