Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 7, 2018 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group has joined with a group of blockchain based companies to form the “Millbrook Accord.” This new entity seeks to “create a Verified Token Framework (VTF) to provide interoperable security token guidelines.” The Millbrook Accord was created during the Blockchain South Leadership Summit 2018… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment Crowdfunding Success. Global crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is out with a note commenting on the rise of Uniti. Uniti is an electric car manufacturer startup that started in Sweden. Uniti first launched in 2015, is the creation of entrepreneur Lewis Horne.  Uniti is an electric city… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 3:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The German IoT platform Ameria has returned to Companisto for its third crowdfunding raise and this run is surely the most successful to date.  Having already raised €3,941,900+ from more than 127 investors toward its €5.5M goal, Ameria provides Connected Experience®, a worldwide unique, highly scalable cloud platform… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 2:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

HyperSciences, a creator of innovative technology that has the potential to access geothermal energy, speed up infrastructure projects, and make energy drilling safer and faster, is now overfunding on Crowdcube.  The US company has raised over £3,168,950 for 13.87% equity from more than 138 investors… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Private lending syndication platform CrowdOut Capital announced on Wednesday the completion of a $30 million credit facility to Personiv. According to CrowdOut, the borrower is a business process outsourcer that employs over 2,500 employees in 3 different countries and the proceeds from the loan will be… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ingard, a compliance network, brokerage, and lending packager specialist, announced on Tuesday online lending platform LendInvest has joined its buy to let panel. According to Ingard, members may now access the lender’s buy to let range direct by registering through LendInvest’s online portal. Ingard reported: “LendInvest offer a… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa to Offer “Feel Good Money” Digital Bank Peer to peer lender Zopa has received authorization from both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to operate its much anticipated digital challenger bank. Initially, Zopa will operate with a bank license… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 6:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty is now disclosing their performance metrics using Brismo’s (formerly known as AltFi) standardized reporting methodology. CrowdPropert states that it is the first property development platform to incorporate the Brismo process which is described as an independent standard. Commenting on the… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Greenrush, a “national online cannabis shopping destination,” has announced a Series B funding round on RenGen Labs. Greenrush provides “on-demand eCommerce and delivery to its 50,000+ customers in more than 150 cities across 5 states and growing.” RenGen was formerly known as Saftlaunch, an initial coin offering (ICO) platform that has since morphed… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UK’s largest investment crowdfunding platform, has announced a new service, “Thrive for Fintech.” Crowdcube explains that Thrive is a “series of support programmes for companies raising on Crowdcube, where [they] partner with leading VCs, and top-tier law and accounting firms to help companies… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment platform OurCrowd has announced it will host its 5th annual Global Investor Summit this coming March in Jerusalem, Israel. The event expects attendee registration to top 15,000 making it the largest investment crowdfunding conference in the world. The theme for 2019 will be… Read More

December 3, 2018 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate marketplace lender Money360 announced on Monday it has surpassed $1 billion in loans originated and closed since inception. The announcement comes just 11 months after the lending platform revealed it had hit $500 million. Launched in 2014, Money360 is described as a vertically-integrated, nationwide… Read More

December 3, 2018 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over two years after reportedly shutting down its online lending operations, DealStruck has emerged restructured after the lender’s platform was acquired by what it claims to be a group of fintech experts. According to DealStruck, the restructure will it to expand its mission… Read More

December 2, 2018 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

HBUS, the digital currency exchange that is a sister company to Huobi – one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, has launched an interesting promotional campaign that strives to highlight the fast-evolving securities markets with a jab towards Coinbase. As part of the campaign, HBUS… Read More

December 2, 2018 @ 9:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, UK property crowdfunding platform British Pearl has successfully secured its initial £2 million funding target from more than 430 investors. As previously reported, British Pearl describes itself as an online property investment platform facilitating… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia’s largest online book retailer Booktopia is seeking growth capital and they are raising the funding via an equity crowdfunding offer on Equitise. This is the first time Booktopia is pursuing outside capital. Launched in 2004, Booktotopia is an e-commerce site that sells at least… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie, an intra-state investment crowdfunding portal, says it is the first platform to link blockchain based distributed ledgers under an “Initial Crowd Offering model” and now allows the ability to invest with a Self-Directed Individual Retirement Account (SD-IRA) via a partnership with AltoIRA. The… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 7:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Legion M continues to be a fan of fintech, having fundraised on Reg CF, Reg A+,  Reg D exemption to raise growth capital and self-hosted a campaign earlier in November. The San Francisco-based fan-owned media company has returned to crowdfunding — reportedly its fifth crowdraise–… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 4:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest is reporting it has provided an industry leading developer with a £19.3 million loan to fund a large residential development in the South West. From instruction to completion, LendInvest took only 60 days to facilitate the development loan. LendInvest states that this… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 3:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Helpfulpeeps, a UK P2P social marketplace for local help, currently counts over 175,000 registered members through its iOS, Android and web platforms. In order to reach its aim of “building the future of local services” by using tech to match those who would like help… Read More