September 17, 2015 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform Kimbia announced a planned release of its next generation Salesforce integration. Aligned with Salesforce Foundation’s commitment to improving how nonprofits engage and connect with supporters, the Kimbia platform can now integrate with virtually any Salesforce solution, including NGO Connect, Nonprofit Starter Pack (NPSP)… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Avant, a fast-growing marketplace lending platform, announced on Thursday that it is expanding to Canada, the company’s newest international market. Headquartered in Chicago, Avant has empowered more than 300,000 consumers in the United States and United Kingdom. The recent launch of AvantCredit in Canada will bring… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, in collaboration with Locust Walk Partners, launches a $500K investment round in Revolution Credit, winner of the 2015 Wharton Social Venture Fellows (WSVF) Impact Investing competition. Revolution Credit is an engagement platform and database of unique consumer behavioral data… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundera, the online credit marketplace for small businesses, today announced an $11.5 million Series B funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity with participation from previous investors including QED Investors, Khosla Ventures and First Round Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $15… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, co-founder and chief strategy officer of GiveForward, Desiree Vargas Wrigley, announced that the crowdfunding platform was getting new features.  The “new GiveForward” expands the product way beyond crowdfunding into a community platform that enables people to help in different ways. The main features… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) is partnering with OnDeck  (NYSE: ONDK), a leading platform for small business loans, to launch the new QuickBooks Financing Line of Credit to provide faster access to lower-rate small business loans. This first-of-its-kind financing solution enables small businesses to use their QuickBooks… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ys Net Inc, as represented by Yu Suzuki, has announced today the start of an additional “Slacker Backer” funding campaign through a special page on the official Shenmue III website. This campaign will be both in English and in Japanese, and will accept PayPal as… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Rare Genomics Institute (RG), announced that the launching of ten separate crowdfunding campaigns to help patients with rare diseases pinpoint the causes of their illnesses. All amounts raised will go towards exome sequencing, which is a method of partial genome sequencing to find… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trulioo, the leading provider of online identity verification for the international market whose clients include Kickstarter, Stripe, Square and PayPal, today announced that former PayPal veteran Amy Penn has been appointed as Vice President of Sales to help the company capitalize on its escalating sales… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NonProfitEasy (NPE) announced on Wednesday that it has formed a strategic alliance with Points of Light to offer their 250 Affiliates its latest cloud-based volunteer management system, Fundly Connect, formerly known as VolunteerEasy. This news comes just one week after the all-in-one data management software solution acquired the… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giftfund, a free crowdfunding gifting application, is now available for iOS andAndroid devices. Giftfund is the solution for the more than 65 percent of consumers that are interested in a totally mobile path to purchase. The app allows users to easily contribute money toward joint… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bizfi, a fintech company that combines aggregation, funding and a participation marketplace on one platform for small businesses, announced it has launched both an API (application protocol interface) and a white label solution which will enable partner companies to offer direct lending solutions to their… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Connected Investors, a real estate investors network and marketplace, today announced the launch of centralized real estate investment funding portal, CiX.com. The technology allows real estate investors to quickly and easily submit their deals to a network of asset-based lenders, ensuring the best terms for… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prosper Marketplace, an online marketplace that connects borrowers and investors, today announced that Radius Bank, a full-service bank serving consumers nationwide through an industry-leading virtual banking platform, will now offer a new personal loan option through the Prosper platform. The partnership integrates the Prosper marketplace… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 4:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Open Energy, a debt finance firm that provides solar project loans to solar developers and project owners through its unique marketplace lending model, today announced the launch of its new online platform, designed to streamline the loan application process. This is considered the first comprehensive… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2Binvestor, a crowdfunding platform for working capital, recently welcomed a new client to its special financing program for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies: 7 Medical Systems LLC, a provider of cloud-based digital imaging, electronic medical records and revenue-cycle management solutions for healthcare. 7 Medical selected P2Bi as… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CircleBack Lending, Inc., a marketplace lending platform, has completed a $17.4 Million Series A round of equity financing led by Pine River Capital Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $15 billion under management. Wicklow Capital, an early investor in CircleBack, also participated with… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wealth management technology provider FolioDynamix and financial services information technology company Docupace Technologies, LLC announced today a strategic relationship that will integrate two of the industry’s most innovative technologies to deliver a turn-key straight-through processing solution to the wealth management industry for new account openings…. Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Rare Genomics Institute (RG), announced that it is launching ten separate crowdfunding campaigns to help patients with rare diseases pinpoint the causes of their illnesses. All amounts raised will go towards exome sequencing, which is a method of partial genome sequencing to find… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdventure, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has today agreed to a landmark joint venture partnership with Campbell, CA based Equipoise Capital Partners. Collaborating closely with Equipoise management and their highly experienced real estate development and project management team, Crowdventure is now able to offer accredited investors… Read More