Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

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

February 2, 2019 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner is now offering an Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), according to a release from the property crowdfunding platform. Just like a regular ISA, investors may place up to £20,000 per year into an IF ISA account, which may then be used to invest… Read More

January 31, 2019 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform, has launched a new fund for investors in early-stage firms. The EIS100 Fund enables passive investors to gain exposure to 100 or so individual companies over a 12 month period. Of course, investors benefit from the wonders… Read More

January 31, 2019 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Boerse Stuttgart Group has officially launched their long-anticipated crypto asset trading platform: Bison. The regulated stock exchange has released an App after a year of development, available for both iOS and Android, to enable the trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin. This is a no-fee trading… Read More

January 31, 2019 @ 1:21 am By Therese Torris  |  

At the Paris Fintech Forum, Charles Egly, Co-founder & CEO, Younited Credit highlighted his company’s latest achievements and the recent strategic development of its Credit-as-a-service offering. Among the achievements, Younited Credit announced that it passed the €1 billion mark in consumer credit origination. Among direct… Read More

January 30, 2019 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online student lending platform, Climb Credit, announced on Wednesday it secured $50 million in lending capital from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. Since launching in 2014, Climb reported it has originated nearly $100 million worth of loans, funded the education of nearly 10,000 students and partnered with over 100… Read More