Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 6, 2018 @ 7:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Goji, a UK direct lending investment manager and platform,  has partnered with Prestige-Prime group, a specialist alternative investment lender, to launch an ISA-eligible Renewables Lending Bond which aims to provide financial advisers and wealth managers with an opportunity to earn a steady return from a… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced the results of its latest small business lending index, which revealed that business loan approval rates for big banks (25.3%) hit another new high last month, with big banks (assets of $10 billion+) granting more than one-quarter of the small business… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 2:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Envisioning itself as the “go-to platform for building new partnerships, finding love or jobs and building new products” with the assistance of the community, Tel Aviv- based Matchpool has launched a new social platform seeking and sourcing crypto from the crowd called fund0x.  The cryptocurrency-only site… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundbox, a cash flow optimization tool platform for small businesses, announced on Tuesday SMB SaaS solution providers including AND CO, Bookly, Paid, Knowify, and BillyApp have integrated with its cash flow on-demand plug-in into their platforms or applications. According to Fundbox, these integrations will make… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 12:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, equity crowdfunding platform RedCrow announced it has formed a partnership with The Innovation Institute, an incubator dedicated to growing healthcare startups. According to RedCrow, The Innovative Institute will promote qualified companies within the sector for RedCrow consideration and the partnership will give startups… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, German marketplace lender for SMEs, creditshelf, announced it is extending the maximum term of its arranged loans from 36 to 60 months. The online lending platform also reported that the maximum loan amount will double from previous €2.5 million to €5 million with… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced its secondary market, which was launched into beta this past summer to shareholders, is now available to all investors who wish to purchase shares in Seedrs Alumni businesses. According to the funding portal, more than 850 share lots… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hexindai (NASDAQ:HX), a China-based peer to peer lender, announced last week it has signed RMB 1 Billion Line of Credit agreements with both Ping An and Xiamen International Banks. The company reported that Ping An Bank will provide a RMB 500 million line of credit with a term of one… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Waves has announced a new partnership that will expand its presence into the hot Southeast Asian initial coin offering (ICO) market. Waves has announced an agreement to collaborate with Indonesian platform Tokenomy to push into major new global opportunities. Waves says that as part of… Read More

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

Challenger bank Banco BNI Europa is now investing in loans via the Fellow Finance platform. According to information provided by Fellow Finance, Banco BNI is the first European bank to invest in loans on its platform. Banco BNI Europa will now be present on the… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, held their annual summit at the International  Convention Center in Jerusalem this past week. Beyond the presentations by the many cool tech startups that make up their portfolio companies,  OurCrowd took a moment to… Read More

February 3, 2018 @ 2:36 am By Xu Gao  |  

Tencent Credit Launches Public Beta Testing in China On January 30th, Tencent officially launched a public beta testing for its credit service-Tencent Credit. Users may get access to the service by searching “Tencent Credit” within WeChat, complete real-name authentication, bind his/her mobile phone number to… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UK’s largest equity crowdfunding platform, has reported that during 2017 £95 million was raised for seed through growth phase companies. Quoting numbers from Beauhurst, Crowdcube said it surpassed its nearest competitor by over £10 million. This number tops 2016 when Crowdcube raised approximately… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Atlanta-based fintech direct loan provider, LendingPoint, announced it has appointed Antonio Martino as its new Chief Financial Officer. LendingPoint reported Martino has more than 25 years of experience spanning 10 countries. Most recently he was Director, Citi Corporate Treasury, where he had global oversight roles within the… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, online lending platform SoFi announced to its employees that, despite its successes in 2017, it will be laying off 65 employees (5% of its 1,300 workforce) in its mortgage-operations centers in Healdsburg, California and Cottonwood Heights, Utah. According to the Wall Street Journal,… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Wednesday, peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital announced it cautiously welcomes Sajid Javid’s proposed housing intervention. According to the lending platform, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government revealed that government will play a more active role in stopping property developers from hoarding land,… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 7:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with global sports tech accelerator that is backed by the Adi Dassler Family Office (ADIFO), leAD Sports, to launch a new sports tech fund, 13thfund ADvantage. According to the funding portal, the new… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 1:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Genie Financial Services Pte Ltd, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced an initial coin offering (ICO) via their related entity CGSPV Pte. Ltd. The peer to peer lender states that it intends on issuing 60 million Crowd Genie Coins, or… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 1:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Today the OurCrowd Global Summit 2018 opens in Jerusalem, Israel, reportedly the largest equity crowdfunding event in the world, and the largest investor event in the entire Middle East. The event will bring together Corporate partners, including GE, Honda, DuPont, Samsung, entrepreneurs, global delegations from… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 12:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Banco BNI Europa and Funding Circle have entered into a partnership to provide access to capital for small and medium-sized businesses in Germany, according to the bank. Banco BNI Europa is a digital challenger bank based in Portugal. As part of the agreement, Banco BNI… Read More