Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 15, 2018 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK based online marketplace platform for property finance, has announced a proposed issuance of  5.375% fixed rate bonds due October 2023 by its wholly-owned subsidiary, LendInvest Secured Income plc. Christian Faes, Co-founder and CEO of LendInvest Limited, said they were delighted to return… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, online lender Funding Circle announced it was appointed Bernardo Martinez as its new U.S. managing director. He succeeds co-founder Sam Hodges, who is now to become Chairman of Funding Circle U.S. According to Funding Circle, Martinez joins the platform’s team from PayPal, where he… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Avail Finance, an India-based app-only online lending platform, has successfully secured $17 million in both equity and debt funding. The company stated that venture capital fund Matrix Partners led equity round while  Ola founders Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Flipkart’s co-founder Binny Bansal, Kunal Shah, co-founder of Freecharge;… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

In the early days of investment crowdfunding, many individuals assumed that most capital raised would go mainly to seed funding rounds. Startups that have a choice to bootstrap or raise equity capital from angel investors or risk taking VCs. But today, this is not the… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowd for Angels has shared that it is making progress in advancing its “Liquid Crypto Bond” issue and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of its ANGEL tokens. As Crowdfund Insider previously reported, Crowd for Angels is looking to raise up to £50 million through… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BondMason, an online savings and investments platform that sources investments from across the peer-to-peer (P2P) market for its clients, announced on Tuesday it secured £1.85 million through its latest funding round to drive the growth of the business and fulfill the company’s vision to enable more investors to… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LandlordInvest, a peer-to-peer lending platform for residential and commercial mortgages, announced on Tuesday its secondary market has surpassed £1 million in complete sales. The market was launched in May 2017. According to LandlordInvest, the secondary market enables investors to offer eligible loans or loan parts for sale… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 1:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

What a year for Crowdcube Spain! According to the Crowdcube Spain blog, crowdfunding alum Zank has reached an agreement with the personal finance management platform Fintonic, which will become a shareholder in the business. The exit provides more than just good news for Zank’s 252 Crowdcube… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK law firm Harper Macleod announced on Monday it has joined forces with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to bring equity crowdfunding benefits to more businesses in Scotland.  According to Harper Macleod, through this partnership, both organizations will co-operate to ensure equity crowdfunding is considered as… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube recently announced it has been the 2018 partnership of Virgin Media Business’ Voom Pitch Competition. The UK-based funding portal described the competition as a search to find the “most innovative and exciting” small and medium-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland. Since its… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd for Angels has launched a “Liquid Crypto Bond” initial coin offering (ICO). The hybrid security is a mix between traditional debt and “Angel tokens.” Crowd for Angels expects to raise up to £50 million with the 5 year Liquid Crypto Bond paying 4% interest per… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, has announced the opening of a new office located in Mayfair, London. This will mark OurCrowd’s tenth location worldwide and a significant presence in the most evolved crowdfunding market in the world. OurCrowd said the new office will… Read More

March 11, 2018 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Any US based cryptocurrency exchange is going to be compelled to become an Alternative Trading System (ATS), a regulated trading platform but not a full blown exchange. They have to do it or else. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been increasing the volume of… Read More

March 10, 2018 @ 10:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Friday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced Amazon Launchpad has dedicated a page to “Funded on Crowdcube” to showcase all products that were made by the funding portal’s Funded Club. According to Crowdcube, Amazon Launchpad is now offering eligible Funded Club members various services… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 7:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lendix has originated approximately €10 million in loans during its first year of operation in Spain. This is according to multiple reports in Spanish press that stated Lendix Spain is on track to lend €30 million during 2018. In total 25 businesses financed projects on the online… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investibule is a platform that highlights women founders seeking growth capital. Currently, there are 53 women owned ventures raising capital across two dozen online funding sites that are being featured on Investibule. Founded by Amy Cortese, a well known crowdfunding advocate, author, and creator of… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Intelligence Fusion (IF), a software-as-a-service business that provides the private and public sector with global situational awareness to protect people and assets, successfully secured its initial £400,000 Crowdcube crowdfunding target from nearly 250 investors. The company received £216,400 from a group of HNWs and an… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Friday it is now accepting submissions for its Communal Nightmare Crowdfunding Rally, an initiativefor feature genre films that bring society’s nightmares to life. The funding portal has teamed up with 3311 Productions and The Orchard to award… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 10:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Thursday it has provided a £5.5 million loan to experienced borrower, Ross Harper, to fund the development of 24 new homes in Glasgow, Scotland. According to the online lender, the development finance loan is funding the conversion of a Grade II listed former… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 2:35 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

DSTLD, a company seeking to disrupt the $200 billion fast fashion market with fairly priced, direct-to-consumer premium clothing (such as jeans), has exceeded $2M on its SeedInvest Series A-2 round. Nearly 2000 investors have invested over $2,132,766. Helmed by Co-CEO, Co-Founder and Creative Director Corey Epstein and… Read More