Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 4, 2018 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lendix, a Paris based online lender that claims to be the number one SME lender in all of continental Europe, has received a new €32 million funding round for its European development. Investors in this round include Idinvest Partners, Allianz France and CIR S.p.A. (a… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 9:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingCrowd, one of the UK’s fastest-growing alternative finance lenders to the SME market, announced on Friday it is on course for continued expansion after completing loan deals totaling to more than £3 million during May, marking the p2p lending platform’s best month ever. The company also reported… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Friday that one its managers, Nia Patel, has been named to HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list of young leaders to watch in the housing industry. According to PeerStreet, HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

VRBex, a cryptocurrency exchange that prides itself on global compliance, has enlisted Entoro Capital to manage VRBex’s offering of up to $100 million in a preferred-equity security token offering (STO). The $100 million funding round was first revealed earlier this week in a Reg D… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Thursday it has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors as its first official panel of solicitors for its Buy-to-Let product. According to the online lender, JMW Solicitors is one of the North West’s leading full-service law firms, with significant experience in handling… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with UK’s plant-based pitching competition, Pitch + Plant. According to the funding portal, the competitions creators, Vevolution and BRIGHT, are providing plant-based businesses with the opportunity to win up to 100,000 in… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Chinese marketplace lending platform Dianrong announced its supply chain finance solution will be made available on Corda, R3’s blockchain platform for finance and business. According to the online lender, the new Corda app, CorDapp, will further expand Dianrong’s reach both in China and globally by leveraging… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 8:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Oakland’s first cider since the prohibition,  has linked with Wefunder to raise a minimum of $100K; to date over 117 investors have poured in more than $52,900 into the campaign; the company has planned a special cider to celebrate the milestone. Every investor who invests… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Fig, a “community publisher” who provides investment crowdfunding in games like Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Phoenix Point and Wasteland 3, has announced the acquisition of Ownage, Ltd., a UK-based blockchain company. Fig reports the Ownage team is now working with Fig to build “Shard”… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, European financial group Nordea announced it has formed a partnership with Invesdor to improve the availability of alternative financing solutions for Finnish growth companies. According to the duo, the market for digital financing services has grown in the Nordic countries in the past few… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

A couple of months back, CoinList announced a new stand alone feature to power compliant Airdrops for initial coin offerings (ICOs). Airdrops have become a super popular method to reward supporters, or just provide a more disperse group of potential users of utility tokens. Being… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has formed a new partnership with Halma, a “life-saving technology” firm, in a continuation of its strategy to collaborate with global leaders in various industry verticals. The new partnership is said to combine the strength of OurCrowd’s global network, robust online deal… Read More

May 27, 2018 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform that also participates in initial coin offerings (ICOs), had a couple interesting news items this week. First of all, its Coinvest offer sold out almost immediately – before Republic could even shoot an email out to its wider audience.. Coinvest… Read More

May 27, 2018 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark, an independent film funding platform founded by Emily Best, recently closed a $2 million seed round. Instead of shooting out a standard press announcement chock full of superlatives, Best hit the pages of Medium to share the truth as to how difficult funding is… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ArchOver, the UK P2P business lending platform, announced this week the launch of its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)to both new and existing lender. ArchOver reported that the IFISA allows individuals to earn tax-free returns by investing over P2P lending platforms using their annual ISA allowance of… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book announced earlier this week it is working with LendingTree to offer more auto lending options. While sharing details about the new collaboration, Jai Macker, Senior Vice President of Product at Cox Automotive, the mother company of Autotrader and Kelley Blue… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based peer to peer lending platform RateSetter has topped £2.5 billion in loan originations, according to a note from the company. The online lender provides credit to both individuals and UK SMEs. The milestone comes just as RateSetter announced that it had generated £100… Read More

May 24, 2018 @ 12:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Spectacular spoofing and wash-trading practices largely regarded as par-for-the-course among veteran crypto traders are coming under the scrutiny of the US Department of Justice and its partner, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bloomberg reports. This investigation is said to be particularly focussed on crypto wash… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 9:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, subsidiary of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the intent of Ourcrowd promoting access to capital for Sanpaolo startups. Global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd reports it has made significant strides in Western Europe, expanding… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdcube announced Funded Club members, Azoomee, Floom, Tutorful, NovelTea, PlanSnap, The Vurger Co., Thyngs, Kokoon, and Mindful Chef were featured in Startups 100 Best Businesses of 2018 list. According to the UK equity crowdfunding platform, Startups 100 is a long-running index of the “best” new… Read More