Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 10, 2019 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer to peer lender Beehive announced on Saturday it has formed a partnership with Thanachart Bank to launch a new SME value chain financing program in Asia. Beehive reported this was its first bank collaboration in Asia and the digitalized supply chain will provide improved liquidity… Read More

February 9, 2019 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

In a recent email, real estate crowdfunding platform EquityMultiple provided insight into platform operations. Real estate crowdfunding in the US is going through a period of transition as stronger platforms appear to be pulling away from the heard. There have been several, high profile closures… Read More

February 8, 2019 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter announced on Friday it is expanding its Property Development Finance Team in South West England with the appointment of Ian Granger as its new Business Development Manager. Granger will reportedly oversee client management and business development in Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall as… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 9:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a small business online lending platform, announced on Thursday the closing of its $85 million corporate revolving credit facility with a lender group, which included four banks. According to OnDeck, the new committed facility can be used for general corporate purposes and replaces OnDeck’s prior $30… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 8:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tim Draper backed and attention monetization company Bitbounce announced on Thursday it has processed more than one billion emails through its free cryptocurrency spam solution that enables its members to earn compensation for receiving paid email messages from senders they do not know.  BitBounce reported that its global footprint… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 5:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

StreetShares, an online small business lender, has filed a Form 1-A with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). By using Regulation A, or Reg A+, StreetShares may raise up to $50 million from both accredited and non-accredited investors. Reg A+ has been described as a… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 10:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Element Farms synced with Wefunder in order to grow its agtech business.  At this writing, the startup has surpassed its minimum goal as has raised more than $196,993 of its $500,000 maximum target for a convertible note from 183+ investors in order to harvest a… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 6:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Kuflink has launched a secondary market to provide liquidity for investors in their property backed loans. Kuflink said this was the first of several new enhancements planned for 2019. The platform said that lenders can list most loan parts on… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the world’s largest investment crowdfunding platform and Israel’s most active venture investor, has posted the agenda for the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit scheduled for this coming March in Jerusalem, Israel.  The Summit theme is “Startups: Making a Global Impact.” The OurCrowd investment community currently consists… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform that has crafted an interesting niche that pairs retail investors with institutional money, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new integration with Liquid Logics, a market-leading loan origination software (LOS) platform. PeerStreet reported that approved lenders can submit loan information… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:58 am By Cali Haan  |  

Private shares for “global crypto finance company” Circle that sold in a Series E fundraise last May for $16.23 each are reportedly available for sale on SharesPost now for $3.80, The Block reports. The May raise put Circle’s valuation at $3.01 billion. Though The Block… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based business lender Growth Street announced recently announced that investor returns up by 16.7% in 2018 through its peer-to-peer investment platform. Founded in 2013, Growth Street’s main mission is to help businesses grow. The platform has already matched £175 million of investors’ funds with growing businesses since… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Crowdfund Insider covered the annual Deal report from Beauhurst. The research targeting equity investment in the UK provides a fascinating snapshot of the progress of capital formation for promising young firms in Great Britain. The authors note that while overall investment declined during 2018,… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aave, a UK-based tech company which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications, announced on Wednesday the launch of bitcoin on its crypto lending marketplace platform, ETHLend. According to Aave,  ETHLend is a lending peer to peer marketplace where users can borrow money using their… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finland based peer to peer lender Fellow Finance announced on Tuesday its platform hit a record-breaking milestone by facilitating €18.5 million of loans in January 2019. The online lender reported that the total number of investors also grew to 11,205. As previously reported, Fellow Finance was founded in… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 1:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform providing access to commercial real estate for smaller investors, is reporting “extremely high demand” for their first ever blended portfolio offering. Announced last October, CrowdStreet states that the portfolio saw significant demand during a period of exceptional market volatility. Apparently, the fund… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts and Finnest have closed on an €8.5 million funding round – one of the largest ever for a crowd finance platform. Finnest GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is a Fintech providing crowdfunding services in the DACH region as well as Slovakia and Croatia…. Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, has acquired UK based Crypto Facilities, according to a release by Crypto Derivatives. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed but the two companies said it was a “nine-figure deal” and Kraken’s largest acquisition… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

St. Louis, Missouri based crowdfunding platform Nvsted has launched two new investment campaigns. The local-focused platform is helping biotech startup Pluton Biosciences and CAD Trailer Designs raise growth capital. Nvested has positioned its platform as the “first hyper-local regulation crowdfunding portal” around. Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingPoint announced on Monday it closed an increase of its mezzanine financing, bringing the total of the facility to $67.5 million. According to LendingPoint, a Paragon co-investor joined the facility as a lender, with Paragon Outcomes Management LLC leading the deal and participated in the upsizing. LendingPoint… Read More