August 14, 2017 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

SaaS banking platform Mambu has inked an agreemenet with Fuse, the lending side of Filipino Fintech firm Mynt. Mynt is part of a bigger company – leading Philippine telecom company Globe Telecom which happens to have has a customer base of over 60 million users…. Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ravean was a pretty popular pre-sale campaign on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The company created fashionable clothing, most notably their heated down jackets. One of the Ravean campaigns raised $1.3 million back in 2015 and the company has continued to use rewards based platforms as a… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The chatter on Bigger Pockets regarding iFunding has taken a new twist. In a series of public posts investors are referencing a possible bankruptcy for the real estate crowdfunding platform. According to the posts, a company named Jazco has offered to take over the remaining deals… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 1:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prosper Marketplace, a leading marketplace lending platform, has reported improved numbers for the second quarter.  Prosper has shared that it generated positive operating cash flow for the quarter and originations rocketed up 74% year over year. Prosper said they experienced strong demand for its personal… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The regulatory environment continues to evolve for investment crowdfunding. While many people may have heard of the various federal exemptions that allow non-public companies to sell securities online (Reg D 506c, Reg A+ and Reg CF) most people are probably unaware of the fact that… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Back in May, Crowdfund Insider reported that Earnest, an online lender providing personal loans, was up for sale. Referencing a report in Bloomberg, the rumor was quickly squashed by Earnest representatives who told this publication they were absolutely not for sale. Additionally, a reported securitization… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM (IE instant remittance), a company that claims 8% to 10% of remittance transactions between India and Australia, says it will be active in 34 European countries by next month. InstaReM says it is the largest digital cross border payments platform in Southeast Asia –… Read More

August 13, 2017 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

  This one has been out there for a couple of weeks but it is simply too good to pass up. Fred Wilson co-founder of Union Square Ventures who is kind of a VC rock star having backed some of the biggest tech names around…. Read More

August 13, 2017 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealtyMogul was one of the first investment platforms to enter the real estate crowdfunding space. Starting as an Accredited Investor service that paired debt and equity real estate deals to a broad base group of investors, RealtyMogul has since empowered non-accredited investors to to participate… Read More

August 13, 2017 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise is expanding its options once again with their newest Reg A+ filing that his the SEC today.  Fundrise, an online investment platform for real estate, has filed for a National For Sale House eFund. Fundrise has previously announced targeted eFunds dedicated to specific metro… Read More

August 13, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Via Folio is out with a statement on their services that help non-traditional issuers manage both assets and investors. Via Folio provides a vital bridge between issuers in newer securities like Regulation A+, as created by the JOBS Act. Reg A+ has seen growing utilization… Read More

August 13, 2017 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Waves Platform, have partnered on the creation of a Blockchain based platform to support digital assets. The new platform architecture will be designed to securely host and store tokenised and crypto assets, settling transactions and… Read More

August 12, 2017 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog’s Reg A+ crowdfunding offer has closed at $7 million.  The Equity for Punks campaign sought a maximum $50 million raise but $7 million is nothing to sneeze at. Reg A+, part of the JOBS Act of 2012, allows an issuer to raise up to… Read More

August 12, 2017 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

CIAO Group (formerly traded on the pink sheets under CIAU) has received a suspension notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The enforcement division of the SEC stated; “The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securities of CIAU because of questions regarding the accuracy… Read More

August 12, 2017 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Filecoin, the first Initial Coin Offering listed on CoinList, has apparently paused its offer. The ICO stands at over $187 million following an Advisor Sale for the Token sale that raised just $52 million. The Advisor Sale was backed by some biggest names in venture… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayPal has acquired Swift Financial (not to be confused with Swift the global banking messaging platform). The purchase will buttress PayPal Working Capital, a lending segment of PayPal that provides SMEs access to capital. Headquartered in Delaware, Swift Financial was established in 2006 to provide… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital wallet and crypto-exchange Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by well known VCs including IVP plus Spark Capital, Greylock Partners, Battery Ventures, Section 32 and Draper Associates. Having now exchanged over $25 billion in digital coin, Coinbase is becoming… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Young real estate crowdfunding platform Zinsbaustein continues to pick up speed as the real estate crowdfunding sector grows in Germany. Zinsbaustein’s most recent project is a revitalization of a development in Leverkusen (near Cologne) labeled Cube Offices 574. Individual investors may participate in the form of a… Read More

August 11, 2017 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub‘s (NYSE:LC) CIO has posted an update on the online lenders performance including some perspective into the LendingClub model. The executive explains that part of the power of the marketplace lending model is the iterative nature of the loan making process. Over time, data generated… Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tezos shot straight through the stratosphere in the blink of an eye with their Initial Coin Offering several weeks back. Tezos raised an unbelievable $232 million in and ICO that took just two weeks. Simply incredible. But following the outsized success, the Tezos team has… Read More