February 21, 2024 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, Principal and co-founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), has sent a letter to Congress supporting HR 2799 or the Expanding Access to Capital Act – legislation that is designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses while boosting the economy. The letter has… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

dv01 and Fitch have joined to launch two “non-agency RMBS benchmarks.” Residential mortgage-backed securities represent a pool of home loan mortgages secured by the property. dv01 is a capital markets Fintech that offers lending data on more than 230 million loans. dv01 was acquired by… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) has invested $10 million in TIFIN, a Wealthtech firm leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve wealth management. Terms of the investment were not immediately available. SEIC currently has a market cap of around $8.9 billion. SEI is a tech firm providing services to… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulatory services firm Englebert has been approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to approve crypto asset promotions. The registration is viewable here. Englebert described the approval as a “groundbreaking milestone.’ Englebert is a new company but claims decades of experience within the company…. Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Peak Ski Company is raising money from investors on Republic. According to the offering page, Peak Ski has already raised over $900,000 on a funding goal of $1.24 million backed by 436 investors. T The company is offering a “Crowd SAFE” with a valuation… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Round13 Digital Asset Fund (DAF), a fund created by Round13 Capital that invests in crypto-focused Canadian firms, has reported a 40% gain since its inception. According to the company, the Fund was launched in April 2022 and has invested in 20 different portfolio firms backing… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rise Up Crowdfunding, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal, has announced its official launch promoting three individual securities offerings. Rise Up Crowdfunding was founded by CEO Ruth Hedges, well known in the investment crowdfunding world. Longtime industry supporter Attorney Kendall Almerico is another founder of the company…. Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is warning that there are profound policy threats that would deeply harm US entrepreneurship. Perhaps most pressing is the new rules under the Biden Administration that would conflagrate Independent Contractor status. These new rules go into effect… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance has partnered with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to lend up to €50 million to Irish SMEs. The loans are said to be issued at a discounted rate. Linked Finance is a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform serving smaller firms in Ireland…. Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockchainK2 (OTC:BIDCF) says it has invested in RealBlocks – a company that aims to provide a platform to launch and operate private funds. The terms of the deal were not immediately available. BlockchainK2 is a microcap valued at around $7.85 million. TYhe company said it… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Clarity, a firm that aims to “immunize” businesses from Deepfakes and AI-generated “synthetic media,” has raised $16 million in Seed funding in a round led by Walden Catalyst and Bessemer Venture Partners. In a blog post, the company said they are addressing one of the… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC)will reconvene once again to discuss the definition of an Accredited Investor. At the same meeting, the Committee will review the status of the IPO market in the US along with several other… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 6:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bryan Zhang, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), has been appointed to the Board of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Zhang commenced his initial three-year term as a non-executive Director today (February 19, 2024). The FCA is… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance has announced the acquisition of Pledg, a provider of buy now pay later (BNPL) services. Terms of the deal were not revealed. Pledg was founded in 2016 aiming to serve companies operating in B2C/B2B and financial institutions wishing to launch their own… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares in Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the largest crypto exchange in the US, jumped considerably higher today following the release of its Q4 and full year 2023 results. The company beat analyst expectations delivering a profit – the first in several years. Currently, Coinbase shares are trading… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lending platform LendInvest says it will now offer 90% LTV two-year fixed mortgages for first-time home buyers. LendInvest’s Residential Mortgages are said to have stretched LTIs up to 6.49x, to support homebuyers to borrow enough for their first home. Paula Mercer, Head of Sales… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has penalized Van Eck, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and mutual fund manager, for not disclosing the role of an “influencer” in the launch of a new ETF. The specific ETF was the VanEck Social Sentiment (VEAC) ETF (NYSE:BUZZ). Van… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a final judgment against She Beverage and its principles, including Lupe L. Rose, Sonja F. Shelby, and Katherine E. Dirden. The charges pertain to a suit filed by the SEC in 2021. Approximately 2000 investors were impacted… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data pertaining to online capital formation, or crowdfunding, can be hard to come by. Several providers provide good numbers when it comes to Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), but when it comes to Reg A+ and Reg D 506c – it is a bit of a… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hindenburg Research, a short seller that pumps its own book after it sells shares, is targeting Banking as a Service (BaaS) provider Temenos (SWX:TEMN). In a report published today, Hindenburg claims that Temenos is manipulating its earnings, hiding accounting irregularities while engaging in “sham partnerships”… Read More