Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 13, 2018 @ 7:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

What do Harley-Davidson, Tesla and Rip Curl have in common? Each has showcased Rayvolt bikes in their hallowed halls. From a garage brand making custom bikes, Barcelona-based Rayvolt has grown into an international brand with reportedly 50K followers on social media. Pre-valued at £9,500,000, the startup… Read More

September 13, 2018 @ 6:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Bloomio, a blockchain- based equity crowdfunding platform that allows investors to fund startups in return for tokenized shares, has appointed a new board of independent experts to conduct due diligence of  potential strength and scalability of startups applying to raise on the platform. The platform raised an… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 3:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Parliament of Australia finally legalized the ability of “proprietary firms” to use “Crowd-Sourced Funding” (CSF) or investment crowdfunding. The change in the existing law has been a nagging concern for some time now as the previous law only allowed “unlisted public companies”… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand-based crowdfunding platform PledgeMe recently completed its latest self-running equity crowdfunding round. The campaign successfully secured its initial $500,000 and closed at a total of $633,819 from 270 investors. As previously reported, PledgeMe was launched in 2012 and claims to be the first project-based crowdfunding platform… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Seed CX, a Chicago-based digital asset exchange has raised $15 million in a series B funding round providing the platform a solid runaway for growth. Seed CX proudly notes it is a “licensed institutional cryptocurrency exchange” providing institutional trading and settlement for both spot market… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced on Wednesday it has surpassed $10 billion in total loan originated to small businesses. According to OnDeck, the latest milestone is the latest indication that small businesses increasingly prefer to seek financing online. OnDeck reported that it provided its first… Read More

September 11, 2018 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Student loan marketplace, College Ave Student Loans, announced on Tuesday it has completed a $199 million securitization of private student loans, its second successful securitization. According to the platform, the CASL 2018-A transaction completed over the summer, achieved higher ratings than College Ave’s inaugural securitization,… Read More

September 11, 2018 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Omniex, a crypto trading platform targeting institutional investors, says it has completed a round of “enhancements” to its platform while adding a group of institutional investors. These new investors include; Circle, Jump Trading, OSL, Galaxy IP, BKCM, Crescent Crypto, DV Chain, Wyre and others. This… Read More

September 11, 2018 @ 2:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mr & Mrs Smith, a global luxury travel business, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign through Crowdcube to raise £1,000,000+ for 3.66% equity. Pre-valued at £26,341,500, Mr & Mrs Smith has quickly raised over £235,874 from 44+ investors — this is one of those exciting campaign that each refresh… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 10:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

In early August, CI reported that Templum – a registered ATS targeting digital assets, was working with Aspen Digital to tokenize a security based off of common stock in the St. Regis Aspen Resort. Using the Reg D (506c) exemption, the tokenized security has been… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a blog post today, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, co-founders of Gemini Trust, revealed the launch of a new stablecoin: the Gemini Dollar. According to the two brothers, the Gemini dollar  will be issued by Gemini, a New York trust company and the stablecoin will be built… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform PeerStreet has announced the addition of a new investment option: “Cash Offer Loans.” According to PeerStreet, these Cash Offer Loans are an investment option that allows investors access to a security with a shorter duration than current bridge loans. Investors may now… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading European crowdfunding platform based in the UK, has acquired software provider Supdate. According to Crowdcube, the acquisition will help Crowdcube funded companies be more connected with their shareholders. Terms of the acquistion were not revealed but a blog post indicated that Supdate… Read More

September 9, 2018 @ 8:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform zinsbaustein.de has received additional backing from the Sontowski & Partner Group. Zinsbaustein founding group FinLeap has sold its stake in the firm and is now focusing on building the recently introduced “B2B2X Fintech” platform. Investor Marc Stilke will also expand his involvement… Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost, a regulated ATS and global security token platform, has just published some research on the cryptocurrency market. SharesPost polled 2,490 consumers and 528 individual accredited and institutional investors to create the report. According to their data, even as cryptocurrency valuations have plummeted during 2018, consumers… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Valor has gained regulatory approval to operate as a financial intermediary in Switzerland from theSwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). According to multiple reports, Smart Valor will add an investment platform to its current services of operating as an incubator in Zug, Switzerland.  As… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

BANQ, an online investment platform and part of Tripoint Global Equities, has listed its first security token offering (STO). According to BANQ, Horizon Globex GmbH in Switzerland is issuing VOX security tokens as part of its Talketh crypto payments and communication service. The VOX tokens… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 10:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

An Australian company selling a crypto-exchange “loyalty token” ICO (initial coin offering) has stated to Australian securities regulators that it is confident its offering is not a security under Australian law. Byte Power Group (BPG), “a diversified technology solutions group with a particular emphasis on securing Asian… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus announced on Thursday the launch of an industry-first; it’s HMRC-approved Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), which is set to allow investors to invest their annual ISA allowance in a flexible high return investment product, with no income tax on the interest… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Having previously announced support for British Pounds, Coinbase has announced it will introduce new trading pairs for Coinbase Pro. Beginning this Friday, Coinbase will offer exchanges in: ETH–GBP, ETC–GBP, LTC–GBP and BCH–GBP. Coinbase already supports Bitcoin to Pounds. Trading pairs will be launched in stages –… Read More