July 19, 2016 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Daniel Zinn, General Counsel of OTC Markets, visited the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC) today. He followed a presentation by Paul Elio of Elio Motors to continue a theme on Reg A+, providing liquidity and the future of venture markets. The… Read More

July 19, 2016 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

During the ACSEC meeting this morning, the SEC provided some interesting numbers regarding Reg A+.  Title IV of the JOBS Act, now commonly referred to as Reg A+, has been actionable for over a year so it was interesting to get an update from the… Read More

July 19, 2016 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

BlueVine, an online lender providing factoring finance, has hired Eric Sager as Chief Revenue Officer. Sager was formerly head of sales for Square. Simultaneously, BlueVine has increased their max credit line to $500,000 for invoice factoring and $50,000 for “flex credit.” Sager will be tasked… Read More

July 19, 2016 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Below is the draft letter from the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC) regarding the definition of an Accredited Investor. The Committee is working on the details now with one of the suggestions being a test of sophistication that allows a work-around from… Read More

July 19, 2016 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender CommonBond has raised over $300 million in capital for loan purchases. On top of that figure, CommonBond raised $30 million in equity finance. CommonBond is a lending platform that is targeting the student loan refinance sector. Concurrently, CommonBond announced the acquisition of Gradible… Read More

July 19, 2016 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube is in the midst of a self-crowdfunding round seeking an initial goal of raising £5 million.  In the first 24 hours, the platform raised over £6 million and is now in over-funding mode.  As it stands now, over 2450 investors have invested in the… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the biggest challenges for online lending firms in China is the lack of credit data for prospective borrowers. As Chinese regulators tighten up the peer to peer lending sector, Fintech providers are moving in to help improve the service. ZestFinance is one of… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just launched crowdfunding platform Republic has formed a partnership with Fintech firm iDisclose to provide legal disclosure services for Form C, as mandated under Reg CF.  iDisclose is a disruptive RegTech provider that empowers platforms, entrepreneurs, and yes other law firms, to more efficiently produce… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled 2nd quarter earnings (ending June 30) release for August 8, 2016, after the market closes.  Lending Club will host its earnings conference call at 2PM PT or 5PM ET that day. A… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an offshoot of AngelList, has launched its Title III / Regulation CF crowdfunding platform today. The company stated in a release that it would be providing investors access to “mission-driven startups” curated by the Republic team. Republic expects to garner investor interest from both… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P platform Lending Works has taken an internal poll of 1600 investors and the results indicate that a majority of investors intend on maintaining or increasing their P2P investments.  Lending Works is describing this as indicative of steady faith in P2P lending following the Brexit… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs has opened up its first office in Continental Europe with the establishment of operations in Amsterdam. The location will be utilized to expand services in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The strategic push comes just after Seedrs received its EU… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has appointed Patrick Dunne as its new Chief Capital Officer.  Dunn, an experienced investment banker, has held leadership roles at BlackRock, Barclays Global Investors and iShares.  Most recently Dunne was head of BlackRock’s San Francisco office and Head of iShares… Read More

July 18, 2016 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

MarketInvoice has announced raising £7.2 million in a funding round led by MCI.TechVentures Fund of MCI Capital, a listed Polish private equity group. Existing investor NorthZone also participated in the round. Along with the investment, Sylwester Janik of MCI Capital will be joining the Board… Read More

July 17, 2016 @ 10:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube is poised to launch the largest equity crowdfunding round ever on their platform and it is for their own company.  Indications of interest have grown steadily during the past week. At last report, approximately £50 million has been registered online by investors who have… Read More

July 17, 2016 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedHere, a licensed crowdfunding platform based in Singapore that targets start-ups in Southeast Asia and Greater China, has announced it will be assisting SGX listed companies to raise capital via short-term bonds of up to S$5 million each.  FundedHere was the first crowdfunding platform to… Read More

July 17, 2016 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK government announced today that Emma Jones founder of small business support group Enterprise Nation, and the co-founder of the national enterprise campaign ‘StartUp Britain’, has been appointed as the Small Business Crown Representative. Jones will also be a trade ambassador for the UK…. Read More

July 17, 2016 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UKs largest investment crowdfunding platform by amount of capital raised, will launch its most recent self-crowdfunding round this coming Tuesday (July 19th) at 12Noon GMT.  To drum up support, Crowdcube is registering “expressions of interest” and to date, Crowdcube has tallied £50 million… Read More

July 16, 2016 @ 7:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrator Association (NASAA), the lobbying group for state securities regulators, published a comment last week regarding the passage of the National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act (HR 5421).  NASAA appears ready to battle the legislation, which passed on a voice vote… Read More

July 16, 2016 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Timothy Li of Kuber Financial and Tang Loaec of P2PConnect have joined together to create a new “P2P insurance JV” designed to bring “risk sharing” to American users. This is according to information provided by Li stating the pair decided to form a joint venture to… Read More