Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 10, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Seedrs crowd has indicated that a “dabbl” do ya. dabbl, a UK app-only share buying service, blasted by its initial £350,000 Seedrs crowdfunding target and is now nearing £600,000 – more than 60% overfunded – thanks to the more than 215 investors who are… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 4:13 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Users of a little-known Chinese cryptocurrency exchange called FCoin managed to clog the Ethereum network last week when they gamed a voting process on the exchange. FCoin ran a promotional scheme last week whereby they told users to vote for cryptocoins they wanted listed on… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Crowdvilla, a Real Estate Platform, will list its token on the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) becoming the third token to do so. GBX is a subsidiary of the EU-regulated Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) and has positioned itself to be a jurisdiction of preference for blockchain based… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 1:52 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Cameron Winklevoss, co-owner of New York-based Gemini Digital Asset Exchange, has announced the organization’s placement of its first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The new position will be filled by Robert Cornish, who, at the time of writing, is still Chief Information Officer at the New… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based marketplace lender SocietyOne recently announced that Jason Yetton has stepped down as CEO/Managing Director and will be leaving the company in July to pursue other opportunities. The lending platform reported that Board has appointed Mark Jones, Chief Financial Officer and Commercial Director, as the Interim CEO… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Kuflink, a peer-to-peer property investment platform, says it has topped £20 million invested since platform launch in 2016.    Kuflink provides buy to let borrowers quick access to short-term finance that may not be available from a high street bank. Retail investors gain access to a… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a leading global investment crowdfunding platform, has shared an infographic highlighting the past five years of operation. OurCrowd is unique in the fact that every single offering listed on the site receives backing from the platform – thus interests are aligned as OurCrowd has… Read More

July 8, 2018 @ 9:18 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Early-days monitor of the German crowdfunding market, Crowdfunding.de announced in its latest quarterly report that Germany passed the half billion-euro mark in cumulated in SME crowdfunding at the end of June 2018. The report monitors only equity crowdfunding and crowdlending on marketplaces open to German… Read More

July 7, 2018 @ 7:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

A report in ECNS indicates that the Chinese peer to peer lending industry is enduring a bit of a retrenchment. China is home to the largest P2P industry in the world – an accomplishment that was aided by the fact that at the beginning, few… Read More

July 6, 2018 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

HBUS, a cryptocurrency exchange that is a partner of Huobi – one of the largest crypto exchanges around having trasded $50 billion plus, has announced that most US residents may start registering for its services. There remain several states where HBUS is not offering trading… Read More

July 6, 2018 @ 8:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online small business lender Lendio announced on Thursday it has helped facilitate nearly $120 million in growth capital through more than 5,0000 to small businesses in the state of California. The lending platform has reportedly funded more loans in California than in any other state… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Just like stocks traded on all public exchanges, Templum Markets will be adding CUSIPs to its blockchain based securities that will be listed on the secondary marketplace. Templum is one of a few Fintechs that has a license to operate as a regulated Alternative Trading… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize is one of a handful of platforms positioning itself to facilitate the tokenization and trading of securities. This will be for funds, companies, and other asset classes. The turnkey platform wants to simplify the process of securities on blockchain from login to the lifetime of… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Elephant (formerly PrivatEquity.biz Platform), a security token issuance and secondary trading platform, is doing a small hybrid funding round. According to details shared with CI, the offer is seeking a few strategic investors to raise $2 million. The minimum subscription is $250,000 with each… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a Germany based online lender, has announced its intent to do an initial public offering (IPO) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The IPO is currently scheduled to take place for the third quarter of 2018. The offering is expected to be newly issued shares… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 5:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Summertime is synonymous with ice cream. Readers may recall past successful global crowdfunding campaigns for delicious ice creams and treats including several successful Seedrs’ Oppo Ice Cream, Companisto’s Kyl, Gelateria Ice Wave’s Crowdcube Spain or Wefunder’s Venice Beach Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream campaigns. Crowdfunders do indeed… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 2:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Licensed securities agency Finanbest partnered with Crowdcube in June to raise £175,000 for 6.22% equity. The Madrid-based platform, which offers a digital end-to-end wealth management solution for retail investors, reportedly reducing costs for clients up to 70%.  Now, just a few weeks later, the agency… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM and Credit.fr have recently announced a new partnership that seeks to boost lending to SMEs. According to Credit.fr, Smart Lenders AM will invest in their loans. Simultaneously, the two companies will embark on an “ambitious” research program to apply artificial intelligence (AI)… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK marketplace platform for mortgages, LendInvest, announced on Tuesday its 2017 financial results, with the year ending on March 31st. The platform reported that the results revealed strong growth across all key metrics. LendInvest revealed that it currently manages more than  £820 million ($1.1 billion) on… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a note from Snowball Effect – a leading Kiwi crowdfunding platform, since New Zealand’s crowdfunding legislation was passed in 2014, the local industry as a whole has raised a combined $66.3 million across all equity crowdfunding offers. At the top of list is Invivo Wines…. Read More