Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 16, 2017 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

WeShareBonds, an AMF-registered crowd lending platform, has raised €12 million to continue financing French SMEs. The new funding includes both the closing of WeShareBonds’ second credit fund (Prêtons aux PME 2018) to finance French SMEs for €10 million and an equity increase of €2 million… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo announced it has formed a new partnership with Ingram Micro Commerce in order to help entrepreneurs with fulfillment. According to the global crowdfunding platform, Ingram Micro Commerce will offer qualified entrepreneurs on its portal preferred pricing discounts on order fulfillment, shipping services, packaging,… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after Kickstarter announced it has acquired Drip, the crowdfunding giant announced it has relaunched the artist community platform. As previously reported, Drip was described as a curated platform that gives creators and communities a place to interact through a sustained subscription. The… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, America’s Crowdfunding, LLC, and EquityBender, LLC announced they are creating a new reality TV series that features equity-based crowdfunding. According to the duo, TV production will be handled by Browning Production and Entertainment, Inc., a leader in producing reality TV series which have… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendix, online lender for SMEs in continental Europe, has announced the launch of a new financing product: the Flexible Bridge Loan. This product is designed to will allow a greater number of French, Spanish and Italian SMEs to benefit from the speed of execution of… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 9:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdo, a South East Asian online marketplace for P2P lending and crowdfunding unveiled today its proprietary Artificial Intelligence driven due diligence system, Crowdo ACE, aimed at benefiting both their borrowers and investors. Crowdo ACE takes into account a few thousand unconventional and alternative attributes and… Read More

November 15, 2017 @ 7:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, is awarded “The Financial Centre of the Year (MENA)” for 2nd consecutive year by the Global Investor/ISF publication at the annual MENA Capital Markets Summit & Awards in Dubai. This accolade, presided by… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Tuesday, Netherlands-based Symbid announced it has formed a partnership with funding specialist, ILFA. According to the crowdfunding platform, ILFA has a license for an investment firm since 201 and as a tied agent of ILFA, it will from now on operate with an AFM… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 11:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

JustBeagle, a legal tech startup all-of-market legal services comparison site aiming to  transform traditional approaches to the purchase of legal services today announced it has raised £970,000 in seed round financing from high-net worth investors. Online crowd funding investment platform SyndicateRoom supported the raise by… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedbyMe, a Sweden-based investment crowdfunding platform, has announced that is of this were it had topped 100,000 global registered investors. While based in Sweden, FundedByMe operates in multiple European countries and in Asia and has 6 different physical locations. FundedByMe said surpassing 100,000 investors was… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 5:57 am By Craig Peterson  |  

All eyes are on the UK’s property market since the Bank of England announced its first increase in the base rate since July 2007.  The question on everyone’s lips: how will the market react? After a decade of historically low rates homeowners have become relaxed… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 8:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, has announced the appointment of Roland Wee as Managing Director of the company’s Asia operations. OurCrowd said that Wee will serve as a “key addition” to its management team to spearhead its continued growth and success in the… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine announced its intent to provide Initial Coin Offering services to small businesses seeking to leverage the new form of raising capital this past August. In October, StartEngine started accepting applications for companies looking to do a compliant ICO. Last week, StartEngine listed the first… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, leading peer-to-peer lending platform for consumer loans, Prosper, reported growth in both transaction revenue and loan originations for the third quarter of 2017. The online lender claimed that the continued demand for personal loan product resulted in $822 million in loan originations through its… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Crowdfunder UK and M&S Energy announced the winners of the M&S Energy Fund. The projects involved in the fund vote involve energy efficiency, hydro projects, solar PV projects, and storage of energy. Speaking about the fund, the crowdfunding platform reported: “Twenty-five renewable community energy… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform PeerStreet announced on Monday the launch of its new lender platform. According to the company, lenders may now access detailed Property Valuation Reports that allow them to analyze property data and adjust property details to generate highly accurate valuations that reflect current or… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 6:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Racefields has announced that its debt trading platform RCX will now accept Bitcoin. Racefields is claiming a “world’s first” service as they will now open up debt sellers to the growing wealth of the Bitcoin community.   Both institutional and individual investors may now invest… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 6:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Alison Whistance, described as a finance expert, joins ThinCats as Origination Manager, South-West, as the peer to peer lender gears up for its next period of growth. Recently, ThinCats announced a £200 million funding program in conjunction with its parent company ESF Capital. Whistance… Read More

November 12, 2017 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor has filed a Form 1-A with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating its intent to sell shares in the real estate crowdfunding platform.  According to the offering circular, GroundFloor is offering up to 2.5 million in Common Stock at $10 per share. Interestingly, the Groundfloor… Read More

November 12, 2017 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

There are now 34 FINRA approved crowdfunding platforms leveraging Title III of the JOBS Act, widely called Reg CF. The number of Reg CF portals is inching higher having added 5 approved platforms since this past summer (after revoking Ufundingportal ‘s certification). Under Reg CF an… Read More