June 21, 2017 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Kindara, the creator of the Kindara App that empowers women to better manage their fertility goals, has launched a Reg A+ crowdfunding offer on SeedInvest seeking a raise of $3.5 million. The offer has pegged a pre-money valuation of $8 million in the Series A… Read More

June 21, 2017 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor has launched its first crowdfunding offer for a Swedish startup. Based in Helsinki, Invesdor has previously listed crowdfunded securities for campaigns in Finland, the UK and Norway. Invesdor’s first issuer is for Swedish start-up TidyApp, a mobile platform for domestic services. The company is… Read More

June 21, 2017 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Beauhurst is out with some research on early stage deals in the UK for the month of May. While the total raised for these startup deals jumped dramatically to £941 million (the most ever tracked by Beauhurst in a single month) the number of deals… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 10:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

VentureCrowd is a multi-asset crowdfunding platform providing early stage, property and “crowd credit” funding in Australia. Currently, VentureCrowd only caters to sophisticated or high net worth individuals.  Each early stage investment listed on its platform has already secured a professional lead investor thus allowing a smaller… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Napa Valley Distillery (NVD), a family owned and operated distillery based in Napa (of course), is currently raising growth capital on Indiegogo’s investment crowdfunding vertical. The company is capitalizing on recent trends in the distillery business demonstrating growing demand. From 2010 to 2015, the number of craft… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The  Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), a lobbying group representing small banks, wants to put the Kibosh on SoFi offering banking services in the US. As was recently reported, SoFi has applied for a Charter as it seeks to broaden its services to a far wider audience…. Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

MNVest has tweeted out an interesting graphic that tracks sector progress for investment crowdfunding in the state of Minnesota. For those not in the know, MNVest is the advocacy group, as  well as the name of the law, that helped to make Minnesota’s state crowdfunding… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 1:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares is reporting they have closed on the platforms largest commercial real estate debt transaction yet at $11.9 million. The deal was structured to include funding from RealtyShares’ institutional investor network as well as its crowdfunding marketplace. The funding was for… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, met with the UK International Trade Secretary Dr. Liam Fox yesterday. This was the first visit between the two trade reps since the UK election. According to the UK government, discussions included the possibility of a new trade arrangement… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Relendex, a secured peer to peer lending platform, has announced that its secondary market trading has surpassed the £1 million mark. Specific details on the number or size of trades was not provided. Relendex lists loans secured by both residential and commercial property. Lenders are… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, an insurance company powered by artificial intelligence, has published survey results indicating it has overtaken Allstate, GEICO, Farmers, Liberty Mutual, Progressive, State Farm, USAA and all other legacy insurers amongst first-time buyers of renters insurance in New York state.  According to Lemonade, the first… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Deepbridge Capital has announced the newest entry into the investment crowdfunding space. Deepbridge Syndicate, launched this week, will provide access to investment in healthcare innovation. Deepbridge Syndicate is open to experienced investors and High Net Worth Individuals who qualify and choose to be treated as an Elective… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform CoAssets (ASX:CA8) has received a Capital Markets License (CMS) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). CoAssets started as real estate crowdfunding platform but has since added SME financing to its operation. CoAssets is based in Singapore but is publicly traded on the… Read More

June 20, 2017 @ 1:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, “the most active investor in UK private companies” is rebooting its Alumni Club portal to reposition the value proposition for early stage businesses in the UK. According to Seedrs, this relaunch comes with some prominent names dedicated to boosting UK entrepreneurs. The partner companies… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following a period of change and introspection, One Spark will return this October with a new venue, a new partner , and a new outlook. What was once a weeklong urban street festival has now been revamped as a two-day event held in the U.S Assure… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

It has been one week since Myomo (NYSE:MYO) became the first Reg A+ issuer to successfully crowdfund and then list on NYSE MKT.  But since listing on the public exchange, Myomo has moved in the right direction.  The shares have rocketed from an issue price of… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is opening up its doors at its Office of Innovation.  Announced today, the OCC will host office hours for its Office of Innovation at the OCC’s district office in New York City. The OCC is welcoming… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chris Woolard, the Financial Conduct Authority’s competition Czar, has commented on the usage of cryptocurrencies. As reported by FN news, Woolard said; “We don’t prohibit regulated firms from engaging in digital currency trading, nor do we prohibit banks from offering banking services to deal with… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-peer travel money exchange WeSwap has announced new developments for the business and its travel partners. The company has launched “WeSwap Connect“, one-click API that integrates WeSwap’s travel money services with partners’ businesses. WeSwap’s app allows holiday makers to swap their currency with people traveling in… Read More

June 18, 2017 @ 10:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

LATTICE80, the world’s largest Fintech hub, has appointed former Singapore Managing Director Vinay Agrawal to its board of advisors. Agrawal is described as being key to expanding LATTICE80 to a global audience, bridging Asian Fintech with the rest of the world.  LATTICE80 is wholly owned and run… Read More